Compliance Officer, Response Management

Level: AVP/VP

Client: International Cryptocurrency Exchange

Location: Hong Kong

Overview:

An intermediate level compliance investigator role responsible for leading law enforcement requests for information, as well as KYC/AML investigations on unusual client and potential client activity that may have resulted from such requests. The organisation’s program aims to lead the virtual asset industry, and the successful candidate will play a key role in developing and maturing the program to this vision.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in the maturity of the Financial Intelligence Unit investigative and reporting capabilities

• Manage requests for information (RFI) and production orders (POs) received from law enforcement, legal counterparts, and others, applying due consideration to internal data policies on information release

• Perform deep level analysis on activity requiring further investigation that has arisen from any RFI / PO

• Where appropriate, prepare suspicious activity / transaction reports for filing to external FIU(s)

• Produce weekly statistics and analysis for reporting to management

Demonstrable Experience in:

• Liaising with external bodies such as FIUs, Law Enforcement, Regulators, and external counsel

• Relevant investigations, particularly online identity fraud, AML, and illicit schemes such as ICO scams, Ponzi schemes, etc.

• Using technology for investigations including meta-data points such as geo-located IP, device information, VPN use, data queries, etc.

• Preparation of suspicious activity reports for external FIU consumption

• Virtual asset financial services

Qualifications:

• Legal qualification / experience

• Compliance qualification (e.g. ICA Diploma / ACAMS)

• Able to operate under own initiative

• Proficient in written and spoken English

Good to have:

• Exposure to blockchain transaction analytics monitoring

• Knowledge of data extraction techniques