Chief Compliance Officer – BSA Officer

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🌾 Nebraska – Remote

🌾 Nebraska – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🚔 Compliance

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Telcoin

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2017

💳 Fintech

📡 Telecommunications

🌐 Web 3

💰 $10M Seed Round on 2021-06

Fintech • Telecommunications • Web 3

Telcoin is a company that develops low-cost, high-quality financial products accessible to every mobile phone user globally. It focuses on digital remittances by offering a mobile wallet that enables users to send fiat remittances to more than 20 countries at competitive low fees. By integrating blockchain technology and DeFi protocols, Telcoin also supports digital asset management on the Polygon network to provide secure and efficient transactions. The company also has a native token, TEL, used within its ecosystem, and a dedicated network known as the Telcoin Network. Telcoin is involved in formal decentralization and community-led governance through the Telcoin Association, a non-profit organization. The company is a GSMA associate member, reflecting its role in the intersection of mobile networks and blockchain technology.

📋 Description

• Update, implement, and maintain a risk-based BSA/AML/CFT and OFAC program covering internal controls, independent testing, a designated BSA Officer, training, and customer due diligence including beneficial ownership • Draft and annually refresh BSA/AML and sanctions policies, procedures, and the Board-approved risk appetite • Report program status, metrics, and material issues to the Board and senior management at least quarterly • Own the enterprise BSA/AML and sanctions risk assessment • Oversee CIP, KYC, KYB, and enhanced due diligence for retail, institutional, and VASP/counterparty customers • Set customer risk-rating methodology and periodic review cycles • Approve onboarding of high-risk customers • Oversee fiat and on-chain transaction monitoring and blockchain analytics • Tune scenarios and thresholds; document model validation and testing • Address digital-asset typologies including mixers, darknet markets, ransomware, chain-hopping, bridge exploits, and sanctioned addresses • Implement FinCEN Recordkeeping and Travel Rule compliance and FATF Recommendation 16 • Run OFAC and global sanctions screening; manage blocking, rejection, and reporting obligations • Manage alert and case investigations; make final SAR filing decisions • Ensure accurate and timely CTRs, 314(a) responses, 314(b) information sharing, subpoenas, and law enforcement responses • Establish AML controls for stablecoin issuance, redemption, reserves-related flows, and freeze/blacklist capabilities • Ensure custody and wallet-management processes meet requirements • Serve as primary contact for regulatory examinations and independent audits; own remediation • Deliver role-based BSA/AML training • Evaluate and oversee third-party compliance vendors and partner-bank or program-manager arrangements • Build, staff, and lead the financial crimes compliance team; set QA standards and KPIs • Design a scalable compliance operating model and plan staffing, tooling, and process needs • Develop talent through career paths, succession planning, and professional development • Partner with Product and Engineering to embed compliance controls into new products • Own the compliance function’s P&L and annual budget • Build compliance investment business cases and present them to senior management and the Board • Track compliance unit costs and find efficiencies • Work with Finance and business leaders on compliance costs and risks in pricing, market entry, and partnerships • Negotiate and manage vendor contracts

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, criminal justice, law, business or a related field • 8+ years of BSA/AML compliance experience at a bank, trust company or regulated money transmitter, including 3+ years as a BSA Officer, deputy or program lead • 2+ years of direct experience with digital assets, virtual currency or a VASP/crypto exchange • Hands-on experience leading regulatory examinations and remediating findings • Proven SAR decisioning and investigation management experience • Working knowledge of the BSA, USA PATRIOT Act, AML Act of 2020, FinCEN CDD Rule, OFAC regulations and FATF virtual asset guidance • A proven track record of building or scaling a compliance function through significant growth, including owning a departmental budget • One or more certifications: CAMS, CAMS-FCI, CRCM or CFE • Authorized to work in the United States • Advanced digital asset AML certification (e.g., CCAS, CCI, or Chainalysis/TRM investigator certification) preferred • Experience at a de novo bank, with a charter application, or with state trust or digital asset charters preferred • Experience with stablecoin programs, including issuer-side controls, preferred • JD, MBA or other advanced degree preferred • Familiarity with smart contracts, wallet architecture and on-chain data analysis (e.g., SQL against blockchain data) preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• An executive leadership role at a pioneering digital asset bank • The opportunity to build the Bank’s compliance function from the ground up and shape its risk culture • Direct access to the Board and senior leadership • Exposure to innovative blockchain and payment technologies