Global Senior AML Compliance Counsel

About the Team

Our Global Legal Compliance team provides key support for all of ByteDance's and TikTok’s innovative initiatives, state-of-the-art products, and integrated platforms servicing our global markets. We help our technological and business teams enable their vision by providing integrated legal and compliance guidance and support. The ByteDance and TikTok team are growing fast and is seeking a highly experienced, bright, and capable legal/compliance lawyer to join us.



We are looking for a global senior AML Compliance Counsel to be based in [LA/NY/DC/San Jose] to join our Global Legal Compliance team as the global team lead for our highly capable AML and sanctions compliance lawyers and professionals. We are seeking an experienced AML compliance attorney with direct experience in financial crime areas including anti-money-laundering and sanctions, who also possess a data-driven mindset. The ideal candidate is willing to work in a fast-paced, global environment with cross-functional teams in different time zones, and enjoys the challenges and opportunities of novel issues across a variety of jurisdictions with an open-minded mentality to tackle issues which we may not see before.



Responsibilities

- Evaluate, support, and influence a culture of compliance throughout the organization, as well as counseling, assessing, and supporting an efficient Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) compliance program

- Advise and drive compliance initiatives and programs to comply with applicable global Anti-Money Laundering and sanctions laws and regulations

- Partner closely with TikTok, Global Payments, Internal Audit, and the various business verticals to implement and operationalize the aforementioned compliance initiatives and programs; continuously advise on the improvement of technical solutions to monitor, analyze, and report suspicious activity

- Counsel, and work closely with global government relations teams in preparing for impending regulatory changes or revisions to Anti-Money Laundering and sanctions areas

- Improve and maintain AML/CTF policies and procedures

- Conduct internal compliance training and education programs from time to time with key stakeholders