BSA/AML Officer & Blockchain Compliance

Bullish•New York, NY

2d•$175,000 - $215,000•Onsite

About The Position

CoinDesk, an independent subsidiary of Bullish, is seeking a BSA/AML Officer with deep blockchain compliance expertise to support the expansion of its regulated U.S. digital currency trading business. The role supports spot, derivatives, and tokenized securities business lines across money transmitter businesses, a futures commission merchant, and broker-dealer entities. The officer will lead BSA/AML and OFAC sanctions programs and help ensure compliance with applicable local, U.S., and international laws and regulations affecting the digital currency industry. The role combines domestic BSA/AML, sanctions, and regulatory oversight with hands-on blockchain intelligence and tokenization compliance. The officer will develop and oversee risk-based policies, monitoring, assessments, reporting, and controls, while investigating on-chain activity and partnering with Legal, Product, and Engineering to build controls for tokenized securities. The position is based in and requires work from CoinDesk’s NYC office, and reports to the Chief Compliance Officer for U.S. Regulated Entities.

Requirements

Sufficient experience in one or more of financial crime, BSA, AML, financial crime investigations, risk management, audit, or compliance to satisfy the requirements for appointment to the role, including exposure to digital assets.
Experience managing regulatory examinations and relationships with examiners, auditors, and banking partners.
Extensive knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC regulations, and SEC, CFTC, FINRA, and NFA rules and requirements.
Awareness of regulatory requirements, including local and U.S. laws, international standards, and industry standards.
Demonstrated proficiency with enterprise blockchain forensics platforms such as Chainalysis Reactor/KYT, TRM Labs, or Elliptic Forensics, including tracing complex transaction paths and producing investigative summaries.
Working knowledge of smart contract mechanics, token standards such as ERC-20, ERC-1400, and ERC-3643, and permissioned wallet registries.
Ability to assess the impact of U.S. and international securities laws on on-chain trade execution, settlement, custody, and regulatory reporting.
Strong attention to detail and strong organizational, problem-solving, analytical, and management skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-demand environment while managing multiple priorities.
Bachelor’s degree, university degree, or equivalent experience.
Ability to work from the NYC office.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree, such as a JD or MBA.
Relevant professional certification, such as CAMS, CFE, CRCM, CFCS, or a related certification.

Responsibilities

Lead compliance programs for tokenized securities, derivatives, and spot crypto trading, including BSA/AML, sanctions, fraud risk, market integrity, and state licensing requirements.
Implement domestic BSA/AML and OFAC compliance programs in accordance with U.S. regulatory requirements.
Maintain risk-based BSA/AML and OFAC policies and procedures, advise staff and management of deficiencies, and ensure required changes are made.
Direct domestic BSA/AML and OFAC compliance monitoring and ensure sufficient internal controls.
Coordinate with offshore affiliates and oversee controls they perform on behalf of U.S. entities to ensure they meet U.S. requirements.
Oversee regulatory reporting to FinCEN, SEC, CFTC, FINRA, NFA, NYDFS, and other regulators, including timely suspicious activity report filings.
Prepare monthly and quarterly management reporting on BSA/AML metrics.
Identify, escalate, track, and remediate BSA/AML compliance issues.
Perform BSA/AML, CIP, and OFAC risk assessments and work with stakeholders and data to inform, update, streamline, and optimize programs.
Ensure required BSA/AML and OFAC reports are filed and related records are maintained according to regulatory requirements.
Train employees on key policies, procedures, and their responsibilities in preventing financial crime.
Lead compliance investigations and serve as a subject-matter specialist in blockchain analytics, wallet clustering, and transaction tracing across spot trading, derivatives margin and settlement, and tokenized assets.
Conduct forensic investigations into flagged deposit and withdrawal addresses using enterprise blockchain tools, tracing funds through bridges, decentralized protocols, and mixing services.
Partner with Legal, Product, and Engineering to develop processes and controls for on-chain trading, custody, settlement, and transfers in the U.S. tokenized securities business.
Apply knowledge of blockchain networks, smart contracts, and tokenization structures to design and implement controls for emerging risks and regulatory requirements.
Develop and maintain tokenized securities compliance controls, including wallet whitelisting, investor eligibility verification, transfer restrictions, and on-chain transaction monitoring.
Assess proposed token listings, blockchain networks, smart contract upgrades, and bridge mechanisms for financial crime, sanctions, and other compliance risks.
Translate on-chain activity and smart contract data into findings to support suspicious activity investigations, regulatory reporting, and law enforcement requests.