Senior Compliance Analyst

About the role

This Senior Compliance Analyst role focuses on strengthening Crypto.com's compliance framework within Canada. The successful candidate will be instrumental in developing and executing the Canadian compliance program, ensuring it aligns with CSA National Instruments and CIRO requirements. This involves reviewing and updating internal policies, monitoring regulatory changes, and providing crucial compliance guidance for new products, digital asset offerings, and operational workflows.

The position requires a proactive approach to regulatory oversight, including drafting compliance documentation, delivering employee training, and managing compliance incidents. Collaboration is key, as the analyst will work closely with product, technology, legal, and risk teams to implement effective solutions. The role also supports regulatory examinations and manages firm registrations, contributing to a robust and inspection-ready compliance environment.

Success in this role means maintaining a strong, up-to-date compliance program that effectively navigates the evolving Canadian regulatory landscape for digital assets. It involves ensuring all business activities, from product launches to marketing materials, meet regulatory standards, thereby safeguarding the company's operations and reputation within the Canadian market.

The salary for this role ranges from $75,000 to $125,000 USD annually.

Skills that matter here

• regulatory compliance: This role involves developing, maintaining, and executing the Canadian compliance program in line with CSA National Instruments and CIRO requirements.
• legal: The analyst will assess regulatory developments, provide compliance guidance on various offerings, and support regulatory examinations.
• risk management: The position includes supporting the review and escalation of compliance incidents and material issues to senior leadership.
• securities: A strong working knowledge of Canadian securities requirements, especially for crypto trading platforms and securities dealers, is essential.
• crypto trading: The role specifically addresses compliance for crypto trading platforms, digital assets, and related client onboarding processes.
• digital assets: The analyst will provide guidance on digital asset offerings and custody, ensuring regulatory alignment.

Who this role suits

• A Canadian resident with at least five years of experience in securities compliance, ideally within fintech or crypto.
• Someone who thrives in a dynamic environment, comfortable with change, ambiguity, and managing multiple priorities.
• An individual with strong communication skills, capable of explaining complex regulatory concepts and influencing cross-functional decisions.
• A detail-oriented and process-minded professional who approaches challenges with sound judgment and practical solutions.

From the employer

• Support the development, maintenance and execution of the Canadian compliance program in line with applicable CSA National Instruments.
• Support for Crypto.com Canada’s CIRO membership, including reviewing and updating policies, procedures and controls against CIRO requirements.
• Monitor regulatory developments and assess their impact on products, services, processes and customer onboarding.
• Review and provide compliance guidance on product launches, product changes, digital asset offerings, custody, onboarding and operational workflows.
• Draft, maintain and improve compliance policies, procedures, monitoring plans, registers and other program documentation.
• Help design and deliver compliance training for employees and relevant business stakeholders.
• Support the review and escalation of compliance incidents, complaints, material issues and regulatory concerns to the Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) and ultimate designated person (UDP) as appropriate.
• Review marketing and customer-facing materials for regulatory alignment and appropriate disclosures.
• Support registration management for the firm and individual representatives, including coordination of required filings and records.
• Assist with regulatory examinations, meetings and information requests involving authorities such as the OSC, CIRO, FINTRAC and other applicable Canadian regulators.
• Collaborate with Product, Technology, Operations, Finance, Legal, Risk and other stakeholders to identify practical solutions and ensure requirements are implemented effectively.
• Support compliance monitoring, testing, issue tracking and reporting to senior management.
• Help strengthen governance, documentation and audit trails so that the program remains operationally effective and inspection-ready.

• 5+ years of relevant compliance, legal, regulatory, risk or securities experience, with meaningful experience applying Canadian securities requirements.
• Strong working knowledge of the CSA National Instruments relevant to crypto trading platforms, securities dealers, marketplaces, digital assets, custody and client onboarding.
• Knowledge of CIRO requirements and best practices, or the ability to quickly develop that knowledge; experience with CIRO frameworks is an asset.
• Experience supporting compliance programs for a securities dealer, marketplace, fintech, crypto trading platform, financial institution or similarly regulated business.
• Canadian resident with the ability to work effectively with Canadian regulatory stakeholders.
• Approved Person registration under applicable CSA/CIRO requirements, or willingness and ability to obtain the required registration.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex regulatory concepts clearly to non-specialists.
• Ability to build trusted relationships, challenge constructively and influence decisions across functions.
• Comfort working with change, ambiguity, competing priorities and multiple stakeholders.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented and process-minded, with sound judgment and a practical, solutions-oriented approach.
• Experience in digital assets, securities, custody, financial crime compliance or regulated onboarding is strongly preferred.

• Competitive salary
• Attractive annual leave entitlement including: birthday, work anniversary
• Aspire career alternatives through us. Our internal mobility program can offer employees a diverse scope.
• Work Perks: crypto.com visa card provided upon joining.