BSA/AML Officer & Blockchain Compliance
CoinDesk is a media, events, indices, and data company serving the global crypto economy.
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About CoinDesk
CoinDesk operates a cryptocurrency newsroom covering markets, policy, technology, and digital assets. It also provides institutional digital-asset market data through CoinDesk Data and benchmark indices and reference rates through CoinDesk Indices.
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About the Role
You will lead BSA/AML, OFAC, sanctions, fraud-risk, and market-integrity compliance for spot crypto, derivatives, and tokenized securities activities. You will oversee regulatory reporting, risk assessments, policies, controls, issue remediation, recordkeeping, and employee training. You will also conduct blockchain investigations, trace transactions, assess tokenization and smart-contract risks, and develop controls for on-chain trading, custody, settlement, and transfers.
Requirements
- Experience in financial crime, BSA, AML, financial-crime investigations, risk management, audit, or compliance with exposure to digital assets
- Experience managing regulatory examinations and relationships with examiners, auditors, and banking partners
- Knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC regulations, and SEC, CFTC, FINRA, and NFA requirements
- Knowledge of local and U.S. laws, international standards, and industry standards
- Proficiency with enterprise blockchain-forensics platforms such as Chainalysis, TRM Labs, or Elliptic
- Knowledge of smart-contract mechanics, token standards, permissioned wallet registries, and securities-law impacts on on-chain activity
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Advanced degree preferred
- CAMS, CFE, CRCM, CFCS, or related professional certification preferred
Responsibilities
- Lead compliance programs for tokenized securities, derivatives, and spot crypto trading
- Implement domestic BSA/AML and OFAC compliance programs
- Maintain risk-based BSA/AML and OFAC policies and procedures
- Direct BSA/AML and OFAC compliance monitoring
- Oversee affiliate controls supporting U.S. entities
- Oversee regulatory reporting and timely suspicious activity report filings
- Prepare monthly and quarterly BSA/AML management reporting
- Identify, escalate, track, and remediate compliance issues
- Perform BSA/AML, CIP, and OFAC risk assessments
- Maintain required BSA/AML and OFAC reports and records
- Train employees on financial-crime prevention policies and responsibilities
- Lead blockchain analytics, wallet clustering, and transaction-tracing investigations
- Investigate flagged deposit and withdrawal addresses using blockchain-forensics tools
- Develop compliance processes and controls for on-chain trading, custody, settlement, and transfers
- Develop controls for tokenized securities, including wallet whitelisting and transaction monitoring
- Assess token listings, blockchain networks, smart-contract upgrades, and bridge mechanisms for compliance risks
- Translate on-chain activity and smart-contract data into findings for investigations and regulatory reporting
Benefits
- Discretionary annual target bonus
- Performance incentives
