Compliance Associate

You will review transaction monitoring alerts and KYC/KYB applications, investigate potentially suspicious activity, document findings, and prepare SAR recommendations and narratives. You will conduct enhanced due diligence, request additional information when needed, support periodic KYC refreshes, contribute to policy improvements, and stay current on relevant financial-crime trends.

Responsibilities

• Review and disposition transaction monitoring alerts and KYC/KYB onboarding applications.
• Review customer profiles, verify documents, analyze beneficial ownership, conduct sanctions and PEP screening, assess adverse media, and analyze transactional activity.
• Conduct enhanced due diligence on high-risk applicants.
• Make and document well-reasoned SAR recommendations.
• Draft SAR narratives that meet FinCEN quality standards.
• Send and follow up on requests for information from customers or partners.
• Support periodic KYC refresh reviews for existing customers.
• Contribute to onboarding and investigation policy development.
• Stay current on FinCEN advisories, FATF typologies, and emerging financial-crime trends.

Requirements

• 3 to 5+ years of experience in compliance, KYC, AML investigations, or onboarding at a fintech, payments, or crypto company.
• Experience reviewing KYB applications for business entities, including beneficial ownership analysis, entity structure review, and corporate document verification.
• Experience with OFAC, PEP, and adverse media screening tools.
• Experience conducting end-to-end AML investigations and preparing SAR-quality case documentation.
• Working knowledge of BSA/AML program requirements and FinCEN SAR filing rules.
• Experience with transaction monitoring platforms.
• Familiarity with blockchain analytics tools and on-chain transaction analysis.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple applications in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• CAMS certification or progress toward certification is a plus.

Benefits

• Unlimited time off with a 10-day minimum vacation requirement.
• Flexible work arrangements and work-from-home option.
• Home-office stipend for new employees.
• Health, dental, and vision plans for employees and dependents.
• Fully company-subsidized life insurance.
• 401(k) with a 4% company match.
• Equity option plan.
• Rain card for product testing.
• Eligible health and wellness spending.
• Domestic and international team and company offsites.
• Bonus.