Senior Compliance Associate, KYC

Paxos

2d•$116,000 - $132,600

About The Position

As a Senior Compliance Associate, KYC, you will help Paxos understand and manage customer risk through onboarding, ongoing due diligence, and enhanced due diligence reviews for individual and institutional customers. You will work independently, assess complex customer information, and make well-supported, risk-based decisions, escalating matters that require additional guidance or approval. You will also partner across teams to resolve issues, strengthen KYC processes, and support junior colleagues through guidance and knowledge sharing.

Requirements

Strong working knowledge of US KYC requirements, including customer identification, beneficial ownership, CDD, EDD, customer risk rating, and ongoing due diligence for individual and institutional customers.
Experience independently performing KYC reviews, assessing complex cases, documenting well-supported risk-based decisions within established authority, and escalating where needed.
Ability to support junior analysts through practical guidance, knowledge sharing, and feedback.
Strong collaboration skills and experience working across Compliance, Product, Engineering, Data, and business teams to resolve issues.
Ability to manage competing priorities, meet deadlines, and proactively communicate blockers and capacity constraints.
Experience contributing to procedures and operational guidance that support consistent KYC reviews.
Experience identifying control gaps and supporting remediation, audits, or regulatory examinations through analysis, implementation, and documentation.
Ability to use operational metrics to prioritize work and identify backlog, quality, or turnaround-time concerns.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to explain due diligence requirements and document risk assessments and recommendations clearly.
A hands-on approach, strong ownership, and the ability to work independently while recognizing when guidance or approval is required.
Familiarity with AI and automation tools, with sound judgment about appropriate use, data protection, and verification of outputs.

Responsibilities

Independently perform KYC onboarding, ongoing due diligence, and enhanced due diligence reviews while managing workload to meet quality standards and deadlines.
Assess complex customer information, apply sound risk-based judgment within your authority, document decisions clearly, and escalate concerns with supporting analysis and recommended next steps.
Support junior analysts through guidance, knowledge sharing, and feedback on review quality and documentation.
Contribute to KYC procedures and operational guidance, identifying areas that need clarification or updates.
Partner with Product, Engineering, Data, and business teams to resolve KYC challenges and support practical solutions.
Communicate with enterprise partners, customers, and their Compliance teams to obtain information, clarify requirements, and resolve due diligence questions.
Identify control gaps and support remediation through root cause analysis, corrective actions, and evidence preparation.
Support audits and regulatory examinations by preparing documentation, explaining review decisions, and providing timely, accurate responses.
Identify and escalate KYC vendor issues and contribute feedback on service quality and capabilities.
Recommend and drive improvements to KYC tools and workflows, contribute operational requirements, and support user acceptance testing and implementation.
Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and control effectiveness through automation and appropriate AI use.
Use operational metrics to prioritize work, flag backlog or quality concerns, and communicate and propose solutions to blockers and capacity constraints.
Support the Compliance Operations team through occasional weekend duty, as business needs require.