Senior Financial Crime Officer (Spain)
Crossmint
Accounting & Finance
Posted on Jan 27, 2026
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Senior Financial Crime Officer (Spain)
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About Crossmint
Crossmint is the leading enterprise-grade, all-in-one stablecoin infrastructure enabling fintechs and enterprises to integrate stablecoin rails and smart wallets with speed, compliance, and scale. Trusted by more than 40,000 clients including global leaders such as MoneyGram, WireX, Toku, and more. Crossmint provides embedded smart wallets, on/offramps, cross-chain stablecoin orchestration, token checkout, and other blockchain primitives through simple, developer-friendly APIs, no blockchain engineers required. Backed by Ribbit Capital, Franklin Templeton, and other top investors. The future of finance is crypto-native. Crossmint makes it easy to get there.
Location
We have offices in Madrid, and we are also open to a full remote setting from Spain.
Type of Employment
Full-time, permanent role.
The Role
We are looking for a Senior Financial Crime Officer to support the AML Lead in managing complex financial crime operations across the business. This role sits in the first line of defence and plays a critical role in escalations, regulatory interactions, and continuous improvement of AML processes.
You will work on high-risk and non-standard cases that require deep analytical judgment, including SNC and PEP escalations, complex KYB and EDD reviews, SAR filings to Spanish authorities, and oversight of analyst output. You will also help shape how Crossmint scales its financial crime controls through process optimisation and automation.
For additional context, we have recently secured MiCA authorization from Spain’s Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV), positioning Crossmint as a fully regulated crypto asset service provider with passporting rights to operate across all 27 European Union member states.
This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys solving hard problems, working with regulators, and building robust AML operations in a fast-moving crypto and fintech environment.
What You’ll Do
Financial Crime Operations & Escalations
Perform 4-eye check controls on analyst work across screening, transaction monitoring, and investigations.
Review and resolve SNC and PEP hits that cannot be discarded through standard indicators or rules.
Conduct KYB and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) on companies with complex ownership structures, regulated activities, or exposure to high-risk jurisdictions.
Analyze complex corporate structures, beneficial ownership chains, and control relationships across multiple geographies.
Regulatory Reporting & Authority Engagement
Prepare, draft, and file SARs (Comunicaciones por Indicio) to Banco de España/SEPBLAC.
Support responses to information requests, inquiries, and examinations from Spanish authorities.
Assist the AML Lead in maintaining clear, consistent, and defensible documentation for regulatory purposes.
Transaction Monitoring & Risk Oversight
Oversee transaction monitoring escalations and investigations involving high-risk typologies.
Provide expert judgment on unusual or complex transaction patterns, including crypto-related activity.
Help refine risk scenarios, thresholds, and escalation criteria in collaboration with the AML and product teams.
Process Improvement & Automation
Identify gaps, inefficiencies, and manual bottlenecks in AML workflows.
Drive process optimisation and automation initiatives, working closely with operations, product, and engineering.
Contribute to the evolution of internal policies, procedures, and playbooks as the business scales.
What We’re Looking For
Minimum 4 years of experience in first-line-of-defence AML roles such as screening, transaction monitoring, or investigations, or 2 years in a second-line-of-defence role involving oversight, QA, or regulatory engagement.
Proven experience filing “Comunicaciones por Indicio” and managing communications with SEPBLAC.
Strong background analyzing complex corporate structures, beneficial ownership, and control frameworks, particularly in high-risk or opaque jurisdictions.
Solid understanding of EU and Spanish AML frameworks and financial crime typologies.
Excellent analytical skills, attention to detail, and sound professional judgment.
Ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, evolving environments with a high degree of ownership.
Nice to Have
Experience working in crypto, Web3, fintech, or payments compliance environments.
Prior experience interacting with Banco de España in AML-related roles (e.g. “Técnico de Conducta de Entidades”, “Analista de Inteligencia Financiera”)
Familiarity with AML and fraud tooling such as Persona, Elliptic, Sardine, or similar platforms.
Experience contributing to automation or tooling improvements in AML operations.
Why Join Crossmint?
At Crossmint, you will help build and scale the financial crime controls behind critical onchain financial infrastructure used by some of the world’s leading fintechs and enterprises.
You will work closely with senior compliance leadership, have real exposure to regulators, and play a meaningful role in shaping how AML operations evolve in a crypto-native environment. If you enjoy complex investigations, regulatory work, and building systems that scale, this role offers a unique opportunity to make a real impact.
Benefits
Highly competitive compensation.
Unlimited Paid Time Off.
Company laptop.
We conduct two performance reviews annually. The first addresses performance ratings, bonuses, and promotions. The second encompasses these elements along with salary adjustments reflecting inflation and market conditions.
Annual home office and productivity stipend.
Daily stipend for in-office meals and/or commuting to the office.
Three company-paid off-sites each year. Recent ones include: Miami, Lisbon, Medellín, Panamá.
Health + Dental insurance fully covered by Crossmint.
Flexible retribution with tax benefits through Cobee.
Talent research indicates that women are often less inclined than men to apply for a role unless they have experience in 100% of the listed skills. However, this list is only a guide. We welcome your application even if you feel you meet around 75% of the requirements. At Crossmint, we believe skills can be learned, and diversity makes us stronger.
We work to foster a respectful environment where each person can be their authentic self, free from harassment, racism, and any form of discrimination. We proudly uphold our commitment to diversity and inclusion as an equal opportunity employer, and this policy applies to all employment practices within our organization.
Please note that Crossmint never conducts AI-based interviews, and all of our processes include an initial video call with a team member. Crossmint will not request your personal identification documents or any payment at any point during your interview process. Please stay vigilant about potential fraud. If you receive an email that claims to be from Crossmint but ends with any domain other than @crossmint.com, @crossmint.io or @paella.dev, it is not from us. We own these three domains listed before, and they are the only legitimate ones.
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