Executive/Manager - Legal & Compliance - Crypto Exchange (0-10 yrs)

About the Organization: The exchange is a global digital asset marketplace, registered in Europe, with comprehensive authorization for multiple digital asset business verticals. Our focus is on building a robust platform for serving both retail and institutional participants worldwide. Our operations are aligned with one of the most well-regulated digital asset frameworks globally, ensuring transparency, compliance, and trust.

Strategic Partnership

We have partnered with a globally renowned technology and exchange management solutions provider headquartered in the Middle East. This partner, a step-down subsidiary of a leading technology company, brings decades of expertise in designing and managing marketplaces for diverse asset classes, including securities, commodities, electricity, fixed income/bonds, and forex. The group's exchanges are operational in multiple global jurisdictions, including major hubs in Asia, the Middle East, and Europe.

This partnership positions us uniquely in the evolving cryptocurrency landscape, enabling us to operate with the rigor and standards of regulated marketplaces while delivering innovative solutions for the digital asset ecosystem.

Marketplace Edge

Our business model is designed to offer key advantages:

1. Credible and Proven Technology: Leveraging the most reliable and scalable exchange technology tested across multiple asset classes.

2. Domain Expertise: Decades of experience in managing exchanges across jurisdictions, providing unmatched knowledge in compliance, risk management, and investor protection.

3. Regulatory Alignment: Expertise in navigating diverse regulatory frameworks globally, ensuring rapid adaptability to the evolving crypto regulatory environment.

4. Experienced Leadership: Our leadership team comprises professionals with significant experience in managing and advising exchanges in regulated and unregulated asset classes.

5. Global Operations: Expertise in institutional-grade risk management, compliance, and operational excellence to support cross-border operations and scalability.

Our Mission

We are dedicated to establishing a global digital asset ecosystem that integrates distribution, trading, storage, and transfer services across diversified digital asset classes. Our foundation is built on the principles of credibility, stability, liquidity, and scalability, ensuring the highest level of service and security for our participants.

Position: Legal & Compliance Manager (Executive to Manager level positions)

Location: Mumbai (work from office)

Key Responsibilities:

1. Regulatory Compliance: Staying updated on relevant laws and regulations, and ensuring the organization complies with them.

2. Policy Development: Creating, updating, and implementing compliance policies and procedures to mitigate risks.

3. Training and Awareness: Conducting training sessions for employees on compliance-related topics and fostering a culture of compliance within the organization.

4. Monitoring and Auditing: Regularly reviewing processes and transactions to ensure compliance and conducting audits to identify potential areas of risk.

Risk Management: Assessing compliance risks and implementing strategies to minimize them.

5. Reporting: Preparing reports for senior management and regulatory bodies regarding compliance activities and issues.

6. Investigations: Leading investigations into compliance breaches and implementing corrective actions.

7. Liaison: Acting as a point of contact for regulatory bodies and external auditors.

Qualifications:

1. Regulatory Knowledge: In-depth understanding of applicable laws and regulations (e.g., GDPR, AML, HIPAA).

2. Analytical Skills: Ability to analyze complex legal documents and assess compliance risks.

3. Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills to convey compliance matters clearly.

4. Attention to Detail: A meticulous approach to reviewing processes and documentation.

5. Problem-Solving Skills: Ability to identify issues and develop effective solutions.

Crypto Exchange background is MUST. Candidates with relevant experience will only be considered.