Chief Compliance Officer, BSA Officer

🕒 October 20

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🚔 Compliance

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OnHires is a global IT recruitment and staffing partner that sources, vets, and places technical and creative talent for fast-growing companies. They provide services including vetted developers, sourcing, executive search, talent mapping, RPO, HR consulting, and flexible hiring models (subscription, pay-per-hire, hourly), with a focus on fast, high-quality hires and scalable talent pipelines.

📋 Description

• Serve as the designated BSA Officer and Chief Compliance Officer for the company’s US Money Services Business • Report to the Board and work closely with the Global Chief Compliance Officer on framework and policy • Own BSA/AML and OFAC policies, procedures, enterprise-wide risk assessment, training and alignment with the group compliance framework • Oversee fiat and on-chain transaction monitoring, alert disposition, investigation standards and case documentation • Draft, approve and file SARs within the 30-day timeline; conduct continuing-activity reviews and maintain SAR confidentiality • Manage OFAC screening across customers, counterparties, wallet addresses and geolocation; adjudicate matches and handle blocked/rejected transaction reporting • Handle 314(a) responses, subpoenas, law-enforcement requests and 314(b) information sharing • Set KYC/EDD standards, customer risk ratings, approval of high-risk and PEP relationships, and exit decisions • Oversee due diligence, configuration and performance of KYC, screening and blockchain-analytics vendors • Conduct BSA/OFAC assessments of new products, payment methods and partner integrations before launch • Manage IRS BSA examinations, FinCEN inquiries, sponsor-bank audits and independent reviews, with evidence-based remediation of findings • Manage FinCEN MSB registration and report to the Board on programme status, filings, findings and emerging risk • Keep the programme examination-ready and support US growth with banking partners, card acquirers and new integrations • Make filing, exit and escalation decisions independently without commercial approval

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of BSA/AML compliance experience in a US-regulated financial institution: MSB, money transmitter, bank, broker-dealer or regulated fintech • At least 3 years as a designated BSA Officer, Deputy BSA Officer or equivalent with filing authority • Hands-on programme ownership at a crypto exchange, VASP, crypto-native MSB or payments/fintech MSB • Deep working knowledge of the BSA/FinCEN MSB regime: 31 CFR Parts 1010 and 1022, SAR and CTR filing, the Funds Transfer and Travel Rules, MSB registration, and FIN-2019-G001 • Direct experience drafting and filing SARs • OFAC sanctions experience, including crypto-specific exposure: SDN-listed wallet addresses, mixers and sanctioned exchanges • Experience preparing for and responding to examinations, independent reviews or sponsor-bank due diligence • Track record of holding filing, exit or programme-adequacy positions under commercial pressure • Hands-on use of AI tools in compliance work • Fluent professional English, with writing suitable for regulator and Board review • US-based, with the right to work in the US without sponsorship • Willing to be named as BSA Officer to FinCEN and banking partners • Background check required • Nice to have: blockchain analytics experience with Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM, Scorechain or equivalent • Nice to have: direct IRS BSA examination or FinCEN inquiry experience • Nice to have: sponsor-bank or banking-partner relationship management for an MSB • Nice to have: Visa/Mastercard crypto programme and acquirer compliance exposure • Nice to have: state money transmitter licensing experience • Nice to have: Board, audit committee or regulator presentation experience • Nice to have: cross-border compliance exposure in the EU, UK or Canada • Nice to have: CAMS, CCAS, CFE, CRCM or comparable qualification

🏖️ Benefits

• A statutory role with real authority, direct Board access and documented independence • Real ownership: you run the US programme and shape how it supports the company’s growth • Remote setup within the US • Periodic in-person time at the European HQ

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