Digital Asset Transactions Monitoring Lead Analyst, Assistant Vice President
About The Position
This role is the Digital Asset Transaction Monitoring Lead Analyst supporting the design and deployment of suspicious activity monitoring models for digital assets within State Street’s Financial Crimes Compliance function. The position focuses on hands-on involvement in model development, data analysis, and enhancement of monitoring capabilities across public blockchain and digital asset use cases. This is a highly technical role requiring strong SQL and Python expertise, with practical experience in data analysis, model development, or feature engineering, rather than a reporting or AML operations-focused position. The successful candidate will contribute to building scalable models and analytical solutions, while leveraging experience in crypto/digital asset AML to strengthen monitoring of emerging financial crime risks. You will collaborate closely with business, data, and technology teams to support the delivery of data-driven solutions across the model lifecycle. This role can be performed in a hybrid model, where you can balance work from home and office to match your needs and role requirements. Our standard hybrid model is 4 days on site and 1 day remote. Preferred location is Boston or Quincy, MA. We will also consider applicants from: Stamford, CT; Princeton and Clifton, NJ; Berwyn, PA.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in suspicious activity monitoring within Financial Crimes Compliance, with proven hands-on experience in data analysis and/or model development coupled with experience in digital assets sets you up for success in this role
- Hands-on experience with SQL, including querying, data manipulation, and working with large datasets is required
- Working knowledge of Python for data analysis, feature engineering, or model development is required
- Understanding of cryptocurrency transaction flows, blockchain data, and AML typologies in digital assets, or demonstrated interest in developing expertise in this area is required
- Familiarity with AML transaction monitoring frameworks, including exposure to model development, scenario design, or alert tuning
- Experience working with large datasets and data environments (e.g., Databricks, Spark, Snowflake)
- Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Mathematics, Statistics, Computer Science, Finance) or related field
Nice To Haves
- Experience utilising blockchain analytics tools (e.g., Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic) is preferred
- advanced degree preferred
Responsibilities
- Support AML and business stakeholders with the hands-on development and documentation of suspicious activity monitoring models
- Support model owner responsibilities, including involvement in model development, testing, tuning, implementation, and ongoing monitoring
- Be involved in designing and building features, scenarios, and analytical logic to enhance detection of suspicious digital asset activities
- Contribute to the development of user stories and requirements to improve monitoring of digital transactions and entities
- Contribute to improving efficiency in Financial Crimes Compliance processes through development of analytical and investigative tools
- Work with large datasets and partner with data teams to support data sourcing, transformation, and pipeline design (e.g. ETL processes)
- Collaborate with broader AML Compliance teams including policy, risk assessment, and KYC teams, ensuring alignment of data and model requirements
- Support validation and testing to ensure the accuracy and effectiveness of models and processes
Benefits
- our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
- insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
- paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
- access to our Employee Assistance Program
- incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)
- eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
- inclusive development opportunities
- flexible work-life support
- paid volunteer days
- vibrant employee networks
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
