Compliance Operations Excellence Manager, Apac

**What you'll be part of**:
With the mission "To raise global economic prosperity through the frictionless exchange of financial value," Circle was founded on the belief that the internet, blockchains and digital currency will rewire the global economic system, creating a fundamentally more open, inclusive, efficient and integrated world economy. We envision a global economy where people and businesses everywhere can more freely connect and transact with each other with new technologies for digital money and internet-native finance. We believe such a system can raise prosperity for people and companies everywhere. Our mission is powered by the values we espouse and which we expect all Circlers to respect. We are Multistakeholder, serving the needs of our customers, our shareholders, our employees and families, our local communities and our world. Furthermore, we are also Mindful, Driven by Excellence, and High Integrity.

**What you'll be responsible for**:
The Compliance Operations team is responsible for executing Circle's anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions programs, including know your customer (KYC) reviews, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and investigations. Reporting to the Director, Compliance Scaled Services, the Compliance Operations Excellence Manager will be responsible for driving efficiencies across the Compliance Operations function, and working to continuously improve the processes and tools.

**What you'll work on**:

- Identifying opportunities to streamline Compliance Operations processes to drive efficiency and accuracy.
- Owning change management for Compliance Operations functions.
- Translating compliance requirements into tech requirements, and working closely with Product and Engineering teams to enhance tools.
- Work with functional leaders to continuously improve processes and procedures to efficiently and effectively manage risk.
- Architecting processes for new workflows and systems within Compliance Operations
- Documenting Compliance Operations process, and updating procedures for all Compliance Operations processes.

**You will aspire to our four core values**:

- **Multistakeholder - **you have dedication and commitment to our customers, shareholders, employees and families and local communities.
- **Mindful - **you seek to be respectful, an active listener and to pay attention to detail.
- **Driven by Excellence - **you are driven by our mission and our passion for customer success which means you relentlessly pursue excellence, that you do not tolerate mediocrity and you work intensely to achieve your goals.
- **High Integrity - **you seek open and honest communication, and you hold yourself to very high moral and ethical standards. You reject manipulation, dishonesty and intolerance.

**What you'll bring to Circle**:

- 7+ years experience in financial services operations, ideally in compliance, including 1+ years managing people.
- 3+ years developing and streamlining processes.
- A passion for harnessing the power of digital currency and blockchain technology and services built on top of it.
- B.A./B.S. degree.
- Experience in consulting, RegTech or FinTech companies preferred.
- Experience and comfort working in an ever changing industry and the flexibility to quickly react to changing demands.
- Six Sigma certification is a plus.
- Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and GSuite.

We are an **equal opportunity employer** and value diversity at Circle. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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