About This Role
This role offers a unique opportunity for an experienced Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) or financial crime professional to take ownership of an anti-financial crime framework. The successful candidate will play a leading role in designing, implementing, and enhancing AML, CTF, sanctions, and broader financial crime controls in a highly entrepreneurial and international environment within the DACH region.
Responsibilities
- Act as the subject matter expert for Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF), sanctions, and broader financial crime matters
- Establish, develop, and continuously enhance the firm's AML and financial crime compliance framework
- Design and implement policies, procedures, controls, and governance processes aligned with European regulatory requirements
- Conduct enterprise-wide money laundering and terrorist financing risk assessments
- Oversee customer due diligence (CDD), enhanced due diligence (EDD), ongoing monitoring, and high-risk customer reviews
- Develop and refine transaction monitoring and suspicious activity detection methodologies
- Manage sanctions screening frameworks, investigations, and escalation processes
- Review and report suspicious transactions and activity where required
- Provide expert guidance to senior stakeholders on regulatory developments and emerging financial crime risks
- Coordinate regulatory examinations, internal audits, and independent reviews
- Deliver AML and financial crime training across the organisation
- Partner closely with Legal, Risk, Operations, Product, and senior management teams to embed compliance across the business
Requirements
- Significant experience in AML, Financial Crime Compliance, or MLRO functions within crypto, fintech, payments, banking, or other regulated financial services environments
- Strong knowledge of AML, CTF, sanctions, and financial crime regulations across Europe
- Experience building or enhancing AML and compliance frameworks
- Proven ability to conduct ML/TF risk assessments and implement risk-based controls
- Experience interacting with regulators, auditors, and senior leadership
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Fluent German and English
Nice to have:
- Previous MLRO, Deputy MLRO, Head of AML, Head of Financial Crime, or Compliance Officer experience
- Exposure to digital assets, cryptocurrency exchanges, virtual asset service providers (VASPs), or fintech businesses
- Experience with transaction monitoring systems, sanctions screening tools, and blockchain analytics solutions
- Regulatory licensing or framework implementation experience
Benefits
- Opportunity to build and shape a financial crime framework from the ground up
- Highly visible role with significant ownership and influence
- International and fast-paced environment
- Exposure to cutting-edge developments within digital assets and financial services
About the Company
We are partnering with a fast-growing international digital assets business as it continues to expand its European regulatory and compliance capabilities.
