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Licensing Officer
- Posted25 November 2025
- Salary$150k to $180k base + super
- LocationSouth Australia
- Job type Permanent
- Discipline Accounting & Finance
- ReferenceBH-16877
Job description
• Regulatory body with start-up environment
• Direct exposure to policy formulation
• High-performance regulatory team with career progression
Client Details
My client is a regulatory body for virtual asset services, including cryptocurrency exchanges and digital banking. They are looking to hire a Licensing Officer to manage the end-to-end application and renewal process for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs). This includes application intake, due diligence checks, risk assessments, regulatory compliance verification, and recommendation reports to decision-making committees. This role is crucial in ensuring that only fit-and-proper, compliant, and financially sound VASPs are authorised to operate, in line with FATF Recommendation 15.
Description
Responsibilities include:
To be a suitable candidate, you must have:
The salary on offer for this role is between $150k to $180k base + super.
To apply, please click on the link and submit your CV, or email your CV directly to nehajain@future-you.com.au
• Direct exposure to policy formulation
• High-performance regulatory team with career progression
Client Details
My client is a regulatory body for virtual asset services, including cryptocurrency exchanges and digital banking. They are looking to hire a Licensing Officer to manage the end-to-end application and renewal process for Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs). This includes application intake, due diligence checks, risk assessments, regulatory compliance verification, and recommendation reports to decision-making committees. This role is crucial in ensuring that only fit-and-proper, compliant, and financially sound VASPs are authorised to operate, in line with FATF Recommendation 15.
Description
Responsibilities include:
- Receive, log, and acknowledge VASP licence applications and renewals.
- Ensure all required documentations are submitted and maintain accurate application records in the Licensing Management System.
- Conduct KYC/KYB checks on applicants, shareholders, and key personnel and co-ordinate enhanced due diligence for high-risk applicants
- Liaise with AML/CTF and intelligence teams for suspicious activity findings.
- Apply risk assessment framework to applicants, factoring in ownership structure, jurisdictional risks, and business model.
- Verify capital adequacy, cybersecurity frameworks, and operational resilience plans and activities.
- Prepare comprehensive due diligence reports summarising findings, risk rating, and recommended action (approve/decline/conditional approval).
- Present findings to the Licensing Committee and respond to follow-up queries.
- Communicate with applicants on status updates and required additional information.
- Build relationships with external AML/CTF agencies, FIUs, and international regulators.
- Assist in the development and refinement of licensing procedures, forms, and guidance notes.
- Participate in audits of licensing decisions for quality assurance.
To be a suitable candidate, you must have:
- Bachelor’s degree in finance, Business, Compliance, or related field.
- 3+ years of experience in licensing, regulatory compliance, AML/CTF, or financial services supervision.
- Proven experience in due diligence investigations and risk-based assessment.
- Familiarity with FATF Recommendations and APG mutual evaluation frameworks.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and report-writing skills.
- High level of integrity, discretion, and professional ethics.
- Experience with virtual assets, blockchain analytics tools (ie, Chainalysis, TRM Labs) will be highly regarded.
- Knowledge of cross-border regulatory cooperation mechanisms will be highly regarded.
- Experience in a government or regulatory body will be highly regarded.
- Multilingual skills (especially relevant to the APAC region) will be highly regarded.
The salary on offer for this role is between $150k to $180k base + super.
To apply, please click on the link and submit your CV, or email your CV directly to nehajain@future-you.com.au
