Compliance Operations Analyst, Sanctions and Financial Crimes

fun.xyz•New York, NY

2d•$120,000 - $150,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Fun is seeking a hands-on Compliance Operations Analyst, Sanctions and Financial Crimes to manage sanctions and financial crimes casework across its fintech infrastructure. The role covers screening, investigations, and operational judgment for a global, non-custodial product with fiat and crypto rails. The analyst will work alerts and edge cases directly, applying sanctions requirements to blockchain-based activity and documenting decisions clearly. The position reports to the Head of Compliance, with the General Counsel serving in the interim, and collaborates with Finance and Operations, Engineering, Partnerships, and Customer Support. The role is primarily in person at Fun’s Midtown, NYC headquarters, with team collaboration Monday through Thursday and optional work from home on Fridays.

Requirements

Five or more years of experience in sanctions or financial crimes compliance, including meaningful experience at a leading crypto or DeFi company, digital asset exchange, or financial institution with a substantial digital assets practice.
Practical, current command of OFAC sanctions requirements as applied to on-chain activity, and familiarity with UN, EU, UK, and Singapore sanctions regimes.
Ability to reason clearly about how sanctions obligations apply to non-custodial and self-custody product architectures.
Fluency with blockchain analytics tools and on-chain investigations across chains and bridges, including dust and address-poisoning attacks and distinguishing real indirect exposure from incidental dust.
Ability to investigate transaction chains directly rather than relying on vendor reports.
Precise, defensible judgment; ability to decide difficult cases, document the rationale, and distinguish rules and norms from vendor defaults.
Comfort with SQL and AI tools, including the ability to query transaction data directly and use AI without outsourcing judgment.
Excellent written communication.
Comfort working at startup speed and handling a high volume of time-sensitive cases.

Nice To Haves

Experience building sanctions screening or investigations processes at an early-stage company.
Experience drafting suspicious activity report (SAR) narratives.
Exposure to money transmission, MSB registration, or state licensing frameworks.
Regulatory, enforcement, or policy experience at an agency, trade association, or in private practice.
Certified Global Sanctions Specialist (CGSS) or Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certification from ACAMS.
Familiarity with card scheme rules and the compliance surface of fiat payment rails.

Responsibilities

Operate wallet and transaction screening and monitoring, working alerts involving sanctions, scams, and address-poisoning flags.
Investigate alerts, decide whether to escalate, and document clear rationales for blocks, rejects, and releases.
Prepare blocked and rejected transaction reports to OFAC; implement new designations and FinCEN special measures; identify potential general or specific license applicability and escalate to Legal.
Maintain records that can withstand review by banks, partners, or regulators.
Tune matching logic, risk thresholds, and exposure rules in blockchain analytics and screening tools; test changes, reduce false positives, and assess provider performance against measurable standards.
Write clear, testable specifications for the in-house rule engine, including automated rules that help manage the review queue.
Work with Engineering, Product, and Customer Success to integrate sanctions controls into the product.
Keep sanctions procedures current, support partner and bank due diligence, and explain the implications and limits of the company's non-custodial architecture to counterparties.
Meet alert-handling service levels, track alert volume and false-positive rates, and participate in a weekend and off-hours coverage rotation.