Head of AML | Digital Asset Financial Services

About Our Client

Our client is a well-established digital asset financial services firm managing multi-billion dollar assets under management, with a regulated presence across multiple major financial centres globally. Serving institutional and professional clients, they offer a broad suite of services spanning structured products, lending, custody, and investment solutions — bridging traditional finance and the digital asset ecosystem.

About the Role

This is a senior leadership hire reporting directly to the Group CCO. As Head of AML, you will own the firm's end-to-end AML/CFT framework across three pillars — KYC, Monitoring & Investigations, and AML Governance — and play a central role in shaping financial crime risk management as the business scales globally.

What You'll Do

• Lead the design and continuous enhancement of the Group's AML/CFT framework, policies and procedures across jurisdictions
• Provide strategic oversight across KYC, Monitoring & Investigations, and AML Governance, ensuring an integrated and effective financial crime risk management function
• Direct the KYC function covering client onboarding, periodic reviews, name screening and customer due diligence
• Lead transaction monitoring, blockchain analytics, alert management, investigations and suspicious transaction reporting
• Drive AML governance including financial crime risk assessments, policy management and regulatory change
• Support the CCO on regulatory engagements including licensing applications, inspections and supervisory reviews
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Technology, Legal, Risk and Operations to embed AML controls into new products and processes
• Report to senior management and governance committees on AML risk exposure and key metrics
• Build and develop a high-performing AML team

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Law, Finance, Business Administration or related field
• 10 years of AML or financial crime compliance experience within a financial institution, fintech or digital asset firm
• Proven track record leading large AML/FCC teams
• Strong command of global AML/CFT regulatory frameworks and digital asset-specific financial crime risks
• Experience managing AML programmes across multiple jurisdictions
• Exposure to regulatory engagements including licensing, inspections and supervisory reviews
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills; able to influence at senior levels

If it sounds like your next move, please don't hesitate to apply. Kindly note that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Appreciate your understanding. Data provided is for recruitment purposes only.

About Us

Dada Consultants was established in 2017, with the commitment of providing the best recruitment services in Singapore. We are comprised of a dynamic head-hunting team dedicated to sourcing for highly competent professionals in IT industry. We provide enterprises with customized talent solutions, and bring talents to career advancement.

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