FinCrime - Compliance - Crypto Investigations - Staff

As a Crypto Investigations Analyst (Staff) in EY's Financial Crime Compliance team, you support businesses in meeting anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorist financing, sanctions compliance, and fraud prevention requirements. You'll join a Global Managed Services Delivery team working across EY offices worldwide on short and long-term engagements, specializing in financial crime risks including crypto fraud investigations, transaction monitoring, and regulatory reporting.

What you'll do

• Investigate crypto transactions including deposits, withdrawals, transfers, swaps, and cross-chain activity to identify potential fraud and financial crime
• Review customer profiles, wallet activity, and transaction patterns to detect suspicious behavior and assess fraud risk
• Conduct end-to-end fraud investigations, document findings, and prepare case escalations and Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) where required
• Perform blockchain analysis to trace fund flows and identify exposure to illicit actors, sanctioned entities, darknet markets, ransomware wallets, and other high-risk counterparties
• Demonstrate knowledge of crypto fraud typologies including investment scams, account takeover, social engineering, money mule activity, and sanctions evasion
• Understand risks associated with centralized exchanges, self-custody wallets, DeFi protocols, stablecoins, cross-border transfers, and privacy-enhancing technologies
• Utilize blockchain analytics and investigative tools to support fraud detection, transaction tracing, and regulatory compliance efforts
• Devise process documentation and translate complex processes into easy-to-follow instructions
• Coordinate efforts with internal stakeholders and work as a team member to ensure operational readiness of AML program requirements
• Apply AI tools and automation techniques to support financial crime compliance workstreams
• Escalate issues and problems clearly to leadership, onshore teams, and client teams

What you bring

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in finance, accounting, economics, law, or a related field
• 1-3 years of work experience in crypto fraud and transaction investigations
• Demonstrated experience in a consulting role or within a large corporate environment, with strong understanding of global Financial Crime Compliance practices
• Good understanding of SAR drafting and AML regulatory reporting
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex financial data
• Good understanding of banking industry, its products, and services
• Experience analysing financial and bank statements
• Experience in interpreting policy documents
• Willingness to work from office five days a week
• Willingness to work on Indian holidays as per client requirement
• Willingness to work in shifts if required
• Willingness to travel within the country and internationally as required
• Proficiency in transaction monitoring systems and other emerging AI capabilities and tools
• Time management skills to manage deadlines effectively
• Attention to detail while maintaining a holistic view and logical thinking
• Working knowledge of AI-enabled tools and technologies to improve research, analysis, and operational efficiency
• Proficiency in Generative AI and prompt engineering, with the ability to design effective prompts and leverage AI tools to enhance research, analysis, and problem-solving

Nice to have

• Experience using blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, or CipherTrace
• Good English communication skills, written and verbal
• PC proficiency including MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Ability to manage competing priorities and consistently deliver results within strict deadlines
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work under pressure independently and collaboratively with the team

What we offer

• Continuous learning opportunities to develop mindset and skills for future challenges
• Tools and flexibility to make a meaningful impact your way
• Transformative leadership insights, coaching, and confidence development
• A diverse and inclusive culture where you are embraced for who you are

About EY

EY exists to build a better working world by creating long-term value for clients, people and society while building trust in the capital markets. Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions.