Chief Compliance Officer
Overview
Wincent is a team of 150+ people, primarily Engineers, Traders and Quants, focused on HFT with ~1% of global crypto trading volume.
Job Description
We operate in a rapidly evolving and often ambiguous regulatory environment. Already in the global top ten and aiming for number one, we need a Chief Compliance Officer who can run the compliance function day-to-day while maintaining our reputation as a good actor in the market.
Responsibilities
- - Design, operate, document, and evidence the group compliance framework
- - Maintain a current understanding of applicable laws, regulations, and regulatory expectations
- - Act as a senior point of contact for regulators
- - Assume senior ownership of AML/CTF and anti-financial crime oversight
- - Day-to-day management of the compliance team
- - Design and build tech-forward compliance infrastructure
- - Compliance risk assessment and risk management
- - Provide practical compliance advice to various departments
- - Coach and develop the compliance team
Required Skills
- - At least 7 years of compliance experience
- - Experience managing multi-jurisdiction trading and AML/CTF frameworks
- - Experience working in senior roles in regulated financial institutions
- - Comfortable operating in a fast-paced fintech or crypto environment
- - Experience designing and implementing scalable compliance frameworks
Benefits
- - Offers Equity
- - Offers Bonus
- - High standards of execution
- - Culture of transparency, ownership, and autonomy
About the company
Wincent is a high-frequency trading and market-making firm specializing in digital assets, operating at the core of global crypto markets since 2017. Combining rigorous quantitative research with proprietary, low-latency infrastructure, Wincent delivers deep liquidity and competitive execution across thousands of cryptocurrencies, even in highly volatile conditions. Driven by a team with backgrounds spanning top tech companies, academia, competitive programming, mathematics, physics, and professional trading, Wincent is built for performance—leveraging adaptive algorithms, transparent systems, and a culture of accountability to consistently produce results at scale.
All Job Openings at Wincent