Senior Compliance Associate - Automation & Systems

Kraken

1d • $54,600 - $109,200

About The Position

Payward is seeking a Senior Compliance Associate for its Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Scale Team. The team helps the FIU scale across new jurisdictions and products by overseeing AML transaction monitoring and blockchain monitoring, ensuring thresholds are appropriately set, tested, and governed, and reducing false positives while maintaining oversight. It also identifies process efficiencies and implements automation across the FIU, working with external vendors and internal Compliance and technology teams.

In this role, you will lead transaction monitoring optimization, including testing rules, tuning thresholds, and designing and rolling out new monitoring scenarios. You will drive automation and workflow improvements, evaluate and implement emerging technologies such as LLM- and AI-enabled tools, and partner with Product, Engineering, and Operations on vendor integrations, monitoring infrastructure, and FIU tooling. You will also work with Compliance leadership, including RCOs and MLROs, to maintain well-governed monitoring frameworks aligned with regulatory expectations and support FIU expansion into new products, regions, and transaction volumes.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in AML, financial crime compliance, or FIU operations, with deep knowledge of transaction monitoring frameworks, suspicious activity detection, and regulatory expectations under BSA/AML regimes.
• At least 3 years of experience designing, testing, and tuning transaction monitoring rules, including threshold optimization, scenario design, and alert reduction strategies.
• At least 3 years of experience with transaction monitoring systems and compliance tooling, including case management platforms, monitoring infrastructure, and investigative workflows.
• Experience working in a regulated financial institution, preferably one licensed to operate in the EU, UK, and/or United States.
• Experience driving process optimization or automation initiatives within compliance or financial crime programs to improve operational efficiency and scalability.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Data, or Operations teams to implement monitoring controls, vendor integrations, or compliance technology solutions.
• Strong analytical and data interpretation skills, including experience using metrics, dashboards, and data analysis to evaluate monitoring effectiveness and improve detection quality.
• Experience in fast-growing fintech, payments, or crypto environments, with the ability to design scalable compliance controls that support new product launches and geographic expansion.
• Experience working with AI, machine learning, or LLM-enabled compliance tools, including investigative automation or alert triage technologies.
• Familiarity with blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, or similar crypto investigative platforms.
• Experience supporting vendor selection, implementation, or integration of regtech solutions.

Nice To Haves

• ACAMS, CAMS-Audit, CFCS, or similar financial crime certifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead transaction monitoring optimization, including rule testing, threshold tuning, and the design and rollout of new monitoring scenarios to improve detection quality and reduce false positives.
• Identify and drive automation and workflow improvements across FIU processes to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness.
• Evaluate and implement emerging technologies, including LLM- and AI-enabled tools, to enhance alert triage, investigations, SAR filing, and FIU operations.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Operations to support vendor integrations, monitoring infrastructure improvements, and FIU tooling enhancements.
• Collaborate with Compliance leadership, including RCOs and MLROs, to maintain well-governed transaction monitoring frameworks aligned with regulatory expectations.
• Design processes and monitoring strategies that support FIU expansion into new products and regions and increased transaction volumes.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed