Senior AML Manager (Crypto)

Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Company

hirify.global is a cryptocurrency exchange and digital financial platform providing trading, payments, wealth management, custody, institutional services, and Web3 products to users worldwide.

What you will do

• Lead the local AML Operations team, manage resourcing, monitor KPIs, and support the Head of AML Operations.
• Map and critically assess AML/CTF processes covering CDD, name screening, ongoing due diligence, the travel rule, transaction monitoring, and SAR/STR.
• Identify inefficiencies, duplicated work, control weaknesses, and regulatory exposure, then develop prioritised improvement proposals with risk rationale, ownership, implementation steps, and measurable success criteria.
• Challenge first-line operational teams and hold them accountable to regulatory standards and internal policies.
• Track process improvements through completion, measure their effectiveness, and escalate unsuccessful changes.
• Support regulatory examinations, internal audits, third-line reviews, and AFC risk assessments with documented process analysis and subject-matter input.

Requirements

• 7+ years of hands-on AML/CTF experience, including significant exposure to both operational first-line and oversight second-line environments.
• Demonstrated experience identifying process failures and delivering material, measurable improvements in AML or compliance.
• Strong working knowledge of AMLD IV, V, and VI, FATF Recommendations, and EBA AML/CTF Guidelines.
• Structured analytical skills, including the ability to decompose complex processes, identify critical failure points, and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to challenge senior stakeholders and first-line management with credible, direct, evidence-based positions.

Nice to have

• Experience in a regulated payments, crypto-asset, or fintech environment.
• CAMS, ICA Diploma, or an equivalent AML qualification.

Culture & Benefits

• Study Growth Fund supporting professional development and continuous learning.
• Regular team-building activities, workshops, and internal events.
• Collaboration with an international team of colleagues from around the world.
• Career advancement opportunities and internal mobility within a rapidly expanding global company.