VP, Compliance (Global Financial Intelligence Unit)

About the role

We are seeking an experienced, hands-on strategic and operational leader to head the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) globally across every jurisdiction where Crypto.com operates. This role owns the end-to-end global financial crime transaction monitoring and investigation lifecycle, functioning as an integrated process chain spanning strategy, policy and procedure design, transaction monitoring rules design and management, transaction monitoring technology, Level 1 quality and SLA governance, Level 2 complex investigations, risk mitigation decisions, and SAR/STR filings across sanctions, AML/CFT, fraud, and complex fiat/crypto typologies.

You will set the global strategy, policies, and implementation procedures; continuously adapt the program to evolving financial crime risks; and assess Crypto.com’s overall transactional financial crime risk posture. Combining deep financial crime expertise with rigorous operational and process discipline, you will directly lead the global rules design, transaction monitoring, investigations, and SARs teams across North America, EMEA, and APAC, while exercising functional oversight over Level 1 alert operations by setting their procedures, monitoring their SLAs, and governing their output quality. You will own our transaction monitoring platforms, maintain real-time operational dashboards, and remain directly involved in complex casework, data analysis, and written work product. Additionally, the role includes interfacing with regulators during examinations and supporting law enforcement and financial intelligence unit engagements. Reporting to the SVP, Compliance in the US, you will partner closely with regional compliance teams, Operations, Data, and Product leadership to keep Crypto.com’s defenses ahead of emerging threats.