Senior AML & Crypto Officer

As a Senior AML & Crypto Officer, you lead end-to-end investigations into complex AML, transaction monitoring, sanctions, fraud, and cryptocurrency-related financial crime risks. Based in Brazil, you combine traditional financial crime expertise with advanced blockchain and wallet analysis to identify emerging risks and sophisticated typologies.

What you'll do

• Conduct end-to-end AML, financial crime, transaction monitoring, sanctions, fraud, and crypto-related investigations.
• Review customer profiles, transaction activity, source of funds and wealth, and unusual or potentially suspicious account behavior.
• Investigate cryptocurrency transactions and perform blockchain and wallet analysis using platforms such as Chainalysis, Elliptic, Fireblocks, or comparable tools.
• Identify exposure to sanctioned entities, high-risk wallets, fraud schemes, mixers, darknet activity, high-risk jurisdictions, and other financial crime typologies.
• Review alerts generated by crypto transaction monitoring systems and apply risk-based judgement to distinguish genuine suspicious activity from false positives.
• Analyze on-chain and off-chain activity to identify unusual patterns, red flags, and emerging typologies, including layering, structuring, rapid movement between fiat and crypto, and exposure to mixing services.
• Analyze transaction data to identify emerging financial crime patterns and support the continuous improvement of monitoring capabilities.
• Contribute to the enhancement of AML, KYT, transaction monitoring, onboarding, and wallet-risk controls.
• Contribute to the tuning and calibration of crypto monitoring scenarios, thresholds, and rules to improve detection effectiveness and reduce unnecessary alerts.
• Maintain accurate, comprehensive, and audit-ready investigation records and documentation.
• Develop and deliver practical guidance and training to colleagues on crypto-specific risks, typologies, onboarding, and transaction monitoring best practices.
• Influence crypto compliance policies and contribute to defining and maintaining an appropriate risk appetite.
• Represent the compliance function professionally in internal and external discussions concerning cryptocurrency financial crime risks.
• Act as a primary liaison with enforcement authorities when required, including matters involving investigations and asset recovery.
• Manage crypto compliance activities end-to-end in alignment with the Head of Compliance.

What you bring

• 7+ years of experience in AML, financial crime, transaction monitoring, compliance investigations, or a closely related field.
• Hands-on experience conducting cryptocurrency and blockchain investigations.
• Strong knowledge of AML/CTF, KYC/KYB, sanctions requirements, and financial crime typologies.
• Practical experience with blockchain analytics and crypto compliance tools such as Chainalysis, Fireblocks, Elliptic, or similar platforms.
• Strong analytical and investigative capabilities, with excellent report-writing and documentation skills.
• Experience establishing or improving crypto compliance processes and operational frameworks.
• Experience working with global law enforcement authorities and supporting asset recovery activities.
• Strong understanding of on-chain and off-chain transaction analysis and crypto-specific financial crime risks.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to represent compliance matters effectively with internal and external parties.

Nice to have

• Experience in fintech, payments, cryptocurrency, or digital assets.
• SQL and data-analysis experience.
• Experience developing or working with AI agents to support compliance, investigation, or analytical workflows.

What we offer

• Opportunity to work in a senior crypto compliance and financial crime function.
• Exposure to blockchain analytics, cryptocurrency investigations, AML/KYT controls, and emerging digital asset risk typologies.
• Opportunity to influence crypto compliance policies, risk appetite, and monitoring frameworks.
• Collaboration with compliance leadership, internal stakeholders, and external enforcement authorities.
• Opportunity to contribute to the development of crypto-focused processes, controls, and investigative capabilities.