Drweng Senior AML Officer responsible for designing and owning AML/CTF and sanctions compliance programs across North America and Caribbean entities. Leads regulatory engagement, program governance, risk assessment, and policy development.
Responsibilities
Program Ownership & Governance
AML Program Leadership: Serve as the senior AML authority for all North American and Caribbean entities; own the design and execution of the AML/CTF and sanctions compliance program for these entities.
Policy & Procedure Authority: Develop and maintain AML/CTF and sanctions policies and procedures across all regional entities; ensure policies reflect current regulatory requirements, enforcement trends, and the firm's evolving business activities.
Risk Assessment: Lead the development and annual refresh of enterprise-wide AML risk assessments; identify inherent and residual risk across customer, product, geographic, and channel dimensions; present findings and risk ratings to senior management and boards. Lead control enhancement and remediation strategy for self-identified issues.
Program Governance: Establish and maintain program governance frameworks including issue management, findings tracking, escalation protocols, and management reporting; ensure open items are remediated on schedule and program gaps are surfaced proactively.
Senior Management & Board Reporting: Prepare and deliver periodic AML program reports to senior management, boards, and governance committees across entities; provide clear, data-driven assessments of program health, risk posture, and remediation status.
Regulatory Compliance & Examination Management
Regulatory Relationship Management: Serve as the primary AML point of contact for regulators across the region, including FinCEN, NYDFS, FINTRAC, BVIFSC, and CIMA.
Examination Preparation & Response: Lead preparation for regulatory examinations and internal/external audits; coordinate document production, draft cover narratives, manage examiner meetings, and oversee remediation of examination findings.
Regulatory Reporting Oversight: Oversee the timely and accurate filing of required regulatory reports across jurisdictions, including SARs (FinCEN), STRs (FINTRAC), and equivalent suspicious transaction reporting obligations in BVI and Cayman; review and approve material filings.
Regulatory Change Management: Monitor and assess emerging AML regulatory developments across all applicable jurisdictions; evaluate impact on the firm's program and business activities; translate regulatory changes into actionable policy and procedure updates.
Experience: 10+ years of BSA/AML compliance experience, including at least 3-5 years in a senior AML officer, deputy officer, or equivalent leadership role at a financial institution, digital asset firm, or regulated entity.
Multi-jurisdictional AML Expertise: Demonstrated, hands-on knowledge of AML/CTF regulatory frameworks across at least two of the following: U.S. federal (BSA/FinCEN/OFAC), NYDFS, Canada (FINTRAC/PCMLTFA), British Virgin Islands (BVIFSC), or Cayman Islands (CIMA); willingness and ability to rapidly develop proficiency across all five jurisdictions.
Program Design & Ownership: Proven track record of designing, implementing, or materially improving an AML/CTF compliance program at regulated financial institutions; experience owning policies, risk assessments, and governance frameworks.
Regulatory Engagement: Direct experience preparing for and responding to regulatory examinations, inquiries, or audits; ability to manage examiner relationships professionally and produce high-quality regulatory responses under deadline pressure.
Investigations & SAR Authority: Experience serving as a SAR/STR review and approval authority; strong judgment on escalation decisions, complex alert dispositions, and novel financial crime typologies relevant to digital asset trading.
Digital Assets Experience: Prior experience in a virtual currency, crypto trading, or digital asset compliance environment; familiarity with blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis and Elliptic and the financial crime risks unique to crypto markets.
Communication & Executive Presence: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; demonstrated ability to present complex compliance matters clearly to boards, senior executives, and regulators; experience drafting board-level compliance reports and regulatory submissions. Ability to lead and collaborate efficiently with AML and external resources.
Judgment & Independence: Sound independent judgment on ambiguous regulatory questions; comfortable operating in fast-moving, high-accountability environments with limited precedent.
Preferred
Regulatory Experience: Prior experience as a regulator, examiner, or compliance officer embedded in a regulatory examination process at FinCEN, NYDFS, FINTRAC, BVIFSC, CIMA, or a comparable authority.
NYDFS Expertise: In-depth knowledge of NYDFS Part 504 certification requirements, BitLicense obligations, and NYDFS examination procedures; prior experience managing a NYDFS examination or enforcement matter.
Caribbean Jurisdiction Experience: Hands-on experience operating an AML/CTF program under BVI (BVIFSC) or Cayman (CIMA) regulatory frameworks, including familiarity with local legislative requirements, reporting obligations, and examination practices.
Canada FINTRAC Experience: Direct experience managing a FINTRAC-registered AML compliance program, including registration maintenance and FINTRAC examination readiness.
Multi-entity Program Management: Experience managing AML programs simultaneously across multiple legal entities, jurisdictions, or business lines with distinct regulatory obligations and risk profiles.
Sanctions Expertise: Advanced knowledge of OFAC sanctions compliance, including SDN screening, secondary sanctions considerations, and voluntary self- disclosure processes; experience with equivalent sanctions regimes (UN, EU, UK, Canada) a plus.
The annual base salary range for this position is $160,000 to $215,000 depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k (with discretionary employer match), short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts.
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