PayPal Cryptoassets Sr Mgr Financial Crime Risk 

United Kingdom, England, City of London 

907271824

You will ideally be based in the UK and will be accountable for ensuring all activity, conducted within PPUK, or globally on behalf of PPUK, related to Financial Crime Risk (FCR) is compliant in relation to the crypto business and to ensure that any non-compliance is addressed, and or escalated to the PPUK Executive, including the: Audit, Risk, Compliance & Conduct Committee (ARCC) and/or PPUK Board where required.As a member of PPUK’s second line of defence FCR team and overall Risk & Compliance area, you will report directly into the PPUK MLRO.

Job Description:

Responsibilities include:

• Develop, implement, manage, and oversee PPUK FCR systems & controls, monitoring, and oversight programme (to include PayPal’s global policies and procedures where they apply to the PPUK) in line with evolving statutory and crypto regulatory obligations.
• Work closely with colleagues based across the globe (e.g., PayPal’s Blockchain, Crypto, and Digital Currencies (BCDC) business unit) and relevant third parties to ensure that PayPal’s financial crime controls are designed and operating as per crypto legal, regulatory, and internal requirements.
• Support and coordinate management focus on FCR crypto-related risk applicable to PPUK.
• Assist PPUK management in developing and maintaining an effective FCR crypto compliance culture for PPUK.
• Establish and maintain appropriate financial crime risk-based monitoring processes proportionate to PPUK’s operations, scale, nature, and complexity as it relates to crypto services.

Additional Attributes:

• A successful track record operating at a senior level within a regulated financial services business
• Experience leading and managing First and/or Second line AML teams
• Excellent knowledge of UK Financial Crime obligations and methodology
• Understanding of and passion for the crypto, blockchain and Web3 space
• Deep knowledge of the UK regulatory environment, regimes, and requirements, ideally with a Graduate Diploma in AML, FCR or similar.
• Excellent UK market knowledge of existing and competing payments products and retail financial services in the UK
• Experience of being an Approved Person, Senior Manager or equivalent under the FCA.
• Ability to work with a global team in a matrixed organization (e.g., understan ing of and experience with solid/dotted-line reporting)

Our Benefits:

Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please