Global Crypto Compliance & Risk Lead (Hybrid)

Global Payments Inc.; Cincinnati (OH); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Global Payments Inc. is seeking a Compliance Manager focused on Crypto, Trade Compliance and Country Risk to lead and shape our global compliance program.

The role offers hybrid work options with 3 days weekly in Cincinnati, OH or Manchester, UK, and states that sponsorship cannot be provided now or in the future. The position requires ownership of export controls, country risk, digital asset compliance, investigations, regulatory strategy, and leadership of a team of compliance professionals.

Responsibilities

• Maintain 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.
• 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.
• Lead compliance oversight for digital asset products and partnerships.
• Assess cryptocurrency exchanges, stablecoin providers, blockchain businesses, and VASPs.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 VASP s.
• 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 KYC, KYT, wallet screening, transaction monitoring, and enhanced due diligence programs.
• Evaluate exposure to sanctioned actors, prohibited jurisdictions, mixers, privacy-enhancing technologies, DeFi protocols, and P2P cryptocurrency ecosystems.
• Perform due diligence and ongoing monitoring of digital asset merchants, exchanges, and strategic partners, including governance, AML controls, and sanctions frameworks.
• Assess risks associated with stablecoins, fiat on-ramp/off-ramp services, self-custody wallets, hosted wallets, tokenized payment solutions, and emerging blockchain technologies.
• Develop risk frameworks and governance standards for digital assets, including onboarding reviews, periodic risk assessments, monitoring requirements, and escalation criteria.
• Partner with blockchain analytics providers and industry stakeholders to enhance cryptocurrency screening, monitoring, investigations, and risk intelligence capabilities.
• Provide subject matter expertise on cryptocurrency sanctions compliance, blockchain investigations, and emerging digital asset regulatory developments to senior leadership, business stakeholders, and governance committees.

Job description

Global Payments Inc. is seeking a Compliance Manager focused on Crypto, Trade Compliance and Country Risk to lead and shape our global compliance program.

The role offers hybrid work options with 3 days weekly in Cincinnati, OH or Manchester, UK, and states that sponsorship cannot be provided now or in the future. The position requires ownership of export controls, country risk, digital asset compliance, investigations, regulatory strategy, and leadership of a team of compliance professionals.