This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Compliance Operations Lead based in India.
As a Compliance Operations Lead, you will play a critical role in building and scaling the operational foundation of a global compliance function within a fast-growing financial technology environment. You will lead compliance operations teams, improve workflows, and establish scalable processes across KYC, KYB, transaction monitoring, sanctions, and risk review activities. This hands-on leadership role combines people management, operational excellence, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure compliance requirements are effectively implemented. You will work closely with Compliance, Legal, Product, Engineering, Data, and Operations teams to strengthen controls, optimize tooling, and support business growth across multiple markets. This opportunity is ideal for an experienced compliance leader who enjoys building processes from the ground up and driving continuous improvement in a high-growth environment.
Accountabilities
- Lead and develop Compliance Operations teams responsible for KYC, KYB, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, blockchain analytics reviews, customer risk assessments, and case management workflows.
- Own the daily operating model for analyst reviews, escalations, quality assurance, backlog management, and case resolution processes.
- Establish scalable team structures, performance standards, service level expectations, and continuous improvement practices.
- Coach, mentor, and support analysts and managers while building a strong compliance operations culture.
- Translate regulatory and compliance requirements into practical operational workflows, procedures, controls, and review standards.
- Design and maintain operational playbooks, checklists, quality assurance processes, and documentation frameworks to ensure consistent execution.
- Ensure case records, supporting evidence, decision-making processes, and review documentation are complete, accurate, and audit-ready.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Data, and external vendors to improve compliance tooling, workflows, automation, dashboards, and operational efficiency.
- Identify opportunities to automate repetitive processes while maintaining appropriate controls and oversight.
- Oversee transaction monitoring alerts, sanctions reviews, blockchain analytics investigations, and customer risk escalations.
- Provide operational reporting on volumes, performance metrics, SLA delivery, quality findings, risks, and improvement opportunities.
- Support audits, regulatory reviews, partner assessments, and internal investigations by ensuring compliance operations processes are well organized.
- Collaborate with Compliance and Legal teams to operationalize policies and regulatory expectations without owning policy creation or legal interpretation.
Requirements
- 15+ years of experience in compliance operations, financial crime operations, AML, KYC, KYB, sanctions, transaction monitoring, or related fields.
- Significant experience leading teams, managing managers, or scaling compliance operations functions within fintech, payments, banking, cryptocurrency, trading, or financial services environments.
- Strong knowledge of AML frameworks, sanctions processes, customer risk reviews, transaction monitoring, and suspicious activity escalation workflows.
- Proven experience building operational standards, review procedures, quality assurance programs, control frameworks, and management reporting structures.
- Ability to collaborate effectively with second-line Compliance and Legal teams while taking ownership of operational execution.
- Experience working with case management platforms, KYC/KYB providers, transaction monitoring solutions, sanctions screening tools, or blockchain analytics systems.
- Strong leadership, coaching, and team-building skills with the ability to develop high-performing operational teams.
- Excellent judgment, attention to detail, and ability to identify operational risks and improvement opportunities.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced startup environment where processes need to be created, optimized, and scaled quickly.
- Experience with crypto, blockchain, stablecoins, cross-border payments, FX, institutional fintech, or related products is considered an advantage.
- Familiarity with compliance technology platforms and experience supporting audits, regulatory reviews, or remediation programs is beneficial.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and benefits package.
- Equity opportunities in a rapidly growing organization.
- Opportunity to contribute to innovative financial infrastructure projects.
- High-impact role with significant ownership and responsibility.
- Collaborative and international work environment.
- Strong focus on professional development and career growth.
- Opportunity to build and scale compliance operations in a fast-growing industry.
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