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Bybit

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2018

₿ Crypto

💸 Finance

👥 B2C

💰 Debt financing on 2025-03

Crypto • Finance • B2C

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📋 Description

• Lead the compliance and financial crime workstreams required to support UK regulatory authorisation / licensing. • Advise the business on UK regulatory requirements, operating model expectations, governance, and control framework design. • Build and implement the UK compliance framework, including AML, sanctions, and financial crime framework from the ground up. • Act as the subject matter lead on regulatory readiness, including policies, procedures, governance, risk assessments, monitoring, and reporting frameworks. • Engage with regulators and external advisors on licensing, supervisory expectations, and regulatory submissions. • Provide practical regulatory advice on products, customer journeys, partnerships, and business initiatives intended for the UK market. • Partner with Legal, Product, Risk, Operations, and AFC teams to ensure regulatory requirements are appropriately embedded. • Serve as the proposed MLRO / Compliance Officer for the UK entity, subject to regulatory approval.

🎯 Requirements

• Significant senior compliance and financial crime experience within UK regulated financial services. • Strong working knowledge of FCA expectations, UK AML / sanctions obligations, and regulatory governance frameworks. • Prior experience holding SMF16 (Compliance Oversight), SMF17 (MLRO), or equivalent senior regulatory responsibilities is required. • Bachelor's degree required. LLB (Bachelor of Laws) strongly preferred. • Experience leading regulatory authorisations, licensing applications, or regulated entity setup. • Ability to operate strategically while remaining hands-on in execution. • Strong judgement, stakeholder management, and decision-making capability. • Demonstrated interest in, and practical adoption of, AI technologies to enhance compliance, regulatory, or operational effectiveness will be viewed very favourably.

🏖️ Benefits

• Study Growth Fund: We support your professional development and continuous learning. • Internal Events: Participate in regular team-building activities, workshops, and events designed to promote collaboration and innovation. • Global Collaboration: Be part of a diverse, international team, working alongside colleagues from around the world. • Career Advancement: Access opportunities for growth and advancement within a rapidly expanding global company. • Internal Mobility: Grow with us- Your long-term development is important to us. We offer internal job opportunities to help build your career path.