AML & Compliance Analyst

This is a remote position.

The role

You'll work directly with the CEO to build our core compliance processes. As we scale, you'll eventually work alongside a Head of Compliance.

What you'll do

• Monitor transactions across bank rails and onchain activity, primarily on Stellar. Investigate alerts and document every decision.
  
• Own manual KYC and KYB reviews, including failed verifications, enhanced due diligence, and high-risk customer cohorts.
  
• Maintain case management with clear, defensible case notes, and prepare suspicious activity reports for review and submission/filing.
  
• Maintain our AML/KYC policies, procedures, and customer risk assessment guidelines.
  
• Help tune alerts and rules in our in-house monitoring dashboard.
  
• Respond to partner due diligence requests and compliance questionnaires.
  
• Support our preparation for any VASP registration/licensing.
  
• Train customer support on red flags and escalation paths.
  

Requirements

Required Experience

• 2-5 years in AML, KYC, or financial crime compliance at a cryptocurrency exchange, stablecoin company, fintech, or payments company
  
• Hands-on transaction monitoring experience, including onchain investigations
  
• Experience writing suspicious activity reports or equivalent escalations
  
• Ability to draft clear policies and procedures, not just follow them
  
• Comfort with ambiguity, speed, and imperfect data
  
• Strong written English
  
• Ability to work between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm US Eastern Time, regardless of country/time zone of residence.
  
• Ability to travel to the US occasionally, as necessary.
  
  

Nice to have

• CAMS, CCAS, or a similar certification
  
• Experience with Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, or similar tools
  
• Familiarity with FATF standards, including the Travel Rule, and with VASP regimes
  
• Experience with the US regulatory environment