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, take ownership of cases triggered by BVNK's financial crime systems, and focus primarily on our digital assets offering while supporting investigations that span both fiat and crypto. You'll work from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (CEST) in a full-time role within our growing Financial Crime Intelligence team.

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 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, ideally in a B2B context
• Experience reviewing sanctions and watchlist screening alerts within a regulated institution or digital assets 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)
• Ability to work with high autonomy, managing evolving priorities in a fast-paced, demanding environment with competing demands
• Exceptional written and verbal English
• A motivated and proactive approach to your work, taking pride in quality investigations

Nice to have

• Experience in B2C digital assets environments
• Experience across both crypto and fiat transaction monitoring environments
• Blockchain-related investigative certifications
• Experience with Trade Surveillance systems
• Experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to streamline processes and automate routine tasks
• An active interest in digital assets and desire to expand your knowledge in this space

What we offer

• Competitive salary
• Flexible working hours with hybrid working at its core
• Flexible approach to holiday
• Opportunities to travel to BVNK offices around the world
• An open and creative environment where you can help shape the future of BVNK and its culture

About BVNK

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