Who We Are

About the Opportunity

Key Responsibilities

Deputy MLRO & AML/CFT Duties

• Act as Deputy MLRO and provide full MLRO coverage during the MLRO’s absence.
• Support the MLRO in maintaining the Company's AML/CFT framework and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Review internal suspicious activity escalations and support decisions on regulatory disclosures and STR filings.
• Support preparation and submission of regulatory reports, as required.
• Oversee and support transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, customer risk assessments, EDD and PEP reviews.
• Assist with investigations involving higher-risk customers, transactions and crypto-related financial crime typologies.

Regulatory & Governance Support

• Support engagement with the regulator and other relevant regulatory or law-enforcement authorities.
• Monitor regulatory developments affecting virtual assets and financial crime compliance.
• Assist with regulatory inspections, audits, information requests and remediation activities.
• Support preparation of AML and compliance reporting for senior management and governance committees.

Compliance Programme Support

• Assist with maintaining AML/CFT, KYC, CDD, EDD, sanctions and transaction-monitoring policies and procedures.
• Conduct compliance monitoring, control testing and gap assessments.
• Support maintenance of compliance manuals, risk assessments, registers and regulatory records.
• Provide practical compliance guidance to business and operational teams.

Regional Compliance Support

• Provide regional compliance support reviewing AML/TM/Escalations from Compliance Operations teams
• Work closely with regional and global Compliance teams to ensure consistent application of OKX financial crime standards.
• Support cross-border investigations and customer-risk matters where required.

What We Look For in You

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Finance, Business or a related field.
• Professional AML or compliance certification such as CAMS, ICA or equivalent is preferred.
• Rights to work in Kazakhstan

Experience

• At least 5 + years of experience in AML, financial crime or regulatory compliance within a regulated financial institution, fintech, payments or virtual asset business.
• Previous experience as a Deputy MLRO, or senior AML professional is highly desirable.
• Experience handling suspicious activity investigations, transaction monitoring, sanctions, EDD and regulatory reporting.
• Experience working with regulators or supporting regulatory examinations.
• Crypto or virtual asset compliance experience is highly desirable.

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong understanding of AML/CFT requirements, FATF standards and financial crime risks associated with virtual assets.
• Familiarity with blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis, Elliptic or TRM Labs is advantageous.
• Strong investigative, analytical and decision-making skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Business language proficiency in English, Russian & Kazakh.
• High integrity, sound judgement and the ability to operate independently.

Nice to Have

• Experience within a crypto exchange or virtual asset service provider.
• Experience with regional or multi-jurisdictional AML programmes.
• Knowledge of compliance technology, transaction monitoring and blockchain analytics tools.