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Compliance and AML recruitment for regulated businesses

Hirexel is a compliance recruitment agency for fintech, crypto, blockchain and iGaming companies. We hire MLROs, heads of compliance, compliance officers and legal counsel, and before you meet a candidate we check their record against what the regulator will review.

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90-day replacement guarantee. If a candidate we place doesn't work out in the first 90 days, we fill the role again free of charge.

Compliance and AML roles we hire

AML

Compliance leadership

Legal and risk

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What we check before you meet a candidate

We check experience and results before a candidate reaches your interview, so your shortlist is short.

  • Hands-on AML experience in the same type of business
  • Suspicious activity decisions they owned personally
  • A record that passes the regulator's fit and proper review
  • For legal roles: regulatory legal experience in financial services

Compliance searches we have closed

We do not name our clients. These are real searches we have closed.

Compliance, DubaiSearch closed

MLRO

What we screen for in this role

  • Hands-on AML in the same type of business
  • Suspicious activity decisions they owned personally
  • A record that passes the regulator's fit and proper review
LegalSearch closed

Legal counsel for a compliance firm

What we screen for in this role

  • Regulatory legal experience in financial services
  • Turning regulation into clear client deliverables
  • Working alongside compliance consultants

How a search works

  1. 1

    Brief

    A call to understand the role, the product, the market, your team and the exact profile that will solve the problem.

  2. 2

    Sourcing

    Our own network, closed communities and the open market, targeted to your niche. We approach people who are not looking.

  3. 3

    Screening

    Interviews and checks of real experience and results. For regulated roles, we also check candidates against the regulator's criteria.

  4. 4

    Offer and start

    We coordinate final interviews, help with the decision and the offer, and stay involved until the candidate starts.

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Questions about Compliance and AML hiring

Which compliance roles do you hire?

MLROs, heads of compliance, compliance officers, legal counsel and fraud and payments risk roles for fintech, crypto, blockchain and iGaming companies.

Do you check candidates against the regulator's criteria?

Yes. Before you meet a candidate, we check their record against the regulator's fit and proper criteria for the role, including hands-on experience in the same type of business.

Have you hired an MLRO before?

Yes. We have closed an MLRO search in Dubai and a search for legal counsel for a compliance firm.

Which markets do you cover?

We hire across MENA, EMEA, the EU, Asia, CIS and LATAM, for local roles, remote roles and relocations.

Is there a guarantee?

Yes. If a candidate we place doesn't work out in the first 90 days, we fill the role again free of charge.

Can you run a confidential search?

Yes. For confidential and hard-to-fill roles we work on an exclusive basis, with controlled outreach and a dedicated recruiter.

How do we start?

Send us the job description on WhatsApp or through the form on this page. We will come back with questions about the role and agree the next steps.

Tell us who you need to hire

Send the role and the market. We will come back with questions about the role and agree the next steps.

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