At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead UK compliance function, focusing on regulatory advisory and financial crime.
- Company: Join a fast-scaling institutional digital assets business with FCA authorisation as a priority.
- Benefits: Gain genuine board-level visibility and influence in a pivotal build role.
- Other info: AI-friendly approach to compliance is essential for this role.
- Why this job: Shape the compliance function at a crucial moment in the digital assets landscape.
- Qualifications: Senior compliance leader with experience in institutional digital assets or financial markets.
The predicted salary is between 80000 - 100000 £ per year.
A fast-scaling, institutional digital assets business is looking for a Compliance Manager to lead its UK compliance function and serve as London MLRO. You'll report to the Chief Risk Officer and own the full UK remit — regulatory advisory, financial crime, conduct, surveillance and monitoring — at a pivotal moment, with FCA authorisation under the new UK cryptoasset regime as the headline priority. This is a build role, not a caretaker role. You'll shape the function, steer the firm through the FCA gateway, and have genuine board-level visibility.
What we're looking for:
- A senior compliance or financial crime leader from an institutional digital assets environment — someone who's led regulated compliance operations for institutional clients. (Consumer/retail crypto experience isn't what this role needs.)
- Alternatively, a strong financial markets background — derivatives, ideally FX derivatives — with deep FCA/FSMA fluency and the appetite to apply it to digital assets.
- MLRO or Deputy MLRO experience is a real plus, though not essential — you'll hold the mandate either way.
The part that makes this different:
We want someone who is genuinely AI-friendly. A core part of this role is exploring how AI and automation can augment the human side of compliance — building an operation that's slicker, more efficient and more robust. If you see technology as a force multiplier for compliance rather than a threat to it, you'll thrive here.
Compliance Manager / Head of Compliance employer: Kite Consulting Group
This London-based firm is at the forefront of the digital assets sector, seeking to innovate compliance through AI. Employees benefit from a dynamic environment where they can shape compliance strategies and gain visibility at the board level. The mission focuses on navigating the new UK cryptoasset regime effectively.
