What You'll be Doing:

📍Develop, implement, and continuously enhance the comprehensive compliance framework, strategy, and programs for the Americas region, ensuring full alignment with global compliance standards and all pertinent regulatory requirements, with a strategic focus on market expansion and new product introduction. 📍Spearhead regional markets compliance programs and provide expert compliance advice for U.S. expansion, particularly focusing on derivatives, digital assets, and other innovative financial products. This includes overseeing local market conduct rules, and ensuring integrity in new market entries. 📍Provide strategic guidance for new product development and service launches across the Americas, ensuring compliant integration and go-to-market strategies, especially for complex financial offerings. 📍Lead, mentor, and manage the Americas compliance team, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and professional development in a dynamic regulatory environment. 📍Serve as the primary senior point of contact and representative for the company with key regulatory bodies across the Americas, particularly U.S. federal and state regulators (including those governing securities and derivatives markets), as well as Canadian and Bahamian authorities; oversee regulatory examinations, inquiries, audits, and ongoing reporting.

Qualifications & Experience:

📍Minimum of 12-15 years of progressive experience in senior compliance leadership roles within the financial services industry, with a substantial focus on the Americas (deep U.S. experience is essential; Canadian, Bahamas, or Caribbean experience is a strong asset). 📍Proven track record of successfully leading, building, and developing high-performing compliance teams in a regional or multi-jurisdictional capacity. 📍In-depth, expert-level knowledge of the regulatory landscape in the U.S. (federal, state, including Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC sanctions, and state-specific MTL regimes; NYDFS BitLicense experience, as well as CFTC licensure), Canada (FINTRAC, PCMLTFA, and relevant provincial securities regulations), and the Bahamas (Central Bank of The Bahamas, DARE Act). 📍Demonstrable experience in effectively managing regulatory relationships, navigating complex examinations, and responding to regulatory inquiries at a senior level.

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