Head of Compliance

What is Emerging Impact?
Emerging Impact is a public benefit corporation that empowers NGOs, governments, and social enterprises to modernize financial services in emerging markets with blockchain technology. Our company consists of two circles - one for management consulting and the other product development. Originally founded as ‘ConsenSys Social Impact’ in 2017, our company has since re-established itself as Emerging Impact as of May 2020. Our management consulting team typically works with major NGOs to deploy digital humanitarian aid programs around the world (most recently in South America and the Asia Pacific regions), whereas the journey for our product development team is relatively new and will focus on developing microfinance protocols and platforms to deploy with our NGO and Central Bank partners.

Our team consists of pioneers within the blockchain for social impact space, having deployed the world’s first digital currency backed humanitarian aid program in Vanuatu (Project Unblocked Cash w/ Oxfam International), the first blockchain enabled transparent grant management platform with the World Wildlife Fund of Australia (Impactio.Global), and co-created the first immutable worker wellness reporting tool (Survey Assure) in collaboration with New America and the U.S. State Department. The team has had the opportunity to earn global recognition for our work, including being the recipient of the E.U. Blockchain Horizon Prize and the #Blockchain4Humanity RFP winner. Two of our founders, Robby Greenfield and Sandra Hart, also serve as Expert Panelists on the European Blockchain Observatory & Forum.

Head of Compliance (HoC)
The Head of Compliance is one of the most important members of the management team and is primarily responsible for overseeing compliance within an organization, and ensuring compliance with laws, regulatory requirements, policies, and procedures.

As the compliance leader and subject matter expert, the HoC is responsible for establishing standards and implementing procedures to ensure that the compliance programs throughout the organization are effective and efficient in identifying, preventing, detecting, and correcting noncompliance with applicable laws and regulations.

The HoC has to provide reasonable assurance to senior management and the Board that there are effective and efficient policies and procedures in place, well understood and respected by all employees, and that the company is complying with all regulatory requirements.

The HoC must report directly to the Chief Executive Officer. He must also inform the Board about important issues and material violations.

Head of Compliance's Responsibilities:

• Ensuring that the company acquires and maintains the pre-requisite certifications and licenses provided how the company's product operate (e.g., ensuring company has MSB registration, Money Transmitter License, etc.)
• Keeping the company up-to-date on crypto-finance regulations across the countries in which the company has deployed our products
• Periodically revising the compliance plan in light of changes.
• Overseeing and monitoring the implementation of the compliance program.
• Providing guidance, advice, and training.
• Providing strategic direction to the management team on compliance.
• Preparing and presenting clear and concise compliance reports to the Board.
• Interacting with regulators on compliance issues.
• Coordinating efforts related to audits, reviews, and examinations.
• Coordinating internal compliance review and monitoring activities, including periodic reviews of departments.
• Independently investigating and acting on matters related to compliance.
• Monitoring external review processes

Important Notes on the Role

• This role will start part-time as needed (~10hrs/week after initial analysis is completed)
• This role has extremely high potential to become full-time