About the role

KuCoin, a global crypto asset exchange, is hiring an experienced local Head of Financial Crime to lead our Australian financial crime framework across AML/CTF, sanctions, fraud and market integrity. You’ll own our AML/CTF program, drive high-impact investigations, and partner with Product and Operational teams to keep our platform safe while enabling responsible growth.

What you’ll do

- Own the AML/CTF Program - Maintain and enhance the AML Program, risk assessments, and controls aligned to the AML/CTF Act/Rules, FATF standards, and AUSTRAC guidance.

- Lead Investigations & Reporting - Oversee investigations and ensure submission of Suspicious Matter Reports (SMRs), as well as other AML regulatory reports as those obligations arise. You will also be responsible for leading responses to AUSTRAC and providing advice to the business on how to navigate these encounters.

- KYC/KYB & ECDD Oversight - Set standards and provide advice to the business regarding onboarding (individuals, businesses, and financial institutions), beneficial ownership, PEP/sanctions screening as well as CDD/OCDD/ECDD standards.

- Manage sanctions screening and calibration, escalation, and workflows.

- Manage crypto-native risk controls - Configure alerts and typologies to combat against the use of mixers, darknet markets, scams and ransomware using blockchain analytics software (e.g. Elliptic, TRM Labs).

- Transaction Monitoring - Own the end-to-end transaction monitoring lifecycle for Australia, providing feedback to development teams, conducting quality assurance on the transaction monitoring program, uplifting TM alert governance for the Australian team, monitor SLAs being met, and pursue false-positive reduction.

- Fraud & Account Integrity - collaborate with the Risk Team to combat account takeovers, mule activity, bonus abuse, card chargebacks and behavioral anomalies.

- Regulatory Engagement - Be the primary AU contact point for AUSTRAC. Support audits, supervisory reviews, and board reporting.

- Training & Culture: Deliver AML/CTF training, advise product & market teams on new features and products with pre-launch risk assessments.

- Documentation - Keep policies, procedures, and runbooks current; drive continuous improvement and automation with Engineering & Data teams.

What you’ll bring

- 6+ years in AML/CTF and Financial Crime roles within fintech/crypto, payments, or banking.

- Deep knowledge of AUSTRAC obligations (AML/CTF Act & Rules), SMR/TTR/IFTI reporting, sanctions regimes, and crypto-specific risks; familiarity with Travel Rule requirements.

- Hands-on experience with blockchain analytics (TRM/Chainalysis/Elliptic), case management systems (Actimize, Mantas, Verafin, Unit21, ComplyAdvantage, or similar), and sanctions/KYC screening tools.

- Proven ability to liaise with regulators; excellent judgment on escalation and de-risking decisions.

- Certifications preferred: ACAMS or equivalent.

Nice to have

- Experience in global crypto exchanges or high-growth fintechs across APAC.

- Exposure to product compliance for crypto-assets and on-ramp/off-ramp flows