Head of AML

BIT Official; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

BIT Group is seeking a Head of AML to lead the strategic design and ongoing enhancement of the Group's AML/CFT framework across global businesses. You will oversee KYC, Monitoring & Investigations, and AML Governance, partnering with Compliance, Tech, Product, Legal and Risk teams to scale financial crime defenses.

You will report to the Group CCO and drive regulatory engagement, policy governance, and training to embed a strong compliance culture across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Finance or Business Administration or related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of AML or financial crime compliance within a financial institution, fintech or digital asset company with proven experience leading AML teams.
• Prior leadership experience in leading large AML/FCC teams would be required.
• Strong understanding of global AML/CFT regulatory frameworks and financial crime risks in the digital asset ecosystem.
• Experience designing, implementing and managing AML programmes across multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience supporting regulatory engagements including licensing applications, regulatory inspections and supervisory reviews.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across the organisation.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English; Chinese is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation and ongoing enhancement of the Group’s AML/CFT framework, policies and procedures across jurisdictions.
• Provide strategic leadership across AML pillars: KYC, Monitoring & Investigations and AML Governance.
• Direct the Group’s KYC function including onboarding, reviews, name screening and due diligence.
• Lead the Monitoring & Investigations function, including transaction monitoring, blockchain analytics and investigations.
• Drive AML Governance, including risk assessments, policy governance and regulatory change management.
• Support the CCO in regulatory engagements, licensing applications, inspections and reviews.
• Monitor AML/CFT regulatory developments and implement required framework enhancements.
• Collaborate with Product, Technology, Legal, Risk and Operations to embed AML controls.
• Provide regular reporting on AML risk, metrics and remediation of control gaps.
• Promote a strong compliance culture and AML/CFT training across the organisation.
• Lead and develop the AML team to maintain high standards of expertise and accountability.

Skills

AML leadership

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

Financial crime risk

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Law, Finance, or Business

Job description

BIT (formerly Matrixport) is a global digital asset financial services and infrastructure group. Headquartered in Singapore and founded in 2019, BIT bridges traditional finance and digital assets through governance-driven financial services and technology.

The firm manages over US$7 billion in assets and facilitates more than US$7 billion in monthly trading volume. BIT offers services including custody, trading, asset and wealth management, liquidity and financing solutions, and tokenised real-world assets (RWA), serving institutional and professional investors globally.

BIT Group entities maintain a licensed and regulated footprint across Singapore, Hong Kong, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the United States and Bhutan.

For more information, visit www.bit.com

Why Join Us:

At BIT, we tackle complex problems as a team. We encourage openness and promote transparency, respect, and inclusivity. Every team member is valued and has a voice that can be heard. We are always in search of intellectually curious and entrepreneurial individuals who are keen on making an impact in the crypto ecosystem and in building a better product for the next one billion users.

About the role:

The Head of AML at BIT Group will be responsible for the strategic oversight, implementation and continuous enhancement of the Group’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) framework across its global businesses. Reporting to the Group Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), this role will lead the Group’s AML function across three core pillars: KYC, Monitoring & Investigations and AML Governance.

The Head of AML will ensure that BIT maintains a robust financial crime compliance framework that meets evolving regulatory expectations while supporting the scalability of the Group’s rapidly growing digital asset business. Working closely with internal stakeholders across compliance, technology, product, operations and business teams, this role will play a key part in building effective financial crime risk management across the organisation.

Job Responsibilities:

• Lead the design, implementation and continuous enhancement of the Group’s AML/CFT framework, policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with applicable regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Provide strategic leadership across the Group’s three AML pillars, KYC, Monitoring & Investigations and AML Governance, ensuring effective coordination and an integrated financial crime risk management framework.
• Direct the Group’s KYC function, including client onboarding, periodic reviews, name screening and customer due diligence, ensuring consistent application of risk based standards across jurisdictions.
• Lead the Monitoring & Investigations function, including transaction monitoring, blockchain analytics, alert management, investigations and suspicious transaction reporting, ensuring timely detection, escalation and resolution of financial crime risks.
• Drive the AML Governance pillar, including financial crime risk assessments, policy governance, regulatory change management, enterprise risk assessments and continuous strengthening of AML controls.
• Support the CCO in AML/CFT regulatory engagements, including licensing applications, regulatory inspections and supervisory reviews relating to the Group’s financial crime compliance framework.
• Monitor AML/CFT regulatory developments and emerging financial crime risks relevant to the Group’s business activities and ensure timely implementation of required enhancements to the AML framework, policies and controls.
• Partner with Product, Technology, Legal, Risk, Operations and Business teams to embed effective AML controls within new products, services and operational processes.
• Provide regular reporting to senior management and governance committees on AML risk exposure, key metrics and emerging financial crime risks and drive remediation of identified control gaps.
• Promote a strong compliance culture across the organisation and ensure effective AML/CFT training and awareness programmes.
• Lead, develop and strengthen the AML team to maintain high standards of expertise, accountability and operational effectiveness.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Finance, Business Administration or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in AML or financial crime compliance within a financial institution, fintech or digital asset company with proven experience leading AML teams.
• Prior leadership experience in leading large AML/FCC teams would be required
• Strong understanding of global AML/CFT regulatory frameworks and financial crime risks relevant to the digital asset ecosystem.
• Demonstrated experience in designing, implementing and managing AML programmes across multiple jurisdictions.
• Experience supporting regulatory engagements including licensing applications, regulatory inspections and supervisory reviews.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across the organisation.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision making capabilities in complex regulatory environments.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast paced and evolving regulatory environment while maintaining strong risk judgement.
• Excellent command of written and spoken English and Chinese is required.

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