AML Compliance Officer

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At XR, we're transforming how advertising gets made, managed, and delivered. As the global leader in advertising operations, we help brands, agencies, and media companies manage every stage of the advertising lifecycle through a single platform that connects production, assets, rights, delivery, and analytics. 

Join a collaborative team that's redefining the future of advertising. You'll work on meaningful challenges, help shape innovative products, and make a real impact for some of the world's leading brands. If you're passionate about advertising and technology and solving complex problems, we'd love to hear from you. 

The Opportunity 

We are seeking an experienced AML Compliance Officer to lead and evolve the Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), and Sanctions Compliance Program for XR Pay, Inc. XR Pay is the payments and payroll division of XR Extreme Reach that pays commercial talent, production crew, independent contractors, and vendors on behalf of advertising agencies, brands, and production companies.  

Reporting to the General Counsel, you will be the Board-designated officer with overall responsibility for the program. As XR Pay’s payment operations grow, you will shape the program’s next stage. That means refining controls, improving technology, and keeping the framework aligned with evolving regulatory expectations and leading industry standards. 

Responsibilities 

• Program Leadership: Administer and oversee XR Pay’s AML/CFT and sanctions program as the Board-designated officer. Act as the main contact for regulators, banking partners, and law enforcement. Maintain and refine the AML Program Document and its supporting procedures, and keep them current with regulatory change and evolving expectations in the jurisdictions where XR Pay operates. 

• Governance & Reporting: Deliver quarterly reporting to the Executive Committee and an annual program review to the Audit Committee. 

• Product & Engineering Partnership: Work side by side with R&D, Treasury and Operations teams to embed AML and sanctions controls into the XR Platform and payment workflows. Design, build, and implement compliance controls and tooling. Translate regulatory requirements into user stories, data requirements, and acceptance criteria, and support testing, rollout, and post-launch tuning. Lead and scale the AML compliance team as the business grows. 

• Risk Assessment & Oversight: Own the AML/OFAC Risk Assessments, refresh them every 18-24 months, and leverage to set priorities for control improvements.

• Monitoring & Investigations: Run transaction monitoring and investigations, including writing and tuning monitoring scenarios. Oversee the investigation of high-risk activity and file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) in compliance with regulatory deadlines. 

• Customer Due Diligence, Sanctions & Screening Governance: Supervise automated screening systems (PEP, SDN/OFAC, adverse media, risk ratings) for client onboarding, talent payroll disbursements, and vendor payments. 

• Sanctions: Configure and manage screening of customers, payees, and vendors. Approve blocking and rejecting decisions and serve as XR Pay’s OFAC point of contact. 

• Audit & Authority Liaison: Serve as the primary point of contact for external regulatory audits, banking partner compliance inquiries, and law enforcement requests. 

• Training & Policy Management: Drive company-wide AML training initiatives and draft clear, actionable compliance SOPs for cross-functional teams (Operations, Finance, HR, and Product). 

• Records & Third Parties: Oversee record retention (5 years for AML records, 10 years for sanctions records). Build AML and sanctions risk factors into third-party risk reviews.

• Other duties as assigned by Management.