
Financial Crimes Investigator – Cryptocurrency, Blockchain
Treliant
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $50 - $60 per hour
About the role
- Conduct thorough Blockchain Tracing investigations into potential financial crimes, including AML, fraud, and sanctions violations
- Ensure clients meet regulatory and compliance standards by performing EDD/ CDD checks, KYC assessments and analyzing source of funds
- Analyze cryptocurrency transactions and wallet addresses, leveraging blockchain explorers and analytics tools to track illicit activity or suspicious behavior
- Draft and submit SARs to relevant authorities
- Identify and assess potential financial crime risks across all client portfolios, leveraging both traditional and crypto-related financial systems
- Work closely with regulatory agencies, and financial institutions to ensure compliance with global anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-financing of terrorism (CFT) regulations
- Investigate high-volume or high-value transactions, including cross-border transfers, to identify red flags or signs of illegal activities
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree preferred
- 3+ years of experience in Financial Crime; either directly with a bank/financial institution or via a third party providing consulting services
- Strong background in AML, CTF or Sanctions, with an understanding of the compliance and regulatory frameworks that apply
- Familiarity with cryptocurrency blockchain tracing and blockchain technologies including investigating transactions on blockchain platforms and identifying risks associated with digital assets
- Familiarity with blockchain forensics tools such as Chainalysis, Elliptic, or CipherTrace to trace and analyze crypto transactions
- Knowledge of global regulatory frameworks for crypto – understanding of evolving cryptocurrency regulations, including FATF’s Travel Rule, KYC/AML compliance for digital assets, and the legal landscape around crypto in different regions
- Experience in developing risk mitigation strategies for crypto-based financial crimes, including fraud prevention and transaction monitoring in the crypto space
Benefits
- comprehensive, total rewards package
- competitive compensation
- flexible benefit package
- health benefits
- vacation plan
- 401k plan
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
Blockchain TracingAMLCTFKYCEDDCDDcryptocurrency analysisrisk mitigation strategiestransaction monitoringfraud prevention
Certifications
Bachelor's Degree