OKX
OKX
1,001 – 5,000 Employees
CryptoFintechWeb 3
OKX is a cryptocurrency exchange and Web3 company serving retail and institutional participants in the digital-asset market. Its platform supports cryptocurrency buying, selling, conversion, and trading, with tools such as trading bots, low-fee access, and liquid markets. OKX also provides institutional services including API connectivity, historical market data, managed trading, and OTC liquidity. The company combines crypto trading infrastructure with Web3 integrations and educational resources, and its hiring context spans a large international team across crypto, fintech, and Web3.

Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) – Kazakhstan Remote

Support AML/CFT oversight and provide MLRO cover for OKX in Kazakhstan. Lead investigations, monitoring, reporting and regional financial-crime compliance across virtual-asset operations.

Description

  • Serve as Deputy MLRO and assume full MLRO responsibilities during the MLRO’s absence.
  • Help maintain OKX’s AML/CFT framework and align it with applicable regulatory obligations.
  • Assess internal suspicious-activity escalations and contribute to decisions on regulatory disclosures and STR submissions.
  • Assist with preparing and filing regulatory reports.
  • Oversee transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, customer-risk assessments, enhanced due diligence and PEP reviews.
  • Support investigations involving higher-risk customers, transactions and crypto-related financial-crime patterns.
  • Coordinate engagement with regulators and appropriate regulatory or law-enforcement authorities.
  • Track regulatory changes affecting virtual assets and financial-crime compliance.
  • Assist with regulatory inspections, audits, information requests and remediation work.
  • Prepare AML and compliance updates for senior leaders and governance committees.
  • Keep AML/CFT, KYC, CDD, EDD, sanctions and transaction-monitoring procedures current.
  • Perform compliance monitoring, control testing and gap analyses.
  • Maintain compliance manuals, risk assessments, registers and regulatory documentation.
  • Give business and operations teams practical guidance on compliance matters.
  • Provide regional compliance support by reviewing AML, transaction-monitoring and escalation cases from Compliance Operations.
  • Partner with regional and global Compliance teams to apply OKX financial-crime standards consistently.
  • Assist with cross-border investigations and customer-risk cases.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in law, finance, business or a related discipline.
  • An AML or compliance credential such as CAMS, ICA or an equivalent certification is preferred.
  • Legally authorized to work in Kazakhstan.
  • At least five years of AML, financial-crime or regulatory-compliance experience in a regulated financial institution, fintech, payments company or virtual-asset business.
  • Prior experience as a Deputy MLRO or senior AML specialist is strongly preferred.
  • Practical experience with suspicious-activity investigations, transaction monitoring, sanctions, enhanced due diligence and regulatory reporting.
  • Experience liaising with regulators or supporting regulatory examinations.
  • Substantial experience in crypto or virtual-asset compliance is strongly preferred.
  • Solid knowledge of AML/CFT obligations, FATF standards and virtual-asset financial-crime risks.
  • Working familiarity with blockchain analytics platforms such as Chainalysis, Elliptic or TRM Labs is advantageous.
  • Strong investigative, analytical and decision-making capabilities.
  • Excellent written and spoken communication skills.
  • Professional proficiency in English, Russian and Kazakh.
  • High integrity, sound judgment and the ability to work independently.
  • Experience at a crypto exchange or virtual-asset service provider is an advantage.
  • Background in regional or multi-jurisdictional AML programmes is an advantage.
  • Knowledge of compliance technology, transaction-monitoring systems and blockchain analytics tools is an advantage.

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