About Us

Established in March 2018, Bybit is one of the fastest growing cryptocurrency derivatives exchanges, with more than 70 million registered users. We offer a professional platform where crypto traders can find an ultra-fast matching engine, excellent customer service and multilingual community support. We provide innovative online spot and derivatives trading services, mining and staking products, as well as API support, to retail and institutional clients around the world, and strive to be the most reliable exchange for the emerging digital asset class.

Our core values define us. We listen, care, and improve to create a faster, fairer, and more humane trading environment for our users. Our innovative, highly advanced, user-friendly platform has been designed from the ground-up using best-in-class infrastructure to provide our users with the industry's safest, fastest, fairest, and most transparent trading experience. Built on customer-centric values, we endeavour to provide a professional, 24/7 multi-language customer support to help in a timely manner.

As of today, Bybit is one of the most trusted, reliable, and transparent cryptocurrency derivatives platforms in the space.

Job Name: MLRO & Compliance Officer - RIE & RCH

Role Overview

We are seeking a senior MLRO & Compliance Officer to lead the compliance and financial crime function for our ADGM-licensed Recognised Investment Exchange (RIE) and Recognised Clearing House (RCH) entities. This combined role carries responsibility for both Compliance Officer and MLRO functions across market infrastructure entities, requiring deep expertise in exchange and clearing house regulation, market integrity, and financial crime obligations under the FSRA regime.

This is a senior position, for an individual who can navigate the unique regulatory expectations of market infrastructure operators while building practical, scalable compliance frameworks.

Key Responsibilities

Compliance Officer

Responsible for the design, implementation, and oversight of the compliance function and monitoring of adherence to all FSRA Rules, FSMR, MIR, and other applicable regulations governing RIE and RCH operations.
Develops and maintains compliance policies, procedures, and monitoring programmes specific to exchange and clearing house operations, including market surveillance, rulebook compliance, default management procedures, and participant conduct oversight.
Provides independent compliance advice to the Board and senior management of both entities, and escalates material issues in accordance with governance frameworks.
Conducts regular compliance reviews, testing, and gap analyses across both the RIE and RCH, ensuring controls are proportionate to the systemic risk profile of market infrastructure.
Liaises with the FSRA on all compliance matters relating to the RIE and RCH, and ensures timely and effective remediation of regulatory findings.
Advises on new market products, trading rules, participant admission criteria, and clearing arrangements to ensure ongoing regulatory alignment.
Partners with Legal, Risk, Technology, and Operations teams to embed compliance requirements across both entities operating models.

MLRO

Has overall responsibility for the implementation, oversight, and effectiveness of the AML/CFT/sanctions programme across the RIE and RCH in accordance with the FSRA AML Rulebook.
Receives, investigates, and decides on internal suspicious activity reports (SARs/STRs), and files reports with relevant authorities including via goAML where applicable.
Develops and maintains AML policies, risk assessments, CDD, EDD, and ongoing monitoring procedures tailored to the participant and transactional risk profile of a virtual asset exchange and clearing house.
Ensures staff training and awareness programmes on AML/CFT are current, documented, and proportionate to the risk environment.
Acts as the key point of contact with the FSRA and other relevant authorities on financial crime matters, and provides regular AML reporting to the Board.
Maintains and periodically reviews the entity's Business Risk Assessment (BRA) and Customer Risk Assessment (CRA) frameworks in the context of market infrastructure operations.

Requirements

10+ years of significant senior compliance and/or financial crime experience within ADGM, DIFC, or other regulated financial services environments, with a preference for market infrastructure, exchange, or clearing experience.
Strong working knowledge of FSRA Rules, FSMR, MIR, the ADGM AML Rulebook, and applicable sanctions frameworks.
Understanding of RIE and RCH regulatory obligations, including rulebook governance, participant oversight, default management, and systemic risk considerations.
Experience supporting regulatory authorisations, recognition applications, or supervised entity setup.
Experience engaging with the FSRA or equivalent regulator on market infrastructure supervisory matters.
Ability to manage compliance responsibilities across two distinct but related regulated entities within a unified framework.
Strong judgement, stakeholder management, and decision-making capability.
Demonstrated interest in, and practical adoption of, AI technologies to enhance compliance, regulatory, or operational effectiveness will be viewed very favourably.

Profile

Prior MLRO / Compliance Officer or equivalent senior control function experience, ideally within a recognised exchange, clearing house, or market infrastructure operator.
Strong UAE / ADGM regulatory credibility, with exposure to virtual asset market infrastructure, crypto exchanges, or traditional exchange/clearing environments.
Practical, commercially minded operator with the ability to manage complexity across dual-entity structures.
Approved Person or willingness to seek FSRA regulatory approval for the Compliance Officer and MLRO controlled functions across both entities.

Senior Compliance Officer & MLRO