Alliance for Recruitment is the largest recruitment company in the Baltics, both by the number of employees and successfully completed projects, as well as by annual growth. Clients appreciate our speed, accuracy, and flexibility. Based on statistics from recent years, each year our clients hire more than 1200 candidates through us. We provide full-cycle personnel selection, headhunting, staffing, outplacement services, Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO), candidate assessment, and other services, including consulting for companies on personnel selection processes, methods, and labor market trends.

Our client – a fast-growing international crypto company Backpack– is entering the Latvian market! We are looking for a hands-on MLRO to help establish operations in Riga.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of something from day one – to build, shape, and grow the compliance function while being backed by a global team and product. If you thrive in fast-paced, startup-like environments and know your way around financial regulations, let’s talk.

Key Responsibilities:

• Run ongoing ML/TPF/ and Sanctions risk management: Keep the framework aligned with the latest risk profile, deficiencies, and legal/regulatory changes.
• Implement and oversee AML tooling: set up and continuously improve tools, including rules/scenarios calibration and alert-quality monitoring.
• Drafting and maintaining AML compliance documentation and policies.
• Oversee suspicious activity investigation and reporting: ensure timely identification, escalation, investigation, and submission of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to the FIU, including maintaining proper documentation and decision rationale.
• Review escalations (incl. onboarding cases), ensure risk scoring is applied correctly.
• Ensure quality assurance of AML/CTPF/Sanctions operational activities
• Provide day-to-day guidance to employees to ensure compliance with relevant AML/CTPF/Sanctions requirements and emerging risk trends.
• Develop and implement the AML/CTPF/Sanctions training framework.
• Support new product/service launches from AML perspective: assess ML/TPF/Sanctions risks prior to launch and ensure appropriate controls are implemented.
• Prepare regular reports to the Management Board on the AML/CTPF/Sanctions control system, risk profile, and resource adequacy. Escalate material issues when needed.

Your profile:

• 5+ years of experience in a compliance or regulatory operations role, ideally in a crypto or fintech company.
• Solid understanding of AML, KYC, Sanctions and regulatory frameworks in the EU.
• Fluency in English and Latvian (both written and spoken) is a must (English language is needed for communication with partners and colleagues abroad).
• Professional certification (e.g., CAMS, CGSS, or other advanced ACAMS/ICA certifications) is highly desirable.
• Proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable working in a fast-changing environment.

Company offer:

• The chance to join a global team and help launch a regulated crypto business in the EU.
• Full ownership of your role and room to grow with the company.
• Flexible work setup – fully remote within Latvia.
• Health insurance after the probation period.