AML Compliance - Operations Quality Control Manager
Operations · London · Full-time · On-site
Annual base salary: £100,000 – £130,000 GBP
Own AML compliance and quality control across the firm's trading and operational activity.
Role description
Westren Capital is a London-based proprietary trading firm specialising in digital asset markets. This role owns anti-money laundering compliance and operational quality control, ensuring the firm's trading and operational activity meets regulatory expectations without slowing the business down unnecessarily.
Digital asset markets carry regulatory scrutiny that traditional markets do not, and this role exists to make sure that scrutiny finds a firm with its house in order.
Responsibilities
Own and maintain the firm's AML policies, procedures, and monitoring frameworks across trading and operational activity
Conduct due diligence and ongoing monitoring of counterparties, venues, and transactions for AML and financial crime risk
Investigate flagged transactions or counterparties, escalating genuine concerns and clearing false positives efficiently
Build and refine quality control processes across operations, catching errors and process gaps before they become regulatory issues
Keep the firm current with evolving AML regulation relevant to digital asset markets, in the UK and internationally
Work closely with trading, risk, and legal teams so compliance requirements are understood and followed, not treated as someone else's problem
Requirements
Requirements:
Demonstrated experience in AML compliance, financial crime, or operational risk, ideally within trading, exchanges, or financial services
Strong understanding of AML regulation and its practical application, particularly as it relates to digital assets
Meticulous attention to detail combined with sound judgement about what actually constitutes risk versus noise
Comfortable working cross-functionally with trading, risk, legal, and operations teams
Prior exposure to digital asset markets or crypto-specific AML challenges (mixers, chain analysis, exchange risk) is a strong advantage
Clear, confident communicator, able to hold a position on a compliance issue even when it's inconvenient for the business