Crypto Compliance AML Analyst
Slash is a financial technology company that provides a banking platform and expense management software. It offers features tailored to specific industries, including high-yield accounts, corporate cards with cashback, working capital, and modern capabilities like crypto on/off ramps and developer APIs.
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About Slash
Slash is a financial technology company, not a bank, that provides a comprehensive financial platform for businesses, including unified banking for crypto companies. It offers a single dashboard to manage both crypto and fiat assets. Services include high-yield checking and savings accounts, corporate cards with up to 2% cashback, working capital, and seamless stablecoin (USDC, USDT) on/off-ramps and payments. The company also issues its own stablecoin, USDSL, built on the Base network. Slash provides developer-friendly APIs for automation and simplified multi-entity management, catering to industries like marketing, e-commerce, and Web3. Banking services are provided through partners such as Column N.A. and Piermont Bank, while digital asset services are offered in partnership with third parties like Bridge Building Inc.
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About the Role
You will play a key role in building and scaling a compliance program tailored to digital assets. You'll work cross-functionally with Compliance, Operations, Product, and Engineering to monitor on-chain and off-chain activity, investigate risk, and ensure regulatory obligations are met in a rapidly evolving crypto landscape. You'll operate with autonomy, exercise strong judgment, and contribute to improving compliance systems, tooling, and processes.
Requirements
- Experience in AML, compliance, fraud, or risk operations (fintech, crypto, banking, or payments preferred)
- Strong understanding of AML frameworks, including transaction monitoring, SAR/UAR processes, KYC/KYB, and sanctions compliance
- Solid understanding of blockchain fundamentals (wallets, transactions, token flows, DeFi) and common crypto risk typologies
- Ability to independently investigate and resolve complex cases with sound judgment
- Strong analytical skills with attention to detail across both on-chain and off-chain data
- Clear, concise written communication, especially in investigative documentation
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced startup environment with evolving regulatory expectations
- High integrity and sound judgment when handling sensitive financial and blockchain data
- Experience with blockchain analytics tools (e.g., Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic) preferred
- ACAMS certification preferred
Responsibilities
- Conduct AML and fraud monitoring across fiat and crypto transactions, including deep-dive investigations into complex or high-risk activity
- Analyze blockchain transactions and wallet behavior to identify suspicious patterns and exposure to illicit activity
- Perform customer due diligence (CDD) and enhanced due diligence (EDD), including evaluating source of funds/wealth and crypto-specific risk factors
- Independently investigate potentially suspicious activity and draft clear, well-supported internal escalation reports and/or Unusual Activity Reports (UARs)
- Support KYC/KYB processes, including onboarding reviews and periodic customer refreshes
- Monitor direct and indirect blockchain exposure with high-risk and severe-risk categories, including screening wallet addresses and counterparties
- Maintain thorough documentation, audit trails, and case records in line with regulatory expectations
- Partner with Product and Engineering to refine transaction monitoring rules, improve alert quality, and enhance crypto compliance tooling
- Stay current on evolving crypto regulations, enforcement trends, and typologies
Benefits
- Remote opportunity