Crypto Financial Crime Data & Functional SME
About The Position
We are seeking a Crypto Financial Crime Data & Functional SME to lead a strategic Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) transformation initiative for a global investment bank. The role will be responsible for defining and implementing the firm's crypto financial crime operating model, data architecture, transaction monitoring framework, sanctions controls, and blockchain intelligence integration strategy. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise across Crypto AML, Blockchain Analytics, Sanctions Screening, Transaction Monitoring, Financial Crime Data Models, and Counterparty Intelligence, and will be capable of engaging directly with senior stakeholders across Compliance, Financial Crime, Operations, Data, and Technology functions.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in Financial Crime Compliance, AML, KYC, Sanctions, or Transaction Monitoring.
- 3+ years of hands-on experience in Crypto AML / Blockchain Risk Management.
- Deep understanding of crypto compliance controls within global banking environments.
- Experience working with at least one major blockchain intelligence platform: TRM Labs, Chain analysis
- Strong knowledge of Crypto transaction lifecycle
- Wallet risk assessment
- Blockchain analytics
- Crypto sanctions compliance
- Financial crime investigations
- Experience defining Transaction Monitoring scenarios and alert review processes.
- Strong understanding of financial crime data models, entity resolution, and counterparty intelligence concepts.
- Proven experience working with large financial institutions and regulatory-driven transformation programs
Nice To Haves
- Experience supporting Tier-1 global banks, investment banks, or systemically important financial institutions
Responsibilities
- Define target operating models for Crypto AML, Sanctions, Investigations, and Regulatory Reporting.
- Advise senior stakeholders on crypto financial crime risks, controls, governance, and industry best practices.
- Design operating workflows covering alert generation, triage, investigations, escalation, and case management.
- Develop implementation roadmaps for enterprise crypto compliance programs.
- Design and optimize crypto transaction monitoring frameworks and detection scenarios.
- Define controls covering, Wallet screening, Sanctions exposure, Mixer/Tumbler activity, High-risk jurisdictions, Layering and obfuscation patterns, Rapid movement of digital assets, Wallet hopping and network relationships, Establish integration between crypto monitoring and traditional fiat AML controls
- Lead design of blockchain intelligence and analytics solutions using platforms such as: TRM Labs, Chain alysis
- Define wallet attribution, entity resolution, clustering, and counterparty identification approaches.
- Design crypto financial crime data models and data governance frameworks.
- Establish crypto risk intelligence and counterparty intelligence capabilities leveraging graph analytics and network analysis.
- Define end-to-end data flows across: Blockchain data, Customer/KYC data, Screening platforms, Transaction monitoring systems, Case management platforms
- Design integration architecture between cloud-native crypto solutions and existing on-premise financial crime ecosystems.
- Collaborate with engineering and platform teams to define scalable implementation architectures.
- Lead workshops with business, compliance, operations, and technology stakeholders.
- Serve as trusted advisor to senior financial crime and compliance executives.
- Drive requirements definition, solution design, vendor evaluation, and implementation strategy.
Benefits
- Flexible work
- Healthcare including dental, vision, mental health, and well-being programs
- Financial well-being programs such as 401(k) and Employee Share Ownership Plan
- Paid time off and paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Family building benefits like adoption assistance, surrogacy, and cryopreservation
- Social well-being benefits like subsidized back-up child/elder care and tutoring
- Mentoring, coaching and learning programs
- Employee Resource Groups
- Disaster Relief
- medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
