Compliance and AML Officer
Wirex offers borderless payment solutions, enabling crypto and fiat transactions.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
Funding history
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About Wirex
Wirex integrates digital currencies with traditional finance, allowing users to manage cryptocurrencies alongside fiat. The app offers features like multi-currency accounts, crypto rewards, and a globally accepted debit card.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will develop and maintain AML/CFT policies and financial-crime controls. You will support authorization, inspections, regulatory reporting, risk assessments, and remediation. You will provide operational compliance guidance, review higher-risk cases, deliver training, and prepare reports for management and the Board.
Requirements
- At least 5 years of hands-on compliance, AML, or financial-crime experience in a regulated financial services, payments, fintech, or crypto-asset environment
- Knowledge of MiCAR, AMLR, EU AML requirements, FATF recommendations, and CySEC expectations
- Experience with KYC, CDD, EDD, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and financial-crime controls
- Experience supporting regulatory examinations, audits, inspections, or authorization processes
- Experience developing or enhancing compliance policies, procedures, and control frameworks
- Analytical and investigative skills
- Organizational skills and attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal English communication skills
- Current residency in Cyprus
Responsibilities
- Develop and enhance AML/CFT policies, procedures, and controls
- Maintain KYC, CDD, EDD, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and customer-monitoring controls
- Monitor EU regulatory developments and advise management
- Prepare regulatory reports, suspicious transaction reports, and mandatory disclosures
- Support CASP authorization, regulatory inspections, audits, and information requests
- Conduct and maintain the Business-Wide Risk Assessment
- Develop Customer Risk Assessments and risk methodologies
- Identify and escalate compliance breaches, control weaknesses, and financial-crime risks
- Prepare compliance and AML reports for management and the Board
- Provide compliance guidance on onboarding, transaction monitoring, and customer lifecycle management
- Review higher-risk customers, transactions, and compliance cases
- Deliver compliance and AML training and awareness programmes
Benefits
- Flexible working arrangements
- Hybrid working options
- Annual training and professional development allowance
- Support for relevant professional certifications
