Deputy MLRO (Malta)

Location: Malta; hybrid working with flexible hours.

Company

hirify.global provides stablecoin-powered financial infrastructure for enterprises and is part of Mastercard, enabling fiat and digital-asset payments across more than 130 countries.

What you will do

• Support the MLRO in maintaining, executing, and overseeing AML/CFT, counter-proliferation financing, and sanctions frameworks.
• Ensure operational financial crime controls comply with Maltese legislation, FIAU procedures, and supervisory expectations.
• Assist with business risk assessments, the financial crime risk register, and FIAU regulatory reporting.
• Review internal suspicious activity reports and support the drafting and submission of STRs, SARs, and targeted financial sanctions disclosures.
• Act as a liaison for information requests, court orders, and freeze notices from the FIAU, Malta Police Force, and international financial intelligence units.
• Conduct enhanced due diligence reviews and provide recommendations for complex entities, PEPs, high-net-worth individuals, and high-risk commercial verticals.

Requirements

• Hands-on AML/CFT experience within a Maltese regulated entity, such as a financial institution, EMI, bank, VFA/CASP, or gaming operator.
• Deep knowledge of the Maltese regulatory framework, including the PMLA, PMLFTR, FIAU Implementing Procedures Parts I and II, SMB notices, and MFSA expectations.
• Experience with financial crime controls, risk assessments, regulatory reporting, suspicious activity investigations, and enhanced due diligence.
• Ability to review high-risk files and liaise with regulators, law enforcement bodies, and financial intelligence units.

Nice to have

• Internationally recognised financial crime qualification such as ICA or ACAMS.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible working hours with a hybrid working model.
• Competitive salary and a flexible approach to holiday.
• Growth-minded, diverse, and inclusive working environment.
• Opportunities to travel to offices around the world.
• Open and creative environment focused on developing financial infrastructure and the future of money movement.