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, taking ownership of cases triggered by BVNK's financial crime systems and controls. Your focus will be primarily on BVNK's digital assets offering, though you'll also support investigations spanning fiat and digital assets. You'll work full-time from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (CEST).

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' experience in crypto transaction monitoring within a regulated institution or digital assets setting, with B2B context experience essential
• 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 tools
• Strong knowledge of AML/CTF regulations, financial crime typologies, and risk-based compliance frameworks
• Experience drafting and submitting Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs)
• Ability to work with autonomy and manage evolving priorities in a fast-paced, demanding environment with competing priorities
• Exceptional written and verbal English
• An interest in digital assets and a commitment to expanding your knowledge in this space

Nice to have

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

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working hours with hybrid work at its heart
• A flexible approach to holiday
• Opportunities to travel to our offices around the world

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 such as Corpay, Worldpay, Deel, and Flywire, we deliver the infrastructure that makes new forms of money usable within existing financial systems.