Senior FCC Lead: Digital Assets Compliance

SRI Conference; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Goldman Sachs is seeking a senior member of Financial Crime Compliance to lead digital assets risk management and governance. You will work across FCC and business teams to define strategy, implement controls and oversee investigations related to blockchain and tokenized assets.

This role requires extensive experience in AML/CTF, sanctions, and fraud risk management, with a focus on evolving regulatory expectations and practical compliance delivery in a global, fast-changing environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in Financial Crime Compliance, Compliance, Legal, Risk, Internal Audit or a related control function.
• Working knowledge of blockchain, DLT and digital assets, or demonstrated experience assessing financial crime risks and controls for new products, technologies or payment models.
• Experience working building out compliance controls to cover digital assets risks, including experience working with blockchain analytics vendors.
• Strong working knowledge of AML, CTF, sanctions and fraud risk management frameworks, including CDD, transaction monitoring, investigations and regulatory reporting.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior FCC point of contact for digital assets matters and contribute to the global FCC Digital Assets framework.
• Identify and assess money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions, fraud, and other illicit finance risks associated with digital asset products, services, clients, counterparties, technologies and transaction flows.
• Provide risk-based advice and effective challenge throughout the product and client lifecycle, including new business initiatives, product approvals, client onboarding, and material changes to existing activities.
• Lead or support the onboarding and integration of digital asset related vendors to provide blockchain analytics, and digital assets intelligence services
• Partner with relevant teams to design, enhance and oversee controls relating to customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence, sanctions screening, blockchain analytics, transaction monitoring, investigations, suspicious activity escalation and recordkeeping.
• Develop a deep understanding of blockchain, DLT, wallets, custody models, token structures, smart contracts, stablecoins and transaction typologies to identify novel risks and control implications.
• Assess cross-business and cross-regional risk impacts, promote consistent minimum standards and support documented treatment of regional variances.
• Monitor and analyze new or amended laws, regulations, regulatory guidance, enforcement actions and industry practices, translating developments into practical requirements, guidance and action plans.
• Support engagement with regulators, auditors and other independent reviewers, including preparation for examinations, responses to information requests and remediation of findings.
• Develop and deliver policies, procedures, training, management information, metrics and governance materials for senior stakeholders and relevant committees.
• Collaborate with business, technology and control stakeholders to improve data quality, system capabilities, automation and the effectiveness of preventive and detective controls.
• Build strong networks across the firm and with relevant industry forums or trade associations to support informed and consistent approaches to emerging financial crime risks.
• Identify and elevate material risks and control weaknesses and oversee agreed remediation.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Financial crime risk

Blockchain/DLT knowledge

Risk assessment

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Blockchain analytics tools

Job description

Goldman Sachs is seeking a senior member of Financial Crime Compliance to lead digital assets risk management and governance. You will work across FCC and business teams to define strategy, implement controls and oversee investigations related to blockchain and tokenized assets.

This role requires extensive experience in AML/CTF, sanctions, and fraud risk management, with a focus on evolving regulatory expectations and practical compliance delivery in a global, fast-changing environment.