Forensic Accountant – Cryptocurrency Investigations, Senior Associate

As a Senior Associate Forensic Accountant at Forensic Risk Alliance, you join one of the world's most respected forensic accounting, investigations, and compliance consultancies. You bring expertise in cryptocurrency and blockchain forensic analysis to support investigations into fraud, money laundering, sanctions evasion, and financial crime. Your work will help drive the growth of FRA's Cryptocurrency Investigations and Compliance practice.

What you'll do

• Conduct cryptocurrency and blockchain investigations using blockchain analytics to trace the flow of funds, uncover fraud schemes, asset misappropriation, market manipulation, and sanctions evasion.
• Reconcile off-chain data such as email conversations and exchange records with on-chain transaction data to build comprehensive follow-the-money narratives.
• Advise cryptocurrency and FinTech businesses on AML requirements including Know Your Customer (KYC), Transaction Monitoring, Suspicious Activity Reporting, Sanctions, and anti-bribery and corruption programs.
• Prepare documents, workpapers, and supporting materials that articulate the investigative steps performed.
• Communicate results to clients and colleagues through written and oral formats, including expert reports, memos, visualizations, and presentations that translate technical findings into clear insights.
• Balance multiple projects and responsibilities, track progress against work plans, and highlight potential issues to management.
• Collaborate with FRA teams on cryptocurrency topics for client alerts and thought leadership content.
• Build and maintain relationships with industry and service provider contacts, develop client relationships to drive firm growth, and support business development and marketing activities through pitch and proposal preparation.
• Stay current on emerging crypto and Web3 trends, particularly those affecting non-banks and fintechs, and support senior team members in driving innovation within the practice.
• Assess AML, sanctions, and fraud risks associated with crypto and Web3 business models in collaboration with engagement teams to align with best practice and regulatory requirements.
• Stay up to date with the latest BSA/AML regulations, FinCEN and Federal Reserve Code of Federal Regulations (CFRs), and FFIEC BSA/AML Exam Manual through independent research.
• Assist in developing cryptocurrency investigation and compliance training for the FRA team.

What you bring

• 3+ years of relevant experience in the cryptocurrency industry, with 2+ years of hands-on experience conducting cryptocurrency and traditional money laundering investigations, including flow of funds analysis.
• Practical experience using both commercial blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis Reactor, TRM Labs, and Elliptic, as well as open-source blockchain explorers such as Blockchain.com, Etherscan.io, and Solscan.io.
• Knowledge of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, including blockchain and smart contract technologies, underlying blockchain architecture, and uses of cryptocurrency and DeFi.
• Experience in financial crime compliance and risk management within the fintech, financial services, or Web3/crypto space, with a strong understanding of Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Transaction Monitoring (TM), Know Your Customer (KYC), and Sanctions compliance.
• Knowledge of compliance and regulatory frameworks applicable to financial institutions, with an emphasis on FinCEN regulations and FFIEC guidelines, and a commitment to staying current with global regulatory changes and cryptocurrency crime trends.
• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent academic qualification.
• Advanced organizational skills and a proven track record of prioritizing tasks effectively to manage concurrent and conflicting deadlines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office programs, with strong ability to analyse large datasets in Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, strong work ethic, and an inquiring mind.
• Willingness to travel both domestically and internationally as required.

Nice to have

• Certification in Chainalysis Reactor, TRM Labs, or equivalent blockchain analytics tool.
• Willingness to support thought leadership in the Cryptocurrency Investigations and Compliance practice.

What we offer

• Base annual salary of $100k-$125k (for the New York location).

About Forensic Risk Alliance

FRA is a market leader in regulatory compliance, financial investigations, and data analytics, regularly engaged on some of the world's largest multi-jurisdictional investigations and compliance matters, and consistently recognized as a global market leader.