Compliance Officer (Regulatory Focus), Cryptoasset Regulation

OnHires; New York (NY); Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first

Collaborative leadership

Competitive compensation

Medical insurance

English classes

Team events

Job summary

OnHires, a global fintech, seeks a senior regulatory compliance professional to own the cryptoasset regulatory pipeline: UK FCA file, MiCA CASP implementation, and regulator-facing design for Travel Rule and analytics. You will draft policies, risk assessments, and governance narratives for regulator review, reporting to the Global Chief of Compliance.

Remote-first with cross-border exposure, collaborating with Global Compliance and senior leadership.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in regulatory compliance within a cryptoasset business licensed or authorised by a national authority.
• Experience authoring substantive regulatory documents independently for regulator review.
• Hands-on experience with MiCA CASP, UK FCA cryptoasset registration/authorisation, or comparable regime.
• Familiarity with TFR/Travel Rule and blockchain analytics in regulatory context.
• Proven ability to navigate primary legislation andguidance independently.

Responsibilities

• Own the live UK FCA cryptoasset file (RFI cycles, submissions, remediation).
• Oversee post-authorisation implementation of MiCA CASP licence obligations.
• Contribute to MiCA policy set (conflicts, custody, client-asset segregation).
• Design regulator-facing documentation for Travel Rule and blockchain-analytics controls.
• Prepare ICT-risk documentation for CASP perimeter with ICT function.
• Assess new cryptoassets, chains and counterparties for regulatory risk.

Skills

Regulatory drafting

Policy governance

Regulatory reporting

Stakeholder management

English proficiency

Education

Law/Regulatory degree

Job description

Remote | Europe | Cryptoasset Regulation (MiCA/CASP) |

B2B

Contract

About the Client

Our client is a global fintech operating at the intersection of crypto and traditional payments. It builds products that help people and businesses buy, sell, and exchange cryptocurrency, serving millions of customers across 180+ countries. It is self-funded, with a distributed team across Europe, Ukraine and the US.

It holds a MiCA CASP authorisation and a Payment Institution (PSD2) licence in the EU, one of a small group in Europe holding both, alongside US and Canadian registrations.

About the Role

This role owns the cryptoasset side of the regulatory pipeline: the UK FCA cryptoasset file, the post-authorisation implementation of the MiCA CASP licence, and the regulatory design of the TFR/Travel Rule and blockchain-analytics frameworks that sit underneath both. You report to the Global Chief of Compliance. The core of the work is regulatory drafting and analysis: policies, risk assessments, governance documents, application narratives and responses to regulators, written independently and defensible under regulatory challenge. This is not an MLRO or transaction-monitoring role; day-to-day AML operations sit with the MLRO and the analyst team.

What You'll Own

• The live UK FCA cryptoasset file (MLRs 2017): RFI cycles, supplementary submissions and remediation through to decision, and the transition to the incoming FSMA cryptoasset authorisation regime
• Post-authorisation implementation and evidencing of the MiCA CASP licence, including obligations and undertakings towards the national regulator
• The MiCA policy set: conflicts of interest, complaints handling, custody and client-asset segregation, market abuse detection and reporting (Art. 92), prudential safeguards, outsourcing (Art. 73), and white-paper obligations where relevant
• Regulatory design and regulator-facing documentation of the TFR/Travel Rule framework (originator/beneficiary data, self-hosted wallets, counterparty CASP due diligence) and of blockchain-analytics controls (methodology, thresholds, exposure attribution). Operation of the tooling stays with the AML team
• DORA/ICT-risk documentation for the CASP perimeter, with the ICT function
• Regulatory assessment of new cryptoassets, chains, custody arrangements and crypto counterparties
• Gap analyses, thematic reviews, remediation plans, and verification that approved controls operate in practice

Must Have

• 5+ years in regulatory compliance (authorisation, licensing, policy and governance drafting), including 3+ years inside a cryptoasset business licensed or authorised by a national competent authority. Time at unregulated, registration-only or offshore operators does not count towards this requirement
• Hands-on experience of a cryptoasset authorisation framework (MiCA/CASP, UK FCA cryptoasset registration/authorisation, or a comparable VASP regime), taken through submission and regulator review
• Proven ability to author substantive regulatory documents independently: you can name what you wrote, for which regulator, and what the regulator pushed back on
• Working command of the TFR/Travel Rule in practice, not in theory
• Practical understanding of blockchain analytics and how exposure attribution is evidenced to a regulator
• Working knowledge of DORA as applied to CASPs, AMLD/FATF standards, sanctions, outsourcing and governance requirements
• Ability to navigate primary legislation and guidance independently, and to tell mandatory requirements apart from risk appetite
• Fluent professional English with excellent written drafting
• European engagement location with a minimum four-hour overlap with the European working day

Nice to Have

• An authorisation granted on a file you drafted
• VASP-to-CASP transition experience under MiCA
• Awareness of the AMLA/AMLR transition
• Exposure to a licensed VASP/CASP regime outside the EU (e.g. Crown Dependencies, Switzerland, Singapore, Hong Kong), meaning regimes with a formal authorisation and supervisory process, not offshore or registration-only regimes
• ICA Diploma in GRC, CAMS or comparable

What We Offer

• Remote-first with high autonomy and minimal micromanagement
• Direct collaboration with the Global Chief of Compliance and senior leadership
• Work on one of Europe’s most interesting regulatory portfolios: MiCA CASP and PI already granted, with UK and EU applications in the pipeline
• Your drafting goes straight to regulators, so your impact is real and visible
• Self-funded, stable company without investor pressure
• Medical insurance, L&D budget, performance-based financial bonus, English classes, regular team-building activities
• Fintech and crypto domain: technically and legally complex, always evolving
• A growing Global Compliance Team where senior expertise is trusted and heard