Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Circle is one of the world’s leading internet financial platform companies, building the foundation of a more open, global economy through digital assets and blockchain infrastructure. They are seeking a Senior Analyst, AML Know Your Customer to join the Compliance Operations team, responsible for conducting detailed periodic reviews and managing the KYC process for customers.
Responsibilities
- Reviewing higher and high risk client relationships to ensure that customer due diligence is complete and accurate and meets applicable specialized and enhanced due diligence requirements
- Critically examining customer profile changes and documentation obtained during the periodic review process for material changes in risk factors and red flags
- Updating internal records to enrich customer KYC files
- Ensuring the customer's nature of business aligns with their business models and profiles
- Escalating and drafting executive level risk acceptance memos for customers with red flags and higher risk attributes and succinctly summarizing findings and next steps
- Collaborating with the Customer Service team and Relationship Managers to obtain all necessary supporting documentation to fulfill KYC due diligence requirements
- Partnering with team leads within the region to facilitate knowledge sharing
- Monitoring industry trends relative to money laundering or fraud schemes including detection and reporting of suspicious activity
- Performing any general administration and ancillary activities as may be required and related to the above functions in accordance with the business requirements of the Company
Skills
- A passion for harnessing the power of digital currency and blockchain technology and services built on top of it
- Deep understanding of blockchain technology
- An innovative and creative mind looking to suggest new solutions to old problems
- Proven experience working collaboratively and effectively with the ability to work with multiple stakeholders and internal teams
- Appreciate direct communication
- Experience and comfort working in an ever changing industry and the flexibility to quickly react to changing demands
- Never tired of learning
- B.A./B.S. degree; quantitative or technical degree a plus
- 4+ years of relevant experience in AML and KYC reviews for corporates, with 2 years in crypto, preferable in ongoing monitoring of higher and high risk customers
- Detail-oriented, highly analytical and comfortable digging into data
- Strong communication skills and presence, ability to interface with internal and external teams
- Work effectively in a fully remote environment with teams spanning multiple time-zones (our team is across the US, Europe & APAC)
- CAMS, CFCS or CFE certification is a plus
- Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and GSuite
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