Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

Risk Program Manager

Kraken Digital Asset Exchange

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇮🇪 Ireland

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Job Level

Mid-LevelSenior

About the role

  • Support and act as program across Global Insurance, Global Internal Fraud, and Global Escheatment work streams
  • Lead development and execution of a commercial insurance program and negotiate commercial insurance policies with brokers
  • Lead development and execution of the internal fraud risk management program covering operational and cyber-enabled fraud
  • Conduct regular internal fraud risk assessments across departments and business units and identify high-risk roles, processes, and control gaps
  • Implement and monitor fraud prevention controls, including access controls, segregation of duties, transaction monitoring, and whistleblower mechanisms
  • Investigate allegations of internal fraud, coordinate evidence collection, and manage case documentation with Legal, HR, and Internal Audit
  • Provide reporting for executive management, Audit Committees, and regulators on internal fraud trends, incidents, and remediation
  • Lead or support training programs to promote employee awareness of internal fraud risks and reporting obligations
  • Maintain incident logs, case management systems, and support regulatory inquiries or audit exams
  • Manage end-to-end escheatment process for unclaimed digital and fiat balances across 50 U.S. states, DC, Puerto Rico, and other applicable jurisdictions
  • Coordinate due diligence notifications to users via automated email, in-app messaging, and physical mailings
  • Partner with Legal and Compliance to interpret escheatment implications for crypto-native products
  • Develop and maintain technical SOPs, system logic, and reconciliation protocols for identifying escheatable assets across on-chain and off-chain environments
  • Collaborate with Engineering and Data teams to implement automated dormancy tracking, alerts, and audit logs
  • Manage relationships with escheatment vendors (e.g., Sovos, Keane) and/or state administrators
  • Prepare for and support state audits, VDAs, and regulatory inquiries related to unclaimed digital assets
  • Translate regulatory requirements into scalable operational and technical processes
  • Work closely with Information Security, IT, Compliance, Finance and Internal Audit to strengthen technology risk posture and ensure regulatory alignment

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Legal Studies, Business Administration, or related field
  • 5+ years of experience managing escheatment, unclaimed property, or regulatory reporting in a financial services, fintech, crypto, or large enterprise setting
  • Deep understanding of U.S. state escheatment laws and dormancy rules across property types
  • Experience with escheatment filings, due diligence mailings, and audit responses
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail; ability to reconcile large datasets and ensure accurate reporting
  • Excellent project management and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Experience managing escheatment for virtual currencies or digital assets (nice to have)
  • Familiarity with tools or platforms such as Sovos, Eagle TM, UPExchange, or customized escheatment engines (nice to have)
  • Working knowledge of SOX controls, SEC/GAAP requirements related to unclaimed property liabilities and fraud (nice to have)
  • Prior exposure to MTL compliance or state money transmitter licensing frameworks (nice to have)