CoinList helps the best crypto projects grow their communities and raise capital. We've helped teams like Solana, Filecoin, Peaq, and WalletConnect raise over $1B and connect with hundreds of thousands of users. Today, we offer a full suite of crypto financial services—from token sales and staking to trading and custody—designed to support users throughout their crypto journey.
We're building for the next generation of crypto—where early adopters, investors, and builders converge. If you're excited about pushing the frontier of digital finance, we'd love to meet you.
About The Role
We're looking for an experienced U.S. Compliance Officer to own and evolve our compliance program for the United States. This is a hands-on, high-impact role for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments and is passionate about translating regulatory obligations into effective operational practices.
You'll work closely with our COO and General Counsel to ensure CoinList's U.S. operations meet all applicable legal and regulatory requirements, particularly around AML, KYC, and money transmission laws, while providing a great product experience for our customers.
What You'll Do
Lead U.S. compliance strategy and execution. Own the U.S. compliance program, including policy development, internal controls, and regulatory engagement
Oversee AML and KYC programs. Continuously refine and improve our customer onboarding, transaction monitoring, and investigative processes
Manage regulatory reporting. Ensure timely and accurate filing of SARs, CTRs, and other required submissions to FinCEN and state regulators
Coordinate audits and exams. Serve as the point of contact for external auditors, regulators, and banking partners
Implement risk frameworks. Identify and assess compliance risks, develop mitigation strategies, and oversee testing and incident response plans
Collaborate cross-functionally. Work with product, engineering, legal, and operations to embed compliance considerations into business decisions
Drive process efficiency. Streamline compliance workflows to enable scale while maintaining a strong control environment
Educate and train. Lead compliance onboarding for new hires and manage ongoing company-wide training
Requirements
Experience leading AML and KYC compliance programs at a fintech, crypto, or financial services firm
Deep knowledge of BSA/AML, FinCEN guidance, and U.S. state money transmission laws
Experience interfacing with regulators and managing exams or audits
Strong process and risk management skills, with a bias toward operationalizing compliance
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and scaling programs up
Passionate about crypto and fluent in the basics of how decentralized technologies work
Clear communicator, strong collaborator, and trusted leader with high integrity
Benefits
$180,000 - $200,000 + equity
Salary ranges for the U.S. and Canada are based on competitive market data, and the final offer will reflect the candidate's experience and location.
Salary & Equity Based Compensation
CoinList is a fast-growing startup that offers generous equity grants as part of its employee compensation. A significant portion of the total rewards package is in the form of company equity.
Benefits
Medical, Dental, and Vision are provided at no monthly cost to the employee.
We also offer other non-standard benefits like unlimited PTO, life planning, gym membership, etc.
We pride ourselves on how great our benefits are and our employees love it!
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Legal
Industries
IT Services and IT Consulting
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