About the Role
We are looking for a senior Global Financial Crime Counsel to serve as the primary legal subject matter expert across all financial crime matters. This role spans the full financial crime spectrum, including sanctions, AML/CFT, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud, and market integrity. The successful candidate will provide expert legal advice, manage regulatory relationships, and shape our global financial crime legal strategy in a fast-moving, complex global environment.
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Responsibilities:
- Serve as the lead legal counsel and subject matter expert across financial crime disciplines including sanctions (OFAC, UN, EU, UK, and others), AML/CFT, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud, and market abuse.
- Provide authoritative legal advice on financial crime risks arising from products, services, and business operations across multiple jurisdictions.
- Act as the primary legal liaison with regulators, law enforcement, and financial intelligence units (FIUs) on financial crime matters, including OFAC, FinCEN, FCA, MAS, and others.
- Lead and manage legal responses to regulatory inquiries, investigations, enforcement actions, and voluntary self-disclosures relating to financial crime.
- Advise on and oversee sanctions-specific matters including license applications, SDN screening, counterparty assessments, and responses to OFAC inquiries.
- Collaborate with global compliance, investigations, and transaction monitoring teams to identify, assess, and mitigate financial crime legal risks across business lines.
- Review and advise on financial crime implications of new products, partnerships, and market entries; embed legal risk considerations into go-to-market processes.
- Oversee engagement with and management of external legal counsel on financial crime matters globally.
- Develop and maintain financial crime legal policies, frameworks, and guidance materials.
- Monitor global regulatory developments across financial crime disciplines and provide timely, actionable advice to senior management.
- Drive financial crime legal training and awareness initiatives for internal stakeholders.
Requirements:
- Qualified attorney with 10+ years of experience specializing in financial crime law, including sanctions, AML/CFT, and related disciplines.
- Deep technical expertise in sanctions, AML/CFT frameworks, and financial crime regulations across major jurisdictions.
- Proven experience engaging directly with regulatory bodies and law enforcement on financial crime matters (OFAC, FinCEN, FCA, DOJ, etc.).
- Experience managing voluntary self-disclosures, enforcement actions, and regulatory investigations.
- Strong knowledge of financial crime risks in complex financial products, including digital assets, payments, and trading.
- Exceptional communicator with the ability to translate complex legal risk into clear, actionable recommendations for senior management and non-legal stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to work across jurisdictions and collaborate with legal, compliance, and business teams globally.
- Self-starter with strong business judgment and a pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach.
Why Work Here
- Shape the future of finance
- Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure
- Tackle challenging projects in a fast-paced and innovative environment with autonomy
- Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning
- Competitive salary and company benefits
- Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the nature of the role and team)
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