Who We Are
At OKX, we believe that the future will be reshaped by crypto, and ultimately contribute to every individual's freedom. OKX is a leading crypto exchange, and the developer of OKX Wallet, giving millions access to crypto trading and decentralized crypto applications (dApps). OKX is also a trusted brand by hundreds of large institutions seeking access to crypto markets. We are safe and reliable, backed by our Proof of Reserves. Across our multiple offices globally, we are united by our core principles: We Before Me, Do the Right Thing, and Get Things Done. These shared values drive our culture, shape our processes, and foster a friendly, rewarding, and diverse environment for every OK-er. OKX is part of OKG, a group that brings the value of Blockchain to users around the world, through our leading products OKX, OKX Wallet, OKLink and more.
About the Team
The Compliance function at OKX is responsible for the overall compliance culture at the company. We’re a team of risk-minded problem solvers who advise the business on the company’s regulatory obligations and enterprise risk.
What You'll Be Doing
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Program Ownership & Governance: Design, implement, and continuously mature a global financial crimes compliance program encompassing AML, CFT, sanctions, fraud, and anti-bribery/corruption (ABC). Own the program's risk appetite framework and ensure it is calibrated to the firm's business model, customer base, and geographic footprint.
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Transaction Monitoring: Direct the design, tuning, and governance of transaction monitoring systems across fiat and on-chain activity. Ensure alert thresholds are risk-based, backlogs are managed within defined SLAs, and the program produces defensible SAR filing decisions.
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Suspicious Activity Reporting: Own the SAR program, ensuring timely, accurate, and complete filings with FinCEN. Maintain quality control over SAR narratives and establish clear escalation protocols for complex or high-profile matters. Manage law enforcement requests, grand jury subpoenas, and section 314(a)/(b) inquiries.
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Blockchain Analytics & On-Chain Intelligence: Lead the firm's use of blockchain analytics tools to identify illicit finance typologies—including darknet market proceeds, ransomware, fraud, terrorist financing, and sanctions evasion—through both direct and indirect exposure analysis.
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Financial Crimes Convergence: Ensure financial crimes functions are operationally coordinated, particularly where typologies overlap—including account takeover, pig butchering scams, money mule networks, and romance fraud—which are pervasive in the crypto ecosystem.
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Regulatory Engagement & Examinations: Lead engagement with FinCEN, OFAC, state regulators (e.g., NYDFS), and international FIUs. Manage regulatory examinations, enforcement inquiries, and remediation commitments. Represent the firm in industry forums and with law enforcement agencies including the DOJ and FBI.
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Typology & Intelligence Program: Build and maintain a financial crimes typology library specific to crypto—including mixer/tumbler usage, chain-hopping, NFT wash trading, DeFi exploitation, and stablecoin-based layering. Translate intelligence into updated controls and detection scenarios.
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Team Leadership & Organizational Development: Build, develop, and retain a high-performing global team of AML analysts, investigators, and compliance professionals. Define career pathways, establish quality assurance programs, and manage third-party vendors supporting investigations and technology.
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Policy & Training: Own the global financial crimes policy framework. Ensure policies are operationalized and that all relevant staff—including customer operations, product, and engineering—receive role-appropriate training on financial crimes risks and obligations.
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Independent Testing & Audit Support: Oversee the annual independent review of the AML program. Serve as the primary point of contact for internal audit on financial crimes matters and ensure findings are remediated on time and sustainably.
What We Look For In You
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10+ years of experience in leading global compliance, financial crimes, or related regulatory functions.
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Mastery of Crypto-Specific Financial Crimes Typologies at a Global Scale: The ability to identify and respond to illicit finance patterns unique to digital assets—and to understand how those patterns vary by region. DPRK-linked theft looks different from cartel-linked stablecoin use in LATAM, which looks different from terrorist financing typologies in MENA. Global fluency across these distinctions is essential.
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Multi-Jurisdictional Regulatory Credibility: A demonstrated ability to engage constructively with regulators across multiple jurisdictions simultaneously—FinCEN, OFAC, FCA, MAS, NYDFS, and others. The ability to represent the firm credibly in markets where regulatory relationships are still being built is equally important as maintaining established ones.
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Navigating Regulatory Conflict & Extraterritoriality: The ability to manage situations where US obligations (particularly OFAC secondary sanctions and BSA information-sharing requirements) conflict with local data privacy laws, bank secrecy regulations, or sovereign requirements in international markets. This requires sophisticated legal and diplomatic judgment, not just compliance expertise.
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Travel Rule & VASP Ecosystem Expertise: Deep understanding of the global Travel Rule landscape—including which jurisdictions have implemented, which have not, and how to manage the resulting compliance asymmetry across counterparty VASP relationships worldwide.
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Technology Fluency at Global Scale: The ability to evaluate and direct transaction monitoring, KYC, and blockchain analytics technology that works across multiple languages, currencies, fiat rails, and on-chain ecosystems simultaneously—and to drive engineering teams to build controls that are globally deployable without requiring complete local customization.
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Cross-Border Law Enforcement Relationships: Established relationships with DOJ, FBI, IRS-CI, Europol, Interpol, and regional law enforcement agencies. In a sector where illicit activity is inherently cross-border, the ability to cooperate with—and receive intelligence from—international law enforcement is a material risk mitigation capability.
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Cultural Intelligence & Global Team Leadership: The ability to lead a geographically dispersed team across markedly different regulatory cultures, professional norms, and languages. Building a cohesive global financial crimes function requires cultural fluency, not just compliance expertise.
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Scalable, Regionally Adaptive Program Architecture: Building a program architecture that is globally consistent in its standards and risk philosophy, but flexible enough to accommodate the significant regulatory variation across operating jurisdictions—without creating an unmanageable patchwork of local programs that cannot be overseen centrally.
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Proactive Jurisdiction Expansion Support: The ability to assess the financial crimes compliance requirements of new markets before the firm enters them—providing clear-eyed input on regulatory readiness, licensing timelines, and residual risk—so that geographic expansion decisions are made with full awareness of the compliance implications.
Nice to Haves
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Experience with financial crime investigations in the cryptocurrency, blockchain, or digital asset space.
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Direct experience managing compliance programs in regulated financial institutions or fintech firms operating globally.
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Background in law enforcement, intelligence, or prosecutorial work related to financial crimes or organized crime.
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Advanced technical knowledge of blockchain technology, smart contracts, DeFi protocols, or on-chain analytics platforms.
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Fluency in languages commonly used in key operating jurisdictions (e.g., Spanish, Mandarin, Arabic) to facilitate direct engagement with regional teams and regulators.
Perks & Benefits
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Competitive total compensation package
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Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependents
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Wellness programs, team events, and employee engagement initiatives
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L&D opportunities and professional development support
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OKX Statement:
OKX is committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, genetic information, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, lawful alien status, national origin, age, marital status, and non-job related physical or mental disability, or protected veteran status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
The salary range for this position is $240,000 - $360,000 (applies to CA, NY, NJ residents)
The salary offered depends on a variety of factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. In addition to the salary, a performance bonus and long-term incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, as well as a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered.