About Clear Street:
Clear Street is modernizing the brokerage ecosystem. Founded in 2018, Clear Street is a diversified financial services firm replacing the legacy infrastructure used across capital markets.
We started from scratch by building a completely cloud-native clearing and custody system designed for today’s complex, global market. Clear Street’s proprietary prime brokerage platform adds significant efficiency to the market, while focusing on minimizing risk, redundancy, and cost for clients. Our goal is to create a single source-of-truth platform for every asset class, in every country, and in any currency.
By combining highly-skilled product and engineering talent with seasoned finance professionals, we’re building the essentials to compete in today’s fast-paced markets.
The Role:
Clear Street is seeking an AML Compliance Director who is a self-driven subject matter expert with deep knowledge of AML regulatory requirements across broker-dealer and futures commission merchant (“FCM”) businesses. The AML Compliance Director will report to the AML Compliance Officer and serve as a senior individual contributor responsible for driving program enhancements and providing guidance across Clear Street’s AML Program. The role will be based in New York City.
Responsibilities:
- Lead the implementation, and continuous improvement of AML policies, procedures, and controls in response to regulatory changes and evolving typologies.
- Conduct and oversee periodic and event-driven KYC refresh reviews, ensuring documentation is accurate, complete, and maintained in accordance with regulatory and internal requirements.
- Review and disposition complex ongoing monitoring alerts, including sanctions, PEP, and adverse media alerts, and escalate matters requiring EDD or further investigation.
- Own and lead the execution of complex EDD reviews.
- Conduct SAR investigations and contribute to SAR filing decisions, including drafting and reviewing SAR narratives.
- Partner with onboarding, technology, and operations teams to improve AML workflows.
- Advise business lines on AML-related questions and provide guidance on customer risk classification and program requirements.
- Coordinate AML audit requests and assist in preparing responses and supporting documentation.
- Monitor regulatory developments and emerging AML typologies and proactively assess their impact on the Firm’s AML Program.
- Assist in training and mentoring junior AML staff.
Experience and Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree or JD a plus.
- 7–10 years of AML compliance, AML audit, or financial crimes experience at a broker-dealer or other regulated financial institution.
- Strong knowledge in BSA/AML, KYC, CIP, CDD, EDD, OFAC, and FinCEN requirements as applied to broker-dealer and FCM businesses.
- Demonstrated knowledge of SAR investigations and reporting requirements.
- Experience with institutional client onboarding, including financial institutions, funds, and other complex legal entities.
- Proficiency with onboarding platforms and screening tools (e.g., World-Check, CLEAR, or equivalent).
- Exceptional analytical, organizational, and written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently on complex matters and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
We Offer:
The Base Salary Range for this role is $160,000-$215,000. This range is representative of the starting base salaries for this role at Clear Street. Where a candidate falls in this range will be based on job related factors such as relevant experience, skills, and location. This range represents Base Salary only, which is just one element of Clear Street's total compensation. The range stated does not include other factors of total compensation such as bonuses or equity.
At Clear Street, we offer competitive compensation packages, company equity, 401k matching, gender neutral parental leave, and full medical, dental and vision insurance. Our belief has always been that we are better as a business when we are all together in person. As such, we are requiring employees to be in the office 4 days per week. In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours, a great location, and amazing views.
Our top priority is our people. We’re continuously investing in a culture that promotes collaboration. We help each other through challenges and celebrate each other's successes. We believe that modern workplaces succeed by virtue of having high-performance workforces that are diverse — in ideas, in cultures, and in experiences. We put in the effort to make such a workplace a daily reality and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- Advanced degree or JD
- 7-10 years of AML compliance, AML audit, or financial crimes experience at a broker-dealer or other regulated financial institution
- Strong knowledge of BSA/AML, KYC, CIP, CDD, EDD, OFAC, and FinCEN requirements as applied to broker-dealer and FCM businesses
- Demonstrated knowledge of SAR investigations and reporting requirements
- Experience with institutional client onboarding, including financial institutions, funds, and complex legal entities
- Proficiency with onboarding platforms and screening tools (e.g., World-Check, CLEAR, or equivalent)
- Exceptional analytical, organizational, written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to work independently on complex matters and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Based in New York City and in-office four days per week
What the Team is Saying
Clear Street Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as comprehensive, with full medical, dental, and vision plus options like FSA/HSA and employer-backed disability and life insurance. Several sources characterize the medical coverage as strong with solid plan options.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Daily lunch stipends, free breakfasts, Friday meals, stocked kitchens, commuter benefits, and office events provide meaningful day-to-day value for in-office employees. These tangible perks are highlighted across hubs such as New York, San Diego, Tampa, and Chicago.
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Parental & Family Support — Gender-neutral parental leave, family medical leave, and amenities like an onsite Mother’s Room are called out in job postings and benefits listings. These elements indicate attention to families alongside core coverage.
Clear Street Insights
What We Do
Clear Street’s mission is to give every sophisticated investor access to every asset, in every market, through a unified platform built for speed, transparency and scale. We give our clients the technology, tools, and service once reserved for the largest institutions, rebuilt with modern infrastructure. Our single, cloud-native, end-to-end capital markets platform powers investor growth today and is transforming how they can interact with markets tomorrow. For more information, visit https://clearstreet.io.
Why Work With Us
Clear Street has thoughtfully cultivated a team that combines problem-solving engineers with financial industry experts across clearing platforms, compliance, and more. The company is focused on building a team that is motivated to tackle fintech innovation and create a collaborative work culture for everyone.
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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
We are requiring employees to be in the office 4 days per week. In-office benefits include lunch stipends, fully stocked kitchens, happy hours, a great location, and amazing views.
