Financial Crimes Investigator – Cryptocurrency, Blockchain

Job Description:

• Conduct thorough Blockchain Tracing investigations into potential financial crimes, including AML, fraud, and sanctions violations
• Ensure clients meet regulatory and compliance standards by performing EDD/ CDD checks, KYC assessments and analyzing source of funds
• Analyze cryptocurrency transactions and wallet addresses, leveraging blockchain explorers and analytics tools to track illicit activity or suspicious behavior
• Draft and submit SARs to relevant authorities
• Identify and assess potential financial crime risks across all client portfolios, leveraging both traditional and crypto-related financial systems
• Work closely with regulatory agencies, and financial institutions to ensure compliance with global anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-financing of terrorism (CFT) regulations
• Investigate high-volume or high-value transactions, including cross-border transfers, to identify red flags or signs of illegal activities

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree preferred
• 3+ years of experience in Financial Crime; either directly with a bank/financial institution or via a third party providing consulting services
• Strong background in AML, CTF or Sanctions, with an understanding of the compliance and regulatory frameworks that apply
• Familiarity with cryptocurrency blockchain tracing and blockchain technologies including investigating transactions on blockchain platforms and identifying risks associated with digital assets
• Familiarity with blockchain forensics tools such as Chainalysis, Elliptic, or CipherTrace to trace and analyze crypto transactions
• Knowledge of global regulatory frameworks for crypto – understanding of evolving cryptocurrency regulations, including FATF’s Travel Rule, KYC/AML compliance for digital assets, and the legal landscape around crypto in different regions
• Experience in developing risk mitigation strategies for crypto-based financial crimes, including fraud prevention and transaction monitoring in the crypto space

Benefits:

• comprehensive, total rewards package
• competitive compensation
• flexible benefit package
• health benefits
• vacation plan
• 401k plan

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