ANZ AML/CTF Compliance Leader

CoinFlip Preferred LLC; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Hybrid work model

Superannuation and incentives

Team events

Job summary

CoinFlip Preferred LLC is seeking an experienced Compliance Officer to lead AML/CTF operations across Australia and New Zealand. You will report to the MLRO and drive day-to-day compliance, licensing obligations, and regulatory engagement to protect customers and ensure robust control environments.

You will monitor AUSTRAC and AFSL requirements, oversee investigations, and contribute to risk assessments while collaborating with a dynamic, global crypto team in a hybrid Melbourne setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, accounting, law, criminology, or related field.
• 4+ years AML/CTF experience in a reporting entity (bank, remittance, payments, or digital currency exchange/VASP).
• Strong knowledge of AML/CTF Act 2006 (incl. 2024 amendments), AUSTRAC reporting obligations, and risk-based CDD/EDD.
• Knowledge of AFSL obligations, ASIC RGs (RG 78, RG 133, RG 271, INFO 225) and AFCA processes.
• Proven experience drafting SMRs/SARs and conducting complex financial crime investigations.
• Excellent written communication, able to explain findings to regulators, executives, and non-specialists.

Responsibilities

• Investigate transaction monitoring alerts and document risk-based decisions.
• Perform CDD/EDD and source-of-funds reviews.
• Identify and escalate scams, money mules, elder abuse and structuring.
• Draft and lodge SMRs/SARs and PTRs within required timeframes.
• Monitor AUSTRAC conditions, including transaction limits and scam warnings.
• Monitor AFSL obligations and licence conditions, including ASIC breach reporting.
• Manage internal dispute resolution and AFCA complaints; coordinate responses.
• Maintain compliance registers for breaches, incidents and complaints.
• Conduct sanctions and adverse media screening and resolve matches.
• Use blockchain analytics to trace funds and assess wallet risk.
• Respond to AUSTRAC, law enforcement and information requests.
• Maintain AML/CTF program, policies and procedures; support MLRO.
• Contribute to ML/TF risk assessments for products, channels and customers.
• QA/test analyst work and track remediation of findings.
• Tune monitoring rules based on emerging typologies/guidance.
• Prepare compliance MI and reporting for senior management.
• Track ANZ regulatory changes and support implementation.
• Support audits, evaluations and regulatory reviews.
• Deliver AML/CTF and scam-awareness training.
• Mentor junior analysts and review case quality.

Skills

AML/CTF experience

Regulatory reporting

Financial crime investigations

Excellent written communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance

Bachelor’s degree in accounting

Bachelor’s degree in law

Bachelor’s degree in criminology

Related field

Tools

Tableau

SQL

Excel/Power BI

ACAMS

Job description

CoinFlip Preferred LLC is seeking an experienced Compliance Officer to lead AML/CTF operations across Australia and New Zealand. You will report to the MLRO and drive day-to-day compliance, licensing obligations, and regulatory engagement to protect customers and ensure robust control environments.

You will monitor AUSTRAC and AFSL requirements, oversee investigations, and contribute to risk assessments while collaborating with a dynamic, global crypto team in a hybrid Melbourne setting.