Director, Digital Asset 1st Line Compliance & Financial Crimes Lead

The Bank of New York Mellon

New York, NY, United States
On-site
Aml/kyc compliance
Sanctions compliance
Blockchain analytics tools
Serve as the primary compliance and financial crimes subject matter expert for Digital Asset Custody

Job Summary

  • Serve as the primary compliance and financial crimes subject matter expert for Digital Asset Custody.
  • Support business growth while maintaining appropriate risk management standards through collaboration with Compliance, Legal, Risk, Operations, and Technology teams.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to business leadership on digital asset regulatory and financial crimes considerations.

Matching Summary

Serve as the primary compliance and financial crimes subject matter expert for Digital Asset Custody.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • AML/KYC compliance
  • sanctions compliance
  • blockchain analytics tools
  • digital asset custody
  • regulatory requirements
  • risk management standards

Nice-to-have

  • global regulatory frameworks
  • tokenization initiatives
  • wallet technologies
  • financial crimes risk assessment

Key Requirements

  • 7–10+ years of experience in Compliance, Financial Crimes, Legal, or Risk functions
  • Experience with digital assets, cryptocurrency, blockchain-based financial products, or digital asset custody
  • Hands-on experience with blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM Labs
  • Working knowledge of U.S. regulatory requirements relevant to digital assets

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