Compliance Governance Manager

Who We Are

At OKX, we believe that the future will be reshaped by Crypto, ultimately contributing to every individual's freedom. OKX began as a crypto exchange giving millions of people access to crypto trading and over time becoming among the largest platforms in the world. In recent years, we have developed one of the most connected Web3 wallets used by millions to access decentralized crypto applications (dApps). OKX is a trusted brand by hundreds of large institutions seeking access to crypto markets on a reliable platform that seamlessly connects with global banking and payments. In the last year, OKX has expanded into new markets including Australia, Brazil, Netherlands, Singapore and Turkey, with plans to launch in the US, Belgium and the UAE. We are deeply committed to shaping a fairer, more transparent and accessible society through blockchain technology. This is why we publish proof of reserves monthly, and continue to ship new innovative security features.  

About the Opportunity

The Compliance department at OKX is responsible for the overall compliance culture at the company. We’re a team of risk-minded problem solvers who advise the business on the company’s regulatory obligations and Compliance risk. We operate a global/local Compliance model, whereby subject matter experts within Central Compliance support local in-country Compliance Officers to ensure their programs are robust, consistent, and meet both local regulatory requirements and internal global standards. The Compliance Governance team sits in the Central Compliance team. The team is responsible for development and implementation of Compliance governance frameworks and controls, ensuring early identification and sustainable mitigation of operational, regulatory and reputational risk. The team is also responsible for reporting, to ensure consistency and enable comparisons across jurisdictions, with the ultimate goals of identifying risks, trends, performance, and areas for operational efficiency.  

What You’ll Be Doing

This role will provide senior level support to the development and implementation of compliance standards, best practices, and processes, to assist the Company with early identification and sustainable mitigation of operational, regulatory and reputational risk.   In this role you will:

• Have a deep understanding of OKX products and features, and applicable domestic and international compliance requirements.
• Stay informed of regulatory developments, industry trends and OKX compliance road maps.
• Work very closely, support, and coordinate with various stakeholders and departments, including but not limited to, local compliance teams, other central compliance functions, Legal, Product, Engineering, and Business Intelligence.
• Drive and influence stakeholders, to achieve buy-in, task completion, and awareness to facilitate timely actions.
• Define and implement compliance standards, best practices, and processes.
• Establish effective governance to oversee BAU and change initiatives that impact compliance programs, including but not limited to financial crime risk.
• Proactively problem-solve and translate complex regulatory & policy requirements into practical business solutions.
• Drive a proactive change management approach. Develop frameworks for and project-manage execution of effective change management processes. Report on progress.
• Assist with the review and maintenance of policy, procedure, standards, and guidelines (PSPG) to ensure consistency across jurisdictions and no contradictions between global and local PSPGs. Work with local compliance teams to ensure new PSPGs align with applicable regulations and internal templates & requirements. Create standardized templates utilized throughout all jurisdictions.
• Seek and document appropriate approvals from internal and external lines of business.
• Perform data analysis and create periodic reporting for various constituents, including board members, executive leadership, and local compliance members. Track & document successes, failures & actions to address, and ensure the organization's leadership team is kept up to date with these changes via regular cadence reporting.

 

What We Look For In You

• 6+ years of experience in compliance within financial services, FinTech or cryptocurrency industries.
• Have knowledge and understanding of financial services (crypto is a plus!) regulations, compliance, policies, processes, and procedures.
• Have prior experience in governance roles
• Have excellent organizational skills with high attention to detail.
• Have strong verbal and written communication and presentation skills and ability to interact and lead discussions.