Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the only federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.
The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn.
The compliance role will be critical in helping to ensure full compliance with all AML/CFT and sanctions laws—especially focusing on global sanctions compliance. Serve as a deputy to the Compliance Officer/MLRO and key liaison officer with MAS and other regulatory bodies.
You will work closely with the Compliance Lead/Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) to develop, implement, and oversee compliance and risk programs, along with managing regulatory reporting and complying with evolving regulations, particularly in the dynamic digital payments and cryptocurrency landscape.
You should have a strong understanding of Singapore's regulatory environment, experience across multiple regulatory areas including AML/CFT and sanctions, and a proven track record in developing and implementing effective compliance frameworks.
We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Villagers better measure impact and articulate coaching, feedback, and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside of the Member of Compliance role:
Technical Skills:
- Knowledge and ability to develop, implement, and maintain a robust compliance framework that aligns with all applicable laws and regulations in Singapore and typical international guidelines, such as the Payments Services Act and OFAC sanctions.
- Conduct thorough due diligence on digital assets, assess their risks, and ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
- Prepare and present function and program reports to senior management, boards, and external stakeholders such as MAS.
Complexity and Impact of Work:
- Design and build scalable regulatory polices and procedures to align with Singapore requirements and parent entity and/or Anchorage Digital Bank (U.S. entity) policies and procedures.
- Ensure alignment and integration among initiatives, priorities, people, processes, and structure the department with the broader strategic priorities of Anchorage Digital.
Organizational Knowledge:
- Prepare and present compliance reports to the Board of Directors and Risk Management Committee (RMC) and seek their approval for new policies and procedures.
- Actively engage across all functions on global business and Singapore-specific strategy and identify new ways to deliver upon it.
Communication and Influence:
- Serve as a deputy to the Compliance Officer/MLRO and key liaison officer with MAS and other regulatory bodies.
- Collaborate and organize effectively across teams and disciplines to solve problems and resolve technical debates.
- Are engaging and easy to approach, and build appropriate rapport, with diplomacy and tact, and recognized as a strategic leader whose knowledge, ideas and critical thinking impact the strategic direction of Anchorage Digital.
You may be a fit for this role if you have:
- Experience operationalising AML/CFT and sanctions requirements in an international environment
- Expertise using sanctions screening systems and working ongoing monitoring alerts
- A passion for building out programs in their early stages, including creation and maintenance of policies, procedures, and new tools
- A proven track record of being able to work independently
- A strong attention to detail
- Highly curious and a fast learner
Although not a requirement, bonus points if:
- 3+ years experience in the financial service industry, crypto industry, or a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Blockchain analytics certifications with Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, and/or Merkle Science
- You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system :)
The Anchorage Village, what we call our team, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in the evolving digital asset ecosystem. As a diverse team of more than 300 members, we are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy.
Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about making sure people feel respected, supported, and connected at work—regardless of who you are or where you come from. We value and celebrate our differences and we believe being open about who we are allows us to do the best work of our lives. Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. Anchorage Digital considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with other legal requirements. “Anchorage Digital” refers to services that are offered either through Anchorage Digital Bank National Association, an OCC-chartered national trust bank, or Anchorage Lending CA, LLC a finance lender licensed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, License No. 60DBO-11976, or Anchorage Digital Singapore Pte Ltd, a Singapore private limited company, all wholly-owned subsidiaries of Anchor Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
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