AML Officer (Digital Assets)

Location: Chicago or New York, United States

Salary: $160,000–$215,000 annual base salary, plus an annual discretionary bonus

Company

hirify.global is a diversified trading firm using technology and proprietary capital across traditional markets, real estate, venture capital, and cryptoassets.

What you will do

• Own the design, execution, governance, and continuous improvement of AML/CTF and sanctions programs across North American and Caribbean entities.
• Develop policies, procedures, enterprise-wide risk assessments, issue-management frameworks, and board-level program reports.
• Lead regulatory relationships, examinations, audits, inquiries, remediation, and regulatory reporting across FinCEN, NYDFS, FINTRAC, BVIFSC, and CIMA frameworks.
• Review and approve SAR/STR filings, complex investigations, alert dispositions, sanctions-screening decisions, and high-risk escalations.
• Direct the use of blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis and TRM Labs and apply digital-asset financial crime typologies.
• Deliver training and partner with legal, operations, technology, trading, AML analysts, and senior leadership to embed compliance controls.

Requirements

• 10+ years of BSA/AML compliance experience, including 3–5 years in a senior AML officer, deputy officer, or equivalent leadership role.
• Hands-on expertise in at least two applicable regulatory frameworks, including U.S. federal, NYDFS, Canada, British Virgin Islands, or Cayman Islands requirements.
• Experience designing or materially improving AML/CTF programs, policies, risk assessments, and governance frameworks for regulated entities.
• Direct experience with regulatory examinations, audits, inquiries, SAR/STR approval, complex investigations, and escalation decisions.
• Prior experience in virtual currency, crypto trading, or digital-asset compliance, including blockchain analytics and crypto financial crime risks.
• Strong written and verbal communication, executive presence, independent judgment, and the ability to present to boards, executives, and regulators.

Nice to have

• Experience as a regulator, examiner, or compliance officer involved in regulatory examinations.
• In-depth NYDFS Part 504, BitLicense, and NYDFS examination experience.
• Hands-on BVI, Cayman, or FINTRAC AML program experience.
• Multi-entity or multi-jurisdictional program management experience.
• Advanced OFAC sanctions expertise, including SDN screening, secondary sanctions, and voluntary self-disclosures.

Culture & Benefits

• High-accountability environment built around integrity, innovation, curiosity, and independent judgment.
• Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with discretionary employer match, disability insurance, life and AD&D insurance.
• Health savings accounts and flexible spending accounts.