Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer (Crypto)

Location: EMEA

Company

OKX operates a crypto exchange and develops OKX Wallet, providing access to crypto trading and decentralised applications for retail and institutional customers.

What you will do

• Support and deputise for the MLRO across AML/CFT governance, Board reporting, regulatory matters, and financial crime framework oversight.
• Oversee complex AML/CFT investigations involving transaction monitoring alerts, blockchain activity, higher-risk customers, and internal suspicious activity reports.
• Support suspicious activity reporting, including suspicion assessments, external report preparation and review, confidentiality, and controls against tipping off.
• Provide second-line oversight of KYC, CDD, EDD, Source of Funds, Source of Wealth, customer risk classification, and ongoing monitoring.
• Enhance transaction and blockchain monitoring controls through scenario calibration, effectiveness testing, emerging typology analysis, and false-positive reduction.
• Support regulatory inspections, audits, remediation programmes, product risk assessments, AML/CFT training, and implementation of regulatory developments.

Requirements

• Relevant AML/CFT and financial crime experience, preferably in a regulated CASP/VASP, crypto exchange, fintech, payments business, or financial institution.
• Strong knowledge of EU AML/CFT requirements and the risk-based approach, including MiCA and the EU Transfer of Funds Regulation/Travel Rule.
• Practical experience with CDD/EDD, Source of Funds and Source of Wealth, customer risk assessment, transaction monitoring, investigations, and suspicious activity reporting.
• Strong understanding of crypto-assets and blockchain-related financial crime risks, including the use or interpretation of blockchain analytics and transaction monitoring tools.
• Strong analytical, investigative, judgement, communication, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to provide independent challenge and escalate material concerns.
• A degree in law, finance, economics, compliance, risk, or a related field and/or AML/financial crime qualifications such as CAMS or ICA is advantageous.

Nice to have

• Experience in a senior AML, financial crime, or compliance role.
• Experience with self-hosted wallets, cross-chain activity, DeFi, mixers, privacy-enhancing technologies, and Travel Rule requirements.
• Recognised AML or financial crime qualification such as CAMS, ICA, or equivalent.

Culture & Benefits

• Learning and development programmes with an education subsidy.
• Team-building programmes and company events.
• Wellness and meal allowances.
• Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants.
• Competitive total compensation package.

Hiring process

• Additional benefits and role details are discussed during the recruitment process.