Asset Reality

Asset recovery, management, and training services

Money Laundering Reporting Officer - Money Laundering Reporting Officer

Financial Crime & AMLConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Part-timeRemote in USANo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

Be a US citizen or US person eligible to hold a regulated compliance role.
Have a bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
Have 5 or more years in a compliance or regulatory managerial role at a fintech, financial institution, or regulatory body, including 3 or more years of direct oversight of regulatory filings.
Demonstrate experience managing regulatory examinations and independent audits.
Have strong working knowledge of the US regulatory environment for crypto assets, including the Bank Secrecy Act, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network regulations, Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions, and the Travel Rule.
Have hands-on experience in the crypto or digital asset industry.
Hold an active CAMS, ICA, or equivalent compliance certification.
Have subject matter expertise across anti-money laundering, sanctions, fraud, and anti-bribery and corruption frameworks.
Be able to balance regulatory rigor with business pragmatism and translate complex obligations into workable solutions.
Be able to influence senior stakeholders, present to leadership, and build trusted relationships with regulators.
Be able to manage competing priorities across multiple regulatory domains and jurisdictions.
Have excellent written and spoken English.
Have in-depth knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act Travel Rule and its operational requirements.

Responsibilities

Own all regulatory filings and reporting obligations, including suspicious activity reports, currency transaction reports, and other Bank Secrecy Act-mandated reports submitted to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
Serve as the primary liaison to US regulators and agencies, including the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Internal Revenue Service, and relevant state financial services regulators.
Monitor and interpret US regulatory developments, particularly the Bank Secrecy Act, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network guidance, Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions rules, and Travel Rule requirements, and translate them into actionable compliance updates.
Implement and continuously improve the firm's Bank Secrecy Act/anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance programme, policies, and procedures.
Lead independent audits and regulatory examinations, coordinating internal stakeholders and ensuring timely, accurate responses.
Support government and regulatory requests relating to company-held assets as the authoritative internal point of contact.
Partner with Legal, Product, Operations, and Technology teams to embed compliance requirements into business processes and new product development.
Provide practical, commercially aware compliance guidance to senior leadership and the Board.
Identify gaps and drive improvements in the firm's anti-financial crime controls, escalating material risks appropriately.
Own US compliance function accountability and serve as the primary point of accountability for US anti-financial crime obligations.

Desired Qualifications

East Coast US location or Eastern Time Zone availability is preferred.

Location: East Coast US / Eastern Time Zone Preferred
Schedule: Part-Time

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) to lead our US compliance function. This is a senior role in which you will serve as the primary point of accountability for all anti-financial crime (AFC) obligations in the United States, acting as the principal contact for regulators and owning the end-to-end BSA/AML programme.

You will bring deep expertise in crypto-asset regulation, a proven ability to build and maintain regulator relationships, and the operational rigour to manage audits, examinations, and cross-functional compliance initiatives in a fast-moving fintech environment.

What You'll Do

Regulatory Oversight & Reporting

Own all regulatory filings and reporting obligations, including SARs, CTRs, and other BSA-mandated reports submitted to FinCEN.

Serve as the primary liaison to US regulators and agencies including FinCEN, OFAC, the IRS, and relevant state financial services regulators.

Monitor and interpret developments in the US regulatory landscape, particularly BSA, FinCEN guidance, OFAC sanctions rules, and Travel Rule requirements and translate these into actionable compliance updates.

Programme Management

Implement, and continuously improve the firm's BSA/AML and sanctions compliance programme, policies, and procedures.

Lead the management of independent audits and regulatory examinations, coordinating internal stakeholders and ensuring timely, accurate responses.

Support government and regulatory requests relating to assets held by the company, acting as the authoritative internal point of contact.

Cross-Functional Leadership

Partner with Legal, Product, Operations, and Technology teams to embed compliance requirements into business processes and new product development.

Provide clear, practical, and commercially-aware compliance guidance to senior leadership and the Board.

Identify gaps and drive improvements in the firm's AFC controls, escalating material risks appropriately.

What We're Looking For

Experience & Qualifications

US citizen or US person with the right to hold a regulated compliance role.

Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.

5+ years in a compliance or regulatory managerial role at a fintech, financial institution, or regulatory body, including 3+ years with direct oversight of regulatory filings.

Demonstrated experience managing regulatory examinations and independent audits.

Strong working knowledge of the US regulatory environment as it applies to crypto assets, including BSA, FinCEN regulations, OFAC sanctions, and the Travel Rule.

Prior hands-on experience in the crypto or digital asset industry is essential.

CAMS, ICA, or equivalent recognised compliance certification required.

Skills & Attributes

Subject matter expertise across AML, sanctions, fraud, and anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) frameworks.

Commercially astute — able to balance regulatory rigour with business pragmatism and translate complex obligations into workable solutions.

Confident communicator with the ability to influence senior stakeholders, present to leadership, and build trusted relationships with regulators.

Highly organised self-starter who takes ownership of projects from inception to completion and thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.

Ability to manage competing priorities across multiple regulatory domains and jurisdictions.

Excellent written and spoken English.

Must-Haves

Prior experience working within the crypto / digital asset industry.

Active CAMS, ICA, or equivalent compliance certification.

In-depth knowledge of the BSA Travel Rule and its operational requirements.

US citizenship or eligibility to act as a regulated MLRO in the United States.

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About the Company

Asset Reality

Asset recovery, management, and training services

Asset Reality recovers, manages, and realizes seized and confiscated assets for government agencies, insolvency practitioners, and other stakeholders worldwide. It delivers advisory services and operates an online portal with a bespoke case management system to guide seized assets from intake to realization, including expert witness statements for crypto investigations and enforcement-infrastructure training aligned with FATF and UN recommendations. The firm differentiates itself by offering an end-to-end asset recovery and management platform that combines enforcement planning, crypto-focused investigations, and formal training in one integrated solution. Its goal is to help clients efficiently recover asset value while complying with international financial crime standards.

Company size: 11-50
Company stage: Series A
Total funding: $11.7M
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2020

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