Global Digital Assets Compliance Senior Officer jobs in United States
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UBS · 11 hours ago

Global Digital Assets Compliance Senior Officer

UBS is a leading global wealth manager and universal bank headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. The role involves shaping and executing the Digital Assets Compliance strategy, overseeing the compliance framework, and advising business units on regulatory developments and risk mitigation strategies.

Asset ManagementBankingFinancial ServicesWealth Management
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Responsibilities

Digital Assets Compliance Framework design and oversight
Spearhead digital asset compliance strategy for digitally native assets, tokenized and traditional instruments linked to crypto assets
Serve as a key advisor to business units on regulatory developments and risk mitigation strategies
FCP Digital Assets Risk Framework design and oversight
Design and maintain the FCP risk framework for digital assets (ensuring alignment with global regulatory and industry standards)
Collaborate with Financial Crime Prevention (FCP) and Compliance & Operational Risk Control (C&ORC) teams to assess and escalate material risks
Risk and Regulatory Compliance Advisory
Provide expert analysis and interpretation of evolving digital asset regulations, ensuring business practices and policies are continuously updated to remain compliant
Advisory on escalations relating to onboarding prospects with Digital Assets sector nexus on potential legal, financial crime or reputational risk
Design and delivery of trainings on digital assets risks related topics, including trainings related to blockchain investigations focused on AML risks
DA Compliance Systems Business Architecture
Act as SME in functional design of systems for DA Compliance, including blockchain analytics and other RegTech solutions
Design the overall DA Compliance Systems strategy
Stakeholder Engagement
Act as a liaison between Compliance, Legal, Risk, and business stakeholders globally

Qualification

Digital Assets Compliance FrameworkBlockchain AnalyticsRisk ManagementFinancial Crime PreventionRegulatory Compliance AdvisoryCompliance Systems DesignStakeholder EngagementTraining DeliveryLegal Advisory

Required

Experience with the use and/ or implementation of blockchain analytics, travel Rule and related digital assets specific RegTech compliance tools
Understanding of digital assets crime, money laundering and sanctions evasions typologies, including typologies on onchain movement of illicit funds
Familiarity with industry standards for risk management of digital assets activities
Ability to use blockchain data and explorers to trace assets and understand the transactions and/ or smart contract actions
Understanding of compliance systems design and business architecture
Experience in compliance, risk management, or legal advisory within financial services or crypto assets service provider

Company

UBS is a financial services firm engaged in wealth management, investment banking, asset management, and retail banking.

H1B Sponsorship

UBS has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (8)
2024 (7)
2023 (3)
2022 (6)
2021 (5)
2020 (4)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$12.57B
2025-11-03Post Ipo Debt· $3.25B
2025-09-09Post Ipo Debt· $1.17B
2024-09-06Post Ipo Debt· $1.5B

Leadership Team

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Sergio P. Ermotti
Group Chief Executive Officer
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James Walker
Head CTO for Core Technology & Platforms
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