Zug - 2026 - Senior Compliance Officer

IMC is a leading global trading firm operating at the intersection of technology, trading, and market structure. We believe compliance is most effective when embedded in the business providing insight, constructive challenge, and practical solutions. Our crypto business, headquartered in Zug, is a growing and strategically important part of IMC's global footprint, and we are building a world-class compliance function to support its continued expansion.

We are seeking an experienced Crypto Compliance Officer to take ownership of establishing and leading IMC's compliance framework for the Crypto business. This is a foundational and high-impact role for a compliance professional who combines deep regulatory expertise with genuine commercial instincts and a collaborative approach.

You will be the primary compliance partner to the Crypto business — advising on new initiatives, guiding geographic expansion, engaging with regulators and exchanges, and building a compliance program that can scale with the business. You will manage and develop a small team, including a Crypto Compliance Officer, and work closely with counterparts in the US, APAC, and across the European Compliance and AML functions.

Your Core Responsibilities

Framework design & governance

• Design, establish, and own the end-to-end compliance framework for IMC's Crypto business, covering market conduct, trade surveillance, and regulatory licensing requirements
• Develop and maintain all compliance policies, procedures, and controls specific to digital asset activities, ensuring alignment with CIMA
• Define governance structures including escalation pathways, board-level compliance reporting, and risk appetite frameworks
• Establish and manage the audit remediation plan, tracking findings through to resolution and reporting progress to senior stakeholders
• Build and lead a high-performing compliance team capable of supporting the business at scale

Strategic business partnering

• Act as the trusted compliance partner to the Crypto business, advising on new products, strategic business ventures, and growth initiatives from inception
• Provide clear, pragmatic, and commercially sound guidance on regulatory and market conduct matters, balancing risk management with business enablement

Your Skills and Experience

• 7+ years of compliance experience in financial services, with a minimum of 2 years in a senior role covering digital assets, crypto, or fintech
• Proven track record of building compliance frameworks from the ground up in a regulated financial institution
• Strong understanding of crypto-specific compliance challenges including blockchain analytics, travel rule implementation, AML transaction monitoring, and cross-border regulatory requirements
• Experience engaging directly with financial regulators and managing regulatory examinations
• Exposure to US and/or APAC regulatory environments is a strong advantage
• A collaborative, business-oriented mindset
• Strong leadership and team development skills
• Excellent judgment and the confidence to navigate ambiguous regulatory environments
• Clear, concise communication skills in English
• Ability to manage multiple priorities across jurisdictions in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to learn, grow, and help establish something genuinely new
• ACAMS or equivalent professional qualification preferred

What we offer

• A senior, high-visibility role at the heart of IMC's fastest-growing business
• The opportunity to build and shape a compliance function from the ground up
• Direct collaboration with global leadership across Trading, Technology, Legal, and Risk
• A high-performance, collaborative culture that values ownership and intellectual rigor

About Us

IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.