Financial Crimes Investigator - Cryptocurrency

Job Description: • Conduct thorough investigations into potential financial crimes, including money laundering, fraud, and sanctions violations, using advanced techniques and tools. • Perform Ehanced Due Diligence (EDD) checks on high-risk clients, including analyzing complex financial transactions, assessing risk, and identifying suspicious activities. • Ensure clients meet regulatory and compliance standards by performing CDD checks, including KYC (Know Your Customer) assessments and analyzing source of funds. • Analyze cryptocurrency transactions and wallet addresses, leveraging blockchain explorers and analytics tools to track illicit activity or suspicious behavior. • Draft and submit Suspicious Activity Reports SARs to relevant authorities, ensuring timely and accurate reporting in accordance with local and global regulations. • Identify and assess potential financial crime risks across all client portfolios, leveraging both traditional and crypto-related financial systems. • Work closely with regulatory agencies, and financial institutions to ensure compliance with global anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-financing of terrorism (CFT) regulations. • Investigate high-volume or high-value transactions, including cross-border transfers, to identify red flags or signs of illegal activities. • Maintain detailed records of investigations, providing clear reports on findings, conclusions, and recommendations. • Keep up to date with new developments in the financial crime landscape, particularly regarding cryptocurrency regulations and AML/CFT compliance. Requirements: • Strong education background; Bachelor's Degree preferred. • 3+ years of experience in Financial Crime; either directly with a bank/financial institution or via a third party providing consulting services. • Strong background in AML, CTF or Sanctions, with an understanding of the compliance and regulatory frameworks that apply. • Familiarity with handling high-risk clients and performing EDD checks on complex financial transactions. • Familiarity with cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies, including investigating transactions on blockchain platforms and identifying risks associated with digital assets. • Familiarity with blockchain forensics tools such as Chainalysis, Elliptic, or CipherTrace to trace and analyze crypto transactions. • Knowledge of global regulatory frameworks for crypto – understanding of evolving cryptocurrency regulations, including FATF’s Travel Rule, KYC/AML compliance for digital assets, and the legal landscape around crypto in different regions. • Experience in developing risk mitigation strategies for crypto-based financial crimes, including fraud prevention and transaction monitoring in the crypto space. • Strong writing skills to produce clear SARs, investigative reports, and recommendations for senior management or regulatory authorities. • Experience working with cross-functional teams, as well as strong communication skills to interact effectively with internal stakeholders and regulators. • Strong decision-making skills in a fast-paced and pressurized environment. • Strong MS Office skills (PowerPoint, Excel, Word). Benefits: • Treliant offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefit package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace. • In addition to a competitive base salary, candidate is eligible for incentive pay as well as a full range of health benefits, vacation plan, and 401k plan. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job