Senior AML/KYC Onboarding Manager

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid – 3+ days onsite)
Salary: $150,000 – $165,000 base
Industry: Fintech / Digital Assets / Payments
Company Size: High-growth scale-up (approx. 11–50 employees)

Overview

We’re partnering with a fast-growing fintech operating at the intersection of blockchain, payments, and financial infrastructure. They are building next-generation financial products and are looking for a Senior AML / KYC Onboarding Manager to lead and scale their institutional customer onboarding function.

This is a critical, hands-on leadership role focused on ensuring robust AML/KYC compliance while improving onboarding efficiency, automation, and customer experience in a regulated environment.

The ideal candidate brings deep institutional onboarding experience, strong regulatory knowledge, and the confidence to own decision-making in a high-growth setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and execute institutional customer onboarding, including:
• Reviewing escalations
• Making onboarding decisions
• Managing customer RFIs and follow-ups
• Own and oversee onboarding processes to ensure alignment with:
• Internal compliance policies
• U.S. and global regulatory frameworks (e.g. FinCEN, OFAC, FATF, BMA, and equivalents)
• Develop, enhance, and maintain risk-based onboarding policies and procedures
• Drive continuous improvement across onboarding workflows, focusing on:
• Faster onboarding timelines
• Higher data quality
• Improved customer experience
• Monitor onboarding KPIs and metrics, producing clear reporting for senior leadership
• Partner closely with Engineering and Product teams to:
• Improve automation
• Enhance KYC tooling and systems
• Scale onboarding operations efficiently
• Act as a subject-matter expert on AML/KYC and onboarding best practices across the business

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Law, or a related field

• 5+ years’ experience in AML/BSA/KYC compliance
• Strong background in institutional customer onboarding within:
• A regulated financial institution
• A fintech, payments, or digital assets environment
• Deep knowledge of:
• AML regulations
• Sanctions compliance
• CDD / EDD requirements
• U.S. and global regulatory expectations
• Experience designing or owning onboarding policies and procedures
• Familiarity with KYC / onboarding platforms and tooling
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to make sound risk-based decisions
• Comfortable working cross-functionally in a fast-moving environment

Preferred

• ACAMS, CFCS, or similar compliance certification
• Background at well-known fintech or payments companies (e.g. large consumer or institutional platforms)
• Experience supporting high-growth or early-stage businesses

Benefits

• Competitive base salary in the range of $150,000 – $165,000
• Hybrid working model based in New York (minimum 3 days onsite)
• Opportunity to take on meaningful ownership of the institutional onboarding and AML/KYC function
• Exposure to a high-growth fintech environment operating in regulated markets
• Ability to influence and improve onboarding processes, tooling, and automation
• Close collaboration with senior stakeholders across Compliance, Product, and Engineering
• Small team environment with clear accountability and autonomy
• Work on products and infrastructure shaping the future of digital payments and financial services
• Standard benefits package aligned with market expectations

Due to the high volume of applications we anticipate, we regret that we are unable to provide individual feedback to all candidates. If you do not hear back from us within 4 weeks of your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. We genuinely appreciate your interest and wish you the best in your job search.

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