Director of Compliance Governance and Regulatory Affairs

As the Director of Compliance Regulatory Affairs & Governance,  you’ll join our team leading MoonPay and its compliance governance and regulatory affairs
  

The ideal candidate is a highly motivated, inquisitive individual with a background in AML/BSA, Sanctions, and Customer Protection compliance, who is extremely strategic and enjoys solving problems

What you’ll do 👀

• Manage the corporate compliance Exam/Audit Management Program
    Ensure positive regulatory relationships with all regulators
    Oversee compliance communications with regulatory bodies and respond in a timely manner to all inquiries
    
• Ensure all inter-departmental communications related to regulatory compliance are strong and well defined/documented
    
• Act as the point of contact for all regulatory secure documentation portals
    
• Serve as the central point of collection and documentation for all compliance related regulatory correspondence
    Prepare all official correspondence to regulatory authorities
    
• Work with Counsel to ensure all licensing is kept current in order to operate
  
• Coordinate and schedule all target examinations and audits providing assurance access and appropriate inclusion for all parties
    
• Lead and manage the compliance governance efforts
    Enhance existing change control and governance processes to ensure effective compliance with AML/Sanctions/Customer Protection/Ethics compliance programs
    
• Develop and lead the Compliance Issue Management process
    Ensure documentation is collected, processed, and assessed to assess severity and develop corrective actions with subject matter experts
    
• Orchestrate compliance committees including the financial crimes compliance committee and quarterly board meetings for the parent and all subsidiaries
  
• Own and manage the single point of truth for all compliance governance
    Work closely with Risk/Assurance to ensure identified quality issues are tracked and resolved
    
• Proactively identify gaps in documentation and establish appropriate corrective action processes are in place to resolve the issues
    
• Familiarity with FFIEC requirements applicable to financial institutions and their service providers
    

You should apply if ✅

A passion for harnessing the power of digital currency and blockchain technology and services built on top of it

7+ years experience at a financial institution, ideally in FinTech and/or MSBs

7+ years of experience with regulatory compliance in the finance industry (eg PCI DSS, DFS, GDPR etc
)

7+ years of experience leading compliance initiatives from inception to implementation

ACAMS / ACFCS or ICA accreditation

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degree; legal credentials or research experience a plus

Experience with auditing compliance requirements against sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering,, and Consumer Protection programs
  

Experience working with auditors and/or external regulators

Experience reporting compliance posture to senior stakeholders

Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking skills

Excellent project management skills

Ability to take lead on cross functional teams, to drive initiatives and improve internal processes

Able to work well independently or as part of a team

Customer oriented in your approach

An innovative and creative mind looking to suggest new solutions to old problems

Strong organizational and analytical skills with great attention to detail

Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
Additional languages will be considered an asset

First-rate decision making skills, bias for action and sound judgment

Ability to maintain a strong operational focus with the capacity to manage time sensitive workflows across competing priorities

B
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degree; legal credentials or research experience a plus