BSA Operations Manager
Catena Labs is building the first AI-native financial institution, a regulated entity designed for AI agents and their human collaborators. They aim to enable AI to securely identify itself and transact safely, providing a trusted partner for the new economic era of AI. Their services will leverage AI-native money, such as regulated stablecoins, and create bridges to traditional banking and payment systems to support the agent economy.
Maintainer signals as of 8/23/2026
Funding history
About Catena Labs
Catena Labs' internal building blocks include the Agent Commerce Kit (ACK), which is a free, open-source collection of patterns and components designed to address AI agent identity and payments. The source code and further information are available at agentcommercekit.com. The company invites interested parties to contact them to explore using their technology and services.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will run day-to-day BSA/AML and sanctions operations, including client onboarding, due diligence, transaction monitoring, screening, investigations, regulatory reporting, and record-keeping. You will maintain funds-transfer and Travel Rule compliance, deliver training, supervise analysts, and support testing and examinations.
Requirements
- 7+ years of hands-on BSA/AML/Sanctions experience at a bank trust company or regulated fintech
- Direct ownership of CIP CDD EDD transaction monitoring OFAC screening and SAR investigation and filing
- Strong knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act FinCEN regulations OFAC sanctions requirements and funds-transfer and Travel Rule recordkeeping
- Experience operating or tuning transaction monitoring and sanctions screening systems
- Experience managing alert and case workflows
- Clear writing examination-ready documentation and investigative judgment
- Experience in digital-asset compliance and blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis TRM Labs or Elliptic
- Experience at a national trust bank OCC-regulated institution or de novo charter
- Experience implementing AI and ML systems for compliance operations
- CAMS CFCS or comparable certification
- Experience supervising or building a team
Responsibilities
- Run know-your-business onboarding and due diligence for new clients
- Manage risk-based CDD refresh and transaction monitoring across fiat and digital assets
- Operate sanctions and risk screening and manage resulting reporting
- Investigate suspicious activity and manage regulatory reporting and record-keeping
- Prepare management and Board reporting
- Maintain funds-transfer and Travel Rule compliance
- Design and deliver BSA/AML and Sanctions training
- Supervise and grow the BSA/AML analyst team
- Support independent testing and examinations
