Description‍

The AML Compliance Manager operates as a primary resource to the business, internal team members, and management for support and analysis on issues related to money laundering and financial crimes, analyzes trends from alerts and incidents to identify typologies and develop rules for the automated monitoring system, as well as processes and procedural efficiencies to mitigate the risk from emerging financial crime trends. The AML Manager leads suspicious activity investigations and ensures that all suspicious activity referrals are reviewed and dispositioned in accordance with the Bank Secrecy Act and are filed in accordance to FinCEN guidelines. The Manager will additionally support the Compliance Officer in continued assessment and implementation of the compliance program.

‍Responsibilities

• Monitor and manage daily investigative workflow, controls, and metrics for transaction monitoring
• Streamline processes and create efficiencies for day-to-day responsibilities
• Facilitate SAR Committee meetings through presentation of all potential SAR filings and any trends/findings from SAR investigations and potential SARs from internal referrals or system generated alerts
• Coordinate and formalize ongoing BSA/AML and Fraud compliance training across the business
• Provide weekly and quarterly reporting of KPIs and KRIs to the Compliance Officer
• Make recommendations to the Compliance Officer for additional resources
• Assist the Compliance Officer with regulatory research and risk assessments

Qualifications

• Knowledge of money laundering, fraud, and other financial crimes typologies
• Explicit knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and its implementing regulations
• Knowledge of investigative techniques to detect incidents of money laundering, fraud, and other financial crimes
• Knowledge of cryptocurrency and cryptocurrency related business models
• Experience with or knowledge of money services businesses (MSBs) and business models
• Experience conducting transaction monitoring and tracing
• Experience working in a startup environment or small team
• Strong project management and organization skills
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and proficient data analysis skills
• Demonstrated continuing professional education

Nice to Haves

• Certification in anti-financial crimes such as CAMS or CFE
• Certification in blockchain analysis or investigations such as Chainalysis Reactor Certification or the Blockchain Intelligence Group’s Certified Cryptocurrency Investigator certification
• Experience working for a cryptocurrency service provider
• 3+ years experience and bachelor's degree in Business or Criminal Justice preferred but not required

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