Compliance Officer​/MLRO Liechtenstein

Position: Compliance Officer / MLRO Liechtenstein
Location: Genf

Compliance Officer / MLRO - Switzerland & Liechtenstein About Keyrock

Since 2017, Keyrock has been a change-maker in digital assets. We're a global, remote-first team of 180+ people across 40+ nationalities, with hubs in Brussels, London, Paris, New York and Chicago.

We provide liquidity across 80+ centralized and decentralized exchanges - a position cemented by our Series C, led by SC Ventures. Today we run a full spectrum of capital markets businesses across centralized and on-chain venues: market making, high-frequency trading, options, OTC, DeFi trading desks, advisory, and asset management.

We're building toward the agentic investment banking capabilities for the era of digital finance. A proprietary agentic layer runs the mechanics of the market, so our people can focus on the work code cannot do: the deal, the relationship, and the judgement.

We're not just envisioning the future of finance - we're building it.

Mission statement

We are looking for an experienced and driven Compliance Officer and MLRO for our Switzerland and Liechtenstein based entities. You will join a dynamic and dedicated Group Compliance team, operating as a key member while focusing primarily on our Switzerland and Liechtenstein operational entities. This role offers an exciting opportunity to make a wider impact across the organization by working on broader, group-level projects, allowing you to contribute to the global compliance framework and help grow the group as a whole.

Job

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• Ensuring compliance with all relevant laws and regulations applicable to Switzerland and Liechtenstein by developing and implementing the policies and procedures ;

• Conducting compliance risk assessments and elaborating an annual compliance plan;

• Developing and implementing a plan of second-line controls and conducting the tests;

• Assessing future business activities to identify potential compliance risks;

• Ensuring the firm’s policies and procedures are being communicated effectively to all relevant employees;

• Ensuring the compliance trainings are effective and up to date;

• Keeping abreast with regulatory changes and maintaining the policies and procedures up to date;

• Collaborate with internal departments such as Trading Operations, Finance, Risk management, IT & Security, etc… to integrate compliance requirements into business processes.

• Being responsible for oversight of Keyrock CH and LI compliance with its AML obligations and acting as a focal point for the firm’s AML activity (MLRO).

• Carrying out the duties of a MLRO as per the AML/CTF Framework

• Representing Keyrock CH and LI in all matters of money laundering prevention internally and externally;

• Serving as a subject matter expert on AML/CTF matters, providing guidance and support to the compliance team and other departments;

• Conducting regular audits and reviews to ensure compliance with AML/CTF requirements and internal policies

• Drafting of compliance points of attention and recommendations and assisting the Group Head of Compliance or Group General Counsel (Group level) with management information reports;

Background and experience

• Solid experience as a Compliance officer (2nd line of defense) in a regulated financial institution in Switzerland and/or Liechtenstein, ideally with exposure to MLRO responsibilities or similar

• Experience in engaging with Swiss and Liechtenstein regulatory authorities;

• Excellent knowledge of financial regulations such as MiCAR, AML/CTF, market abuse , data privacy;

• Understanding of the digital assets ecosystem is a major plus;

• A relevant degree, preferably in business or law, is required;

• Extensive experience in implementation of monitoring and control processes to support policies and procedures;

• A compliance qualification for example ACAMS or a Masters in a…