Chief Compliance Officer at zerohash

About the Job

zerohash is seeking a Chief Compliance Officer for Europe and the UK, who will help shape and lead the compliance program for the UK and manage the Compliance team in the region. This broad role will be responsible for leading zerohash’s compliance, regulatory and licensing processes in the UK. In addition, the position includes leading regional KYB/KYC client onboarding, transaction monitoring and sanctions compliance activities. This is a supervisory position that will manage a team of regional staff. The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker, a great communicator, and has the ability to influence through respect and trust. You will report directly to the Head of Legal, EMENA.

This remote role is open to candidates in the UK.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full regional Compliance function, with a direct focus on the UK
• Lead the zerohash UK licensing process under the new FSMA regulations
• Maintain an understanding of UK and other EEA regulations; regulatory and compliance requirements; and developments relative to zerohash’s business as well as provide regional compliance support for other teams within zerohash
• Design, implement, and manage customer onboarding and ongoing compliance processes, including anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions, in conformity with regulatory requirements
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships with regional regulators
• Manage regulatory filings within the region
• Manage regional regulatory examination responses and regulatory interactions

Requirements

• 10+ years of Compliance experience, including AML, sanctions and financial crimes compliance, within a financial services company or Fintech startup
• Experience working in and scaling international expansion of a Fintech startup, particularly within the UK
• Demonstrated ability to build and oversee complex programs in a dynamic growth-minded environment
• Experience working with regional financial regulators, to include exam management
• Legal/law degree required
• Independent, hardworking and driven with experience accomplishing tasks within a delegated environment
• Strong time management skills and ability to execute tasks within tight deadlines
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills necessary to communicate effectively with regulators and work effectively with colleagues across regions and business units
• Strong familiarity with Google Suite and Microsoft Suite products
• Crypto experience a plus

Benefits

• Healthcare Insurance: zerohash covers roughly 100% of employee premiums as well as a portion of spouse/children (U.S. only)
• Vision & Dental Insurance (U.S. only)
• Chance to earn equity
• Maternity & Paternity leave (after 6 months)
• WeWork All Access Membership
• WFH Yearly Stipend
• L&D Yearly Stipend (after 6 months)

About zerohash

zerohash is the leading crypto and stablecoin infrastructure platform and the operating system for digital money, powering the next generation of financial services. Founded in 2017, zerohash enables banks, brokerages, fintechs, and payment companies to offer crypto trading, stablecoin payments, and tokenized assets without having to build or manage complex blockchain infrastructure on their own.

The zerohash platform supports three core pillars: Trade, Transact, and Tokenize. Through a single integration, customers can launch regulated crypto buy, sell, and custody services; enable 24/7 stablecoin-based funding, payouts, and settlement; and issue and manage tokenized assets with built-in compliance, risk controls, and reporting. By abstracting away technical, regulatory, and operational complexity, zerohash allows partners to treat digital assets as just another financial primitive: fast, programmable, and global.

zerohash is trusted by some of the world’s most recognized financial and consumer brands, including Interactive Brokers, Morgan Stanley, Stripe, Franklin Templeton, BlackRock, DraftKings, Gusto, Worldpay, Kalshi, One Pay, among others. Today, zerohash infrastructure supports millions of end users across brokerage, wealth, payments, and marketplace platforms globally.

The company is deeply regulated and compliance-first, operating across the U.S. and internationally with licenses and approvals that allow partners to enter crypto and stablecoins with confidence. zerohash has become a trusted partner for enterprises seeking to modernize financial products while meeting the highest standards for security, risk management, and regulatory oversight.

To date, zerohash has raised over $280 million in funding from a mix of leading venture firms and strategic investors, including Morgan Stanley, Interactive Brokers, SoFi, Point72 Ventures, Bain Capital Crypto, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and more.

zerohash has been featured in top-tier media outlets such as Bloomberg, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Reuters, Forbes, and CoinDesk, and its leadership team regularly contributes to global conversations on the future of payments, investing, and financial infrastructure.

At zerohash, we're building the infrastructure that makes digital money work securely, compliantly, and at global scale.

The zerohash Culture

All zerohash employees are guided by the following characteristics and core principles:

• Independence/Ownership - An ability to work autonomously. Join zerohash, pitch ideas, and shape the work you do.
• Passion - We are innovating quickly and challenging the status quo. We want you to think big, be creative and ​make a difference every day.
• Collaborative - A good attitude and respect for others. We’re teammates, not co-workers. Everything we do is a shared success and equally a shared failure - we talk in terms of “we” not “me”.
• Initiative - An ability and passion for learning and asking questions. We will champion you, challenge you and push you to achieve your best - and we expect you to do the same.
• Empathy - An ability to listen, respect, and understand your co-workers, customers, and everyone you interact with no matter how different they are to you.
• Adaptability - An ability to respond quickly. We are in a fast-paced industry and so we expect you to be creative when solving a new problem and comfortable under pressure.
• Transparency - We believe that transparency is critical to empowering everyone to make the best decisions, both the company to its people and vice versa.
• Integrity - Integrity creates trust. As both an organization collectively and as individuals, it is our most valuable asset.

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