Compliance Manager - Crypto, Trade Compliance and Country Risk

worldpay; Cincinnati (OH); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Worldpay is seeking a Compliance Manager - Crypto, Trade Compliance and Country Risk to shape our global compliance framework. The role is hybrid with on-site requirements in Cincinnati, OH, and includes leading export controls, country risk analyses, and digital asset compliance initiatives.

You will oversee regulatory strategy, partner with vendors, and conduct investigations and risk assessments to ensure FATF and international obligations are met.

Qualifications

• Experience in sanctions, AML, and regulatory risk management is preferred.
• Knowledge of FATF Travel Rule and digital asset regulations is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead export controls and trade compliance programs across multiple jurisdictions.
• Conduct geopolitical and country risk assessments and provide executive-level analyses.
• Oversee compliance of digital asset products, partnerships, and VASP relationships.
• Perform enhanced due diligence on high-risk merchants and strategic partners.
• Develop governance materials and present risk updates to executives.

Job description

Job Description

Ready to take your career global? Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. We're looking for a Compliance Manager - Crypto, Trade Compliance and Country Risk to join our ever evolving team and help shape the future of global commerce.

This role will be hybrid (working 3 days per week in office at either our Cincinnati, OH or Manchester, UK locations). Please note this not a role that we can sponsor or transfer sponsorship now or in the future.

What you will own:

Export Controls

• Maintains and directs the enterprise Trade Compliance Program.
• Interpret and operationalize U.S., UK, EU, and international export control regulations.
• Conduct export-control reviews involving products, technologies, merchants, and services.
• Assess risks related to dual-use goods, proliferation financing, and sanctions circumvention.
• Support regulatory examinations, audits, and remediation efforts.

Country Risk Program Ownership

• Maintain the global Country Risk Program and associated methodology.
• Conduct geopolitical and country risk assessments.
• Evaluate jurisdiction-specific sanctions, AML, corruption, terrorism financing, and trade risks.
• Develop executive-level country risk analyses and recommendations.
• Provide ongoing advice regarding emerging sanctions programs and geopolitical developments.

Digital Asset & Cryptocurrency Compliance

• Lead compliance oversight for digital asset products and partnerships.
• Assess cryptocurrency exchanges, stablecoin providers, blockchain businesses, and virtual asset service providers.
• Evaluate compliance with FATF Travel Rule requirements and cryptocurrency regulatory obligations.
• Conduct blockchain-related financial crime investigations and risk assessments.
• Partner with blockchain analytics vendors and internal stakeholders to implement monitoring solutions.

Merchant Risk Reviews & Enhanced Due Diligence

• Conduct enhanced due diligence on high-risk merchants and strategic partners.
• Review ownership structures, supply chains, payment flows, jurisdictions, and products.
• Evaluate sanctions, export control, AML, fraud, and reputational risks.
• Prepare risk-based approval recommendations and escalation memoranda for senior leadership.
• Support onboarding, periodic reviews, and remediation activities.

Regulatory Strategy & Governance

• Monitor emerging regulatory developments and assess business impact.
• Lead enterprise initiatives associated with sanctions, trade compliance, digital assets, and financial crime obligations.
• Develop policies, standards, procedures, and governance materials.
• Present risk assessments and program updates to executive leadership and governance committees.
• Maintain key performance indicators and quarterly reporting metrics.

Investigations & Regulatory Support

• Lead complex sanctions, trade compliance, and financial crime investigations.
• Support regulator inquiries, audits, examinations, and independent reviews.
• Draft regulator-ready responses, risk assessments, and remediation plans.
• Coordinate corrective actions across business and compliance stakeholders.

Leadership & People Management

• Direct and develop a team of compliance professionals.
• Provide technical guidance across sanctions, country risk, trade compliance, and cryptocurrency compliance.
• Mentor staff and support enterprise training efforts.
• Drive a culture of accountability, risk ownership, and continuous improvement.

Digital Asset & Cryptocurrency Compliance

• Lead compliance oversight for digital asset products, stablecoin initiatives, blockchain payment solutions, and cryptocurrency partnerships.
• Assess cryptocurrency exchanges, stablecoin providers, blockchain businesses, custodians, wallet providers, payment facilitators, and virtual asset service providers (VASPs).
• Evaluate compliance with FATF Travel Rule requirements, virtual asset regulations, licensing requirements, and evolving global cryptocurrency frameworks.
• Conduct cryptocurrency-related financial crime investigations, sanctions reviews, and blockchain risk assessments.
• Utilize blockchain analytics and transaction monitoring tools to identify sanctions exposure, illicit finance typologies, terrorist financing risks, fraud, darknet activity, and high-risk wallet activity.
• Assess on-chain and off-chain controls, including Know Your Customer (KYC), Know Your Transaction (KYT), wallet screening, transaction monitoring, and enhanced due diligence programs.
• Evaluate exposure to sanctioned actors, prohibited jurisdictions, mixers, privacy-enhancing technologies, decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, and peer-to-peer cryptocurrency ecosystems.
• Perform due diligence and ongoing monitoring of digital asset merchants, exchanges, and strategic partners, including review of governance, licensing, AML controls, blockchain analytics capabilities, and sanctions compliance frameworks.
• Assess risks associated with stablecoins, fiat on-ramp/off-ramp services, self-custody wallets, hosted wallets, tokenized payment solutions, and emer