Uphold

Junior Case Analyst

Uphold

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Clearwater • Florida • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $60,000 - $65,000 per year

Job Level

Junior

About the role

  • Conduct investigations based on alerts provided by Transaction Monitoring Analysts and internal referrals related to suspicious activity.
  • Collect, analyze, and document all relevant information required for Suspicious Activity Investigations (SAIs), ensuring completeness and accuracy.
  • Prepare Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and supporting narratives for submission to the Compliance FIU Regional Investigations Manager for review and filing.
  • Handle external Requests for Information (RFIs), including 314(b) information-sharing requests and inquiries from partner institutions, ensuring timely and compliant responses in accordance with regulatory expectations and internal protocols.
  • Maintain effective communication with internal stakeholders and external partners during the course of investigations, particularly when coordinating information-sharing under the USA PATRIOT Act 314(b) safe harbor provisions.
  • Report to the Compliance FIU Regional Investigations Manager on day-to-day activities, and escalate any material issues, deficiencies, or potential risks as they arise.
  • Perform other job-related duties as assigned by the Compliance FIU Regional Investigations Manager.

Requirements

  • 2+ years anti-money laundering, financial crime, law enforcement, or investigative experience.
  • Knowledge of U.S. and international anti-money laundering (“AML”) and sanctions regulations and guidance such as the Bank Secrecy Act (“BSA”), FinCEN Customer Due Diligence (“CDD”) Rule, US Patriot Act, and The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)
  • Research and analytical skills, business acumen, strategic and creative thinking, and multitasking capabilities.
  • Expert oral, written and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to communicate complex information accurately, clearly and quickly to all levels of management.
  • Display a high level of professional judgment, commitment, integrity, and teamwork.
  • Results oriented with the ability to identify the long-term effects of decisions/solutions on customers and the business.
  • Proficient in the use of the Google suite of applications.
  • Understanding and comprehension of virtual currencies and blockchain analysis (Bonus).
  • Basic experience with blockchain forensics tools such as Chainalysis (Bonus).
  • Previous experience working at a Fintech company (Bonus).
Benefits
  • An amazing work environment in a company that continues to grow, driven by extraordinary and passionate people that keep up innovating and challenging more each day.
  • An international team, in a cutting edge field, working on the most fascinating projects.
  • Growth and career opportunities, and the chance to be proactive and creative.
  • A flexible and enthusiastic work environment that offers you snacks, a lot of coffee and other great benefits.
  • Open and transparent culture - we get together on a weekly basis to share updates, strategic plans, and engage with each other informally over food and drinks.
  • Interesting events that keep you connected with the team and celebrate our success.

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
anti-money launderingfinancial crime investigationsuspicious activity investigationssuspicious activity reportsregulatory complianceresearch skillsanalytical skillsbusiness acumenblockchain analysisblockchain forensics
Soft skills
oral communicationwritten communicationinterpersonal communicationstrategic thinkingcreative thinkingmultitaskingprofessional judgmentintegrityteamworkresults oriented