Chief Compliance Officer (CCO)

Location: Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines
Department: Compliance – Regulatory Compliance
Employment Type: Full-time Employee
Workplace Type: Hybrid

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About Coins.ph

Coins.ph is the leading crypto-enabled financial platform in the Philippines, providing millions of users with access to digital payments, e-wallet services, domestic and cross-border payments, remittances, and digital asset services.

As a BSP-regulated Electronic Money Issuer (EMI) and licensed Virtual Asset Service Provider (VASP), Coins operates at the intersection of fintech, payments, remittance infrastructure, and crypto.

We are looking for a highly strategic and execution-oriented Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) to lead the company’s enterprise-wide compliance, AML, regulatory, and financial crime programs as we continue to scale our payments and digital asset ecosystem.

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Role Overview

The Chief Compliance Officer (CCO) will be responsible for building, leading, and continuously evolving Coins.ph’s compliance and regulatory framework across:

• EMI and e-money operations
• Domestic and cross-border payments
• Remittance
• Virtual assets
• Wallet services
• Digital financial products

This leader will serve as the primary compliance partner to executive leadership, regulators, and the Board, ensuring Coins maintains strong regulatory standing while enabling responsible growth and innovation.

The ideal candidate combines:

• Deep AML and financial crime expertise
• Strong BSP and Philippine regulatory experience
• Extensive payments and EMI knowledge
• Operational leadership
• Strong execution capability
• A pragmatic, business-oriented mindset

This role requires someone who is highly credible with regulators and capable of driving complex regulatory and operational initiatives end-to-end.

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Key Responsibilities

Regulatory & Compliance Leadership

• Lead the company’s overall compliance strategy, governance framework, and regulatory engagement
• Serve as the primary liaison with BSP, AMLC, NPC, SEC, and other relevant regulators and stakeholders
• Maintain strong and proactive relationships with regulators and ensure high-quality regulatory communication and responsiveness
• Ensure ongoing compliance with:
  • BSP regulations
  • EMI and e-money requirements
  • Payment services regulations
  • AMLA requirements
  • VASP guidelines
  • Consumer protection obligations
  • Sanctions requirements
  • Other applicable laws and regulations
• Lead regulatory examinations, audits, inspections, enforcement inquiries, and remediation programs
• Drive timely and effective execution of regulatory commitments and corrective action plans
• Provide regular compliance and risk reporting to executive management and Board committees

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Payments, EMI & Financial Crime Compliance

• Own and continuously enhance the company’s AML/CFT, sanctions, and financial crime compliance programs across:
  • E-wallets
  • Domestic payments
  • Cross-border payments
  • Remittances
  • Crypto transactions
  • Partner ecosystems
• Oversee:
  • Transaction monitoring
  • Suspicious transaction reporting (STR)
  • KYC / KYB
  • Enhanced due diligence
  • Sanctions screening
  • Fraud risk controls
  • Blockchain analytics
  • Wallet risk monitoring
• Ensure robust compliance controls across all payment and digital asset product lines