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About the company
We are one of the world's earliest and most established digital asset platforms, serving tens of millions of users across global markets. Consistently ranked among the top exchanges worldwide, we support a comprehensive suite of trading and wealth management products across thousands of digital assets. With thousands of employees spanning key financial hubs globally, we operate with a remote-first, high-autonomy culture that attracts talent who thrive in fast-moving, intellectually demanding environments. We are building the financial infrastructure of the next era of the internet.
Why this role
We are entering the Brazilian market as a Banco Central do Brasil-authorised Virtual Asset Service Provider, and you would be our first Head of Compliance on the ground. The authorisation itself depends on having someone the BCB trusts in this seat — someone who treats AML/CFT, KYC, and disclosure as the actual job, not paperwork around it. In your first year, you will have stood up the compliance program the regulator expects to see and built the company's track record with the BCB from zero.
What you'll do
Hold statutory officer responsibility for compliance at a BCB-authorised VASP, with personal accountability for acting in good faith and in the company's best interestOwn the design and effectiveness of the AML/CFT and KYC program, including transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and suspicious activity reportingAct as the primary point of contact with the BCB and COAF for compliance matters, including audits, inspections, and ad hoc information requestsMaintain personal fitness and propriety; disclose, without prompting, anything that touches your fitness, propriety, or potential conflicts — to the company and to the BCBDrive the VASP authorisation process forward on the compliance workstream, including declarations and documentation the BCB requests on its own timeline
What you'll bring
Must-have
Brazilian permanent residency or citizenship, with the ability to maintain ordinary residency in Brazil for as long as the role requiresYou hold no competing officer or director seat at another regulated entity in BrazilDirect compliance experience at a BCB-regulated institution (bank, securities broker/distributor, foreign exchange dealer) or at a crypto exchange/VASPHands-on ownership of AML/CFT and KYC programs, not just oversight of someone else'sFluent in Portuguese and English, written and spokenWilling to undergo a full BCB fit-and-proper review and disclose what it requires
Nice-to-have
Prior compliance experience specifically within a crypto exchange or VASPAML/compliance certification (e.g. CAMS, ICA)Direct prior engagement with BCB or COAF on audits, inspections, or filings