Web3 Compliance Jobs in United Kingdom, Europe

Join Global Financial Crimes Compliance and help keep JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You will advise on new and emerging financial crime risks in digital assets and help the business grow responsibly through clear standards, strong oversight, and practical solutions.

As a Digital Assets Lead Vice President in Global Financial Crimes Compliance, you provide financial crime compliance advisory and second-line oversight for digital asset activities across the businesses in Europe, Middle East and Africa. You advise on anti-money laundering, sanctions, and anti-corruption requirements, partner with senior stakeholders, and lead new product expansion and change initiatives. You also support the broader coverage agenda, including the FinTech portfolio.

Job responsibilities

• Provide second-line oversight for digital asset activities, including cryptoassets, tokenised products, public blockchain activities, digital asset service providers (DASPs), custodians, wallets, and blockchain-based settlement mechanisms, supporting new activities through governance, regulatory engagement, risk assessment, and ongoing oversight.
• Support new product expansion and change initiatives across Digital Assets and the Payments business more broadly
• Provide second-line oversight and provide recommendations for financial crime risk mitigation in support of the FinTech portfolios
• Contribute to the direction-setting of global standards and processes
• Represent the region on various relevant global committees, working groups, Business Control Committees and AML Oversight Committees. 
• Provide GFCC support for audit exams and regulatory requests. 
• Facilitate line of business client risk appetite decisions in partnership with first line senior management.
• Contribute to development and deployment of relevant AML training as well as the delivery of focused face to face sessions where required. 
• Participate in external industry forums and assisting in the formulation of responses to notices and proposals by regulators and industry bodies. 
• Support client on-boarding functions, acting as an escalation point for complex client on-boarding issues and instances of negative media. 
• Support the conduct of regular AML/Sanctions risk assessments within the relevant lines of business,  including due diligence visits as necessary. 

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills

• Strong Digital Assets experience with experience in areas of Markets, Payments, Securities Services and Custody beneficial .
• Knowledge of UK AML regulation and guidance as well as an understanding of USA PATRIOT Act, Bank Secrecy Act, EU Money Laundering Directives and/or AML regulations issued by EU and US authorities.
• Knowledge of Global Sanctions programmes with a good knowledge of OFAC, EU and UK Treasury programmes. 
• Excellent organizational skills.  Proven analytical, planning, problem solving, and decision-making skill.
• Ability to independently analyse multiple complex data sets in order to arrive at a risk based conclusion, supported by robust and defendable rationale. 
• Excellent written and oral communication skills and research skills and an ability to produce quality results on a timely basis.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with individuals across business and/or functional lines.  
• Strong communication, interpersonal, and relationship management skills including confidence in interactions with senior levels of management.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing priorities within both the business and GFCC management.
• An interest in current affairs and the financial crime and counter terrorism.
• Ability to work independently on projects often to very tight deadlines.