MLRO, Alberta & Ontario
William Hill International is seeking an MLRO to manage compliance operations for its business in Ontario and Alberta. The role involves navigating principles-based, enforcement-active regulatory regimes while maintaining strong governance and providing senior management challenge.
The successful candidate will act as the designated MLRO across multiple regulators, including FINTRAC, AiGC, AGLC, AGCO, and iGo. The position requires a high level of independence and authority to oversee anti-money laundering programmes, lead regulatory examinations, and ensure effective integration of AML, responsible gambling, and fraud risk management.
- Act as MLRO for Evoke plc’s operations in Ontario and Alberta, managing compliance across principles-based but enforcement-active regimes with strong focus on MLRO accountability, governance, and senior management challenge.
- Act as designated MLRO across multiple regulators: Alberta: FINTRAC, AiGC, AGLC Ontario: FINTRAC, AGCO, iGo
- Ensure compliance with FINTRAC requirements.
- Own cross-jurisdictional AML risk assessments and governance.
- Personally approve highest-risk customer relationships.
- Maintain strong Board and senior management escalation.
- Lead regulatory examinations, including MLRO interviews.
- Ensure effective integration of AML, RG, and fraud risk.
- Maintain the independence and authority required to provide effective AML oversight and challenge.
- Oversee AML training and fitness & probity compliance.
- Prior MLRO or DMLRO appointment in Ontario (preferred).
- Experience operating under personal liability regimes (required).
- Strong governance and Board-level communication skills (required).
- Ability to manage divergent regulatory expectations coherently (required).
- Proven experience managing complex AML investigations, regulatory reporting and high-risk customer assessments, ideally within the online gambling or financial services industry (required).
- Strong understanding of emerging financial crime risks (required).
- Competitive Salary and Bonus Schemes.
- Hybrid Working: Employees can work from home up to 80% of the time with 20% of office time built in.
- Healthcare: Comprehensive healthcare insurance, dental care, travel insurance and life insurance.
- Health & Wellbeing: An allowance which can be used towards gym and fitness memberships, fitness clothing and equipment, consultations with a dietitian, massages and select treatments or items for your home office.
- Wellness Cloud: Free access to Wellness Cloud; a tool to help encourage greater wellbeing through online coaching, webinars, videos and online resources.
- Volunteer Time Off Programme: 20 days paid leave you can avail after your first year of employment to volunteer at an organisation online, locally, or abroad.
William Hill International is the international (non-UK) arm of the William Hill betting and gaming brand, owned by Evoke plc (formerly 888 Holdings). It operates online sports betting and casino products across regulated markets outside the United Kingdom, with its main operational base in Malta. William Hill, one of the best-known names in British bookmaking, was founded in 1934 and acquired by 888 in 2022. The international division focuses on the technology, trading and operations that support William Hill's online business in Europe and beyond.