Compliance Advisor

Summary

Join TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence company dedicated to combating crime and creating a safer world. As a Compliance Advisor, you will play a crucial role in supporting customers with complex compliance-related inquiries, building compliance controls, and ensuring adherence to regulatory obligations. You will engage with financial institutions, crypto businesses, regulators, and internal teams to maintain the highest compliance standards across AML, sanctions, KYC, and broader financial crime risk. This role requires a deep understanding of financial crime compliance programs, experience advising stakeholders on regulatory interpretation, and global regulatory fluency. You will be responsible for building credibility with compliance leaders, anticipating evolving financial crime landscapes, and delivering clear guidance to both internal and external stakeholders. This position offers the opportunity to work with a globally distributed team of experts, contribute to a fast-paced and collaborative environment, and make a real-world impact by disrupting terrorist networks, recovering stolen funds, and more.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience in AML compliance roles within large financial institutions
• Thorough understanding of the different functions within a financial crime compliance program inclusive of risk assessments, KYC, transaction monitoring and sanctions. This understanding should include things like workflows, challenges, strategies in effectiveness and key regulatory issues
• Experience advising stakeholders on how to interpret and meet their regulatory obligations
• Global regulatory fluency , with working knowledge of key frameworks in the US, EMEA, and/or APAC
• Experience supporting and/or leading engagements with financial institutions, regulators, or government bodies
• A practical and scalable approach to compliance—you're thoughtful about risk, but not dogmatic
• Excellent communication skills and sound judgment; able to operate autonomously with influence and credibility across senior external stakeholders
• A low-ego, highly collaborative teammate who thrives in cross-functional environments

Responsibilities

• Support customers in navigating complex compliance-related inquiries and building compliance controls, particularly as our footprint expands in key markets
• Build credibility and trust with compliance leaders at global financial institutions, accelerating adoption across EMEA and North America
• Anticipate and adapt to evolving financial crime and regulatory landscapes—ensuring our customers receive accurate, actionable insight on everything from AML controls to emerging laundering typologies
• Deliver clear, consistent guidance that empowers both our internal teams and external stakeholders to uphold robust financial crime compliance standards
• Represent our platform in high-stakes conversations with regulators, banking partners, and policy influencers—bringing a strong, informed perspective on financial crime risk and compliance integrity

Preferred Qualifications

• Fluency in another language is a plus
• Willingness to travel to speak at conferences in multiple regions

Benefits

• Work alongside top experts and learn every day
• Embrace a growth mindset with development opportunities tailored to your role
• Take on high-impact challenges in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• As a remote-first company, TRM Labs is built for global collaboration
• We cultivate a strong remote culture through clear communication, thorough documentation, and meaningful relationships
• We invest in offsites, regional meetups, virtual coffee chats, and onboarding buddies to foster collaboration