Senior Financial Crime Intelligence Analyst - Crypto

As a Senior Financial Crime Intelligence Analyst at BVNK, you'll handle screening and transaction monitoring alerts to prevent bad actors from processing transactions through our platform. You'll conduct in-depth investigations into complex financial crime threats, primarily focused on BVNK's digital assets offering, while also supporting cases that cross into fiat currency. You'll own cases triggered by BVNK's financial crime systems and controls, working from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. CEST on a full-time basis.

What you'll do

• Review sanctions and watchlist screening alerts on entities and individuals on relevant lists
• Manage end-to-end financial crime investigations stemming from BVNK's transaction monitoring system, Trade Surveillance, payment screening tools, blockchain analytics providers, and other triggers
• Identify opportunities to improve workflows and business processes through the effective use of AI tools and automation
• Receive escalations from and provide coaching to more junior team members
• Draft Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) for submission to relevant authorities
• Work closely with colleagues responsible for BVNK's transaction monitoring systems, identifying and testing changes to monitoring rules
• Seek out and escalate opportunities to enhance BVNK's control environment

What you bring

• At least 3 years of experience in crypto transaction monitoring within a regulated institution or digital assets setting, with essential experience in a B2B context
• Experience reviewing sanctions and watchlist screening alerts within a regulated institution or digital asset setting
• Experience using tools such as Chainalysis, Elliptic, or TRM, or equivalent blockchain analytics platforms
• Strong knowledge of AML/CTF regulations, financial crime typologies, and risk-based compliance frameworks
• Experience drafting and submitting Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
• The ability to work with high autonomy and manage evolving priorities in a fast-paced, demanding environment
• Exceptional written and verbal English
• A motivated and proactive approach, with pride in the quality of your work
• An interest in digital assets and a desire to expand your knowledge in this space

Nice to have

• Experience in B2C environments, in addition to B2B
• Experience across both crypto and fiat transaction monitoring environments
• Knowledge of Trade Surveillance
• Blockchain-related investigative certifications
• Experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to streamline processes and automate routine tasks

What we offer

• Fair and competitive salary at every stage of your growth
• Flexible working hours with hybrid working at its heart
• A flexible approach to holiday
• Opportunities to travel to our offices around the world
• An open and creative environment where you can help define the future of BVNK, its culture, and its opportunity sets

About BVNK

BVNK is the stablecoin-powered financial stack for enterprises, now part of Mastercard. We enable businesses to build financial products, unlock new markets, and move money in seconds across 130+ countries with 40+ licenses for fiat and digital assets globally. Trusted by industry leaders like Corpay, Worldpay, Deel, and Flywire, we combine Mastercard's global payment reach with stablecoin infrastructure to deliver the trusted operating layer for the evolution of money movement.