Summary

Your purpose at Copper will be to support regulatory and compliance changes related to cryptocurrencies, blockchain technologies, and digital asset services, applying your skills and knowledge to establish and maintain our market leadership and deliver on other objectives.

The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of financial regulations, Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP) compliance, and emerging global standards for digital assets.

Key Responsibilities of the role

1. Work with internal stakeholders to monitor, interpret and document regulatory developments in digital assets, blockchain, and crypto across jurisdictions
2. Work with legal, compliance, and product teams to align the business strategy with regulatory expectations
3. Assist in ensuring compliance with AML/CFT, FATF Travel Rule, MiCA, SEC, FINMA, and other relevant frameworks
4. Assist in training internal teams on emerging regulations, risks, and best practices
5. Work with internal teams to implement and maintain regulatory policies and procedures for digital asset operations
6. Support licensing and registration processes and developing and maintaining compliance frameworks, as needed
7. Support compliance teams in using blockchain analytics tools for risk detection
8. Conduct assessments related to digital asset transactions, market activities, and service providers
9. Assist in preparing regulatory reports and filings for financial authorities
10. Support internal audits and compliance reviews to ensure alignment with legal and regulatory standards
11. Analyse and define business processes to identify gaps and operational improvements, considering opportunities and potential risks
12. Gain agreement from senior management by clearly communicating the benefits of your recommendations across departments and help to address any uncertainty or concern
13. Drive business decisions through relevant data analysis, producing written documentation to support your work, report on your findings and to present to stakeholders when necessary

Your experience, skills and knowledge

1. Prior experience in regulatory compliance, financial services or crypto, and a strong interest in the impact of regulations on financial services
2. Professional experience of business analysis within the financial services industry and particularly working within Regulatory and Compliance programmes
3. Ability to interpret and apply complex regulations to a financial services business
4. Strong collaboration skills and experience gathering and consolidating requirements from cross-functional groups
5. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to present to a range of audiences, motivate others and lead change
6. Ability to work under pressure to meet project timeframes
7. Bachelor’s or master’s degree in law, Finance, Business, Compliance, or a related field
8. Advanced knowledge of project/product management platforms (JIRA & Confluence strongly preferred)

Desirable

1. Certifications such as CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist), CRCM (Certified Regulatory Compliance Manager), or a Blockchain Compliance Certificate are a plus

Skills

• Communications Skills
• Cryptocurrency
• Product Management
• Team Collaboration