Manager, Legal Compliance – Crypto

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• Manager, Legal Compliance – Crypto Job Title
• Manager, Legal Compliance - Crypto, Mastercard Transaction Services (MTS)

At Mastercard, we are committed to protecting our network and solutions from being used to facilitate money laundering and terrorist financing. The Manager, Legal Compliance - Crypto, will report to the Director, Legal Compliance MTS. MTS is an enterprise asset within Mastercard’s Commercial and New Payment Flows organization that provides compliance services to both regulated and non-regulated payment flows.

The Manager, Legal Compliance – Crypto is responsible for overseeing a team that performs day-to-day Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Sanctions, crypto onboarding due diligence compliance processes, and ongoing monitoring of Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) and other parties engaged in crypto services. This role also conducts thorough investigations for crypto-related programs and customers, in alignment with regulatory requirements and industry best practices.

The manager will lead a team of compliance analysts, providing guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure high-quality due diligence and investigative work. The role requires close collaboration with internal stakeholders, including legal, risk, technology, and product teams, to maintain a strong compliance framework and adapt to the rapidly evolving crypto regulatory landscape.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of compliance analysts, fostering a culture of integrity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Set clear performance objectives, conduct regular evaluations, and provide ongoing coaching and professional development opportunities.
• Allocate resources effectively to ensure timely completion of compliance tasks and investigations.
• Oversee the execution of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Sanctions compliance processes, including onboarding, enhanced due diligence, transaction monitoring, and investigations for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) and other crypto-related products and services including but not limited to:
  • Crypto card programs
  • Crypto credentials
  • Multi-token networks
  • Stable coins
  • Crypto cobranded partnerships
• Provide strategic input to enhance the crypto compliance framework, controls, and risk management processes.
• Draft, review, and update policies and procedures to ensure alignment with evolving regulatory requirements and industry best practices.
• Serve as a subject matter expert, advising internal compliance teams and business units on crypto-related risks, including on-chain and off-chain due diligence, analytics, customer onboarding, and transaction monitoring.
• Respond to complex queries and provide guidance on the use of commercial and open source blockchain analytics tools.
• Support the Director and BSA Officer in preparing for and responding to regulatory examinations, audits, and inquiries.
• Monitor and ensure adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) for due diligence, onboarding, ongoing monitoring, prospect screening, and reconciliation activities.
• Lead and oversee proactive and reactive investigations utilizing blockchain analytics and traditional AML/Sanctions vendor tools.
• Ensure thorough and timely resolution of compliance alerts and cases.
• Stay abreast of regulatory developments, industry trends, and emerging risks in the crypto and financial services sectors.
• Share relevant insights and best practices with the broader compliance and business teams to promote organizational awareness and preparedness.
• Collaborate with technology, product, legal, and risk management teams to ensure compliance requirements are integrated into…