Financial Crimes Investigator - Cryptocurrency

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Treliant

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Treliant is an essential consulting partner to the financial services industry globally, providing advisory, implementation, and outsourced operations since 2005. The company specializes in helping banks, fintechs, and other financial institutions meet regulatory obligations and manage risk while adapting to business changes. Their services include financial crimes and fraud compliance, risk management, mortgage operations, and data analytics, delivered by a team of experienced professionals from the industry and regulatory backgrounds.

Regulatory Compliance • Enterprise Risk Management • Model Validation • Strategic Planning • Regulatory Relations

201 - 500 employees

🏦 Banking

💳 Fintech

📋 Compliance

📋 Description

• Conduct thorough investigations into potential financial crimes, including money laundering, fraud, and sanctions violations, using advanced techniques and tools. • Perform Ehanced Due Diligence (EDD) checks on high-risk clients, including analyzing complex financial transactions, assessing risk, and identifying suspicious activities. • Ensure clients meet regulatory and compliance standards by performing CDD checks, including KYC (Know Your Customer) 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 Suspicious Activity Reports SARs to relevant authorities, ensuring timely and accurate reporting in accordance with local and global regulations. • 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. • Maintain detailed records of investigations, providing clear reports on findings, conclusions, and recommendations. • Keep up to date with new developments in the financial crime landscape, particularly regarding cryptocurrency regulations and AML/CFT compliance.

🎯 Requirements

• Strong education background; 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 handling high-risk clients and performing EDD checks on complex financial transactions. • Familiarity with cryptocurrency 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. • Strong writing skills to produce clear SARs, investigative reports, and recommendations for senior management or regulatory authorities. • Experience working with cross-functional teams, as well as strong communication skills to interact effectively with internal stakeholders and regulators. • Strong decision-making skills in a fast-paced and pressurized environment. • Strong MS Office skills (PowerPoint, Excel, Word).

🏖️ Benefits

• Treliant offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefit package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace. • In addition to a competitive base salary, candidate is eligible for incentive pay as well as a full range of health benefits, vacation plan, and 401k plan.