Compliance Manager (Canada)

Join Transak, a leading global payment gateway for crypto. As a Compliance Manager & MLRO, you will be responsible for licensing acquisition in Canada, AML/CFT, sanctions, and regulatory governance. You will maintain the company's compliance and financial crime frameworks, oversee suspicious activity reporting, transaction monitoring effectiveness, and regulatory relationship management. This is a hands-on leadership role that reports to the Group Head of Compliance. Enjoy a hybrid work model, career development opportunities, and a comprehensive healthcare package.

• Licensing & Regulatory Governance: Apply for, maintain, and vary regulatory licenses in accordance with business requirements, acting as the main point-of-contact with FINTRAC.
• MLRO Duties: Receive, assess, and investigate suspicious activity escalations, drafting and filing SARs/STRs with structured, evidence-based narratives.
• Compliance Operations Oversight: Oversee high-risk KYB, corporate/OTC KYB, and EDD workflows, conducting 4-eye reviews on critical decisions and token listing due diligence.
• Demonstrates the ability to marry regulatory requirements with business objectives to maximize revenue while keeping within risk appetite
• Experience handling audits, inspections, regulator interactions
• Crypto experience
• 5–7+ years in AML/CFT, compliance, or financial crime
• SAR/STR drafting experience; strong investigative ability
• Experience as MLRO, Deputy MLRO, or senior Compliance Officer
• Demonstrated experience managing licenses/regulatory obligations in the target jurisdiction
• ICA/ACAMS certification
• Blockchain analytics exposure
• Experience in product compliance or technical environments