Member of Compliance, Regulatory Relations

Job Category: Human Resources

At Anchorage Digital, we're building the world's most advanced digital asset platform, enabling institutions to engage with crypto.

Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that empowers institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. As the home of Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the only federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions via Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.

Funded by top institutions like Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation exceeding $3 billion, we were founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California. We have offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

🛡️ The Role

As a pivotal member of Anchorage Digital's Regulatory Reporting & Exam Management team, you will ensure robust compliance across our global operations. Leveraging your expertise in regulatory engagement, including licensing, submissions, and change management, you will also support compliance efforts in other key jurisdictions (Singapore, US, etc.). You will manage all aspects of regulatory reporting, ensuring accurate and timely submissions across a broad range of regulations including, but not limited to, BSA/AML, KYC/CDD, PSN 01/02, and various local licensing requirements.

This role demands a deep understanding of the global regulatory space for digital assets and financial services, and the ability to interpret and address evolving requirements across diverse jurisdictions. You will lead effective exam management, handling regulatory requests and coordinating internal stakeholders. You will manage regulatory calendars, deadlines, and drive process improvements. Effective communication and collaboration are for engaging with regulators and internal teams worldwide. Your ability to leverage compliance tools, analyze data, and manage projects will contribute to a proactive and unified compliance framework. This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of digital asset custody within a leading, innovative, and globally expanding organization.

We have created the Factors of Growth & Impact to help Villagers better measure impact and articulate coaching, feedback, and the rich and rewarding learning that happens while exploring, developing, and mastering the capabilities and contributions within and outside of the Member of Compliance, Regulatory Relations role:

⚙️ Job Responsibilities

• Proven expertise in managing licensing applications for new entities, orchestrating regulatory submissions, and driving change management initiatives, strict adherence to deadlines.
• Collaborative experience with internal stakeholders and external regulatory teams.
• Expert ability to manage regulatory inquiries and examinations, coordinating with internal stakeholders to provide comprehensive responses and timely completion of all regulatory requirements.
• Demonstrated proficiency in drafting, implementing, and maintaining comprehensive regulatory policies, procedures, and job aids, clarity and operational effectiveness.
• Advanced proficiency in utilizing compliance software and tools to streamline regulatory reporting processes.
• Proven ability to collaborate with internal teams to meet critical reporting deadlines and data integrity.
• Expertise in conducting in-depth regulatory analysis, compliance strategies, and performing meticulous gap analyses to proactively address evolving regulatory requirements and mitigate risks.
• Takes ownership of assigned tasks and projects, accountability for delivering high-quality results, while effectively managing stakeholder expectations and regulatory deadlines.
• Proactively identifies and escalates critical issues in advance, timely resolution and mitigating potential risks.
• Successfully navigates roadblocks and obstacles, escalating when necessary, and proactively identifying solutions while adhering to internal deadlines.
• Works independently, leads or significantly contributes to small-to-medium projects, and coordinates activities with other team members to achieve project goals and meet regulatory requirements.
• Is aware of Anchorage Digital's strategies and objectives and how regulatory reporting and exam management contribute to their successful implementation.
• Monitors the development of company objectives and industry trends that may affect the company's capacity to succeed.
• Ensures that knowledge is shared amongst the team.
• Proactively identifies potential regulatory risks or compliance issues.
• Mentors and guides team members across multiple jurisdictions on regulatory requirements and best practices, fostering a unified compliance approach.
• Actively collaborates across international teams and legal entities (Singapore, US, etc.) to address regulatory challenges and consistent compliance.
• Uses compelling arguments and data-driven insights to effectively communicate complex regulatory matters to diverse stakeholders, including regulators, internal teams, and external partners.
• Adapts communication style and content to suit the audience's level of understanding, clear and concise delivery of critical information.
• Networks cross-functionally with key contacts outside their own area of expertise.

✨ Nice to Have

• You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)

🤝 About Anchorage Digital: Who We Are

The Anchorage Village, as we call our team, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in the evolving digital asset ecosystem. As a diverse team of more than 300 members, we are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy.

Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about making sure people feel respected, supported, and connected at work—regardless of who you are or where you come from. We value and celebrate our differences, and we believe being open about who we are allows us to do the best work of our lives.

Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or veteran status. Anchorage Digital considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with other legal requirements. “Anchorage Digital” refers to services that are offered either through Anchorage Digital Bank National Association, an OCC-chartered national trust bank, or Anchorage Lending CA, LLC a finance lender licensed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, License No. 60DBO-11976, or Anchorage Digital Singapore Pte Ltd, a Singapore private limited company, all wholly-owned subsidiaries of Anchor Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

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