Financial Crime Manager
Aave LabsVisit Aave Labs website
Aave Labs develops products and software for the Aave ecosystem and is the original author and contributor to Aave Protocol.
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About Aave Labs
Aave Labs is the product and software company behind Aave-branded applications and an original contributor to the independently governed Aave Protocol.
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About the Role
You will oversee daily financial crime controls, including customer due diligence, screening, transaction monitoring, investigations, and escalations. You will investigate on-chain activity and suspected fraud, improve controls through automation and data, support suspicious activity reporting, and guide analysts on complex cases.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in business, finance, law, or a related field
- At least 7 years of relevant risk or compliance experience in a financial services organisation, consultancy firm, or regulator
- Deep knowledge of financial crime regulations, best practices, industry standards, and guidelines
- Experience conducting financial crime risk assessments and developing policies, procedures, and controls
- Experience with customer-screening, transaction-monitoring, and blockchain-analytics tools
- Understanding of financial crime risks in payment services, cryptoassets, DeFi, self-hosted wallets, and blockchain transactions
- Technical aptitude using data analytics, automation, and emerging technologies
- Familiarity with UK, EU, and US AML/CTF, sanctions, and cryptoasset regulatory requirements
- Analytical and communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines
Responsibilities
- Oversee customer due diligence, sanctions and adverse-media screening, transaction monitoring, investigations, and escalations
- Conduct blockchain analytics, wallet screening, and investigations involving on-chain activity
- Identify, investigate, and respond to suspected fraud
- Improve financial crime controls, processes, and systems through automation, technology, and data-driven solutions
- Develop quality-assurance processes and remediate control deficiencies
- Support suspicious activity reporting, regulatory enquiries, audits, documentation, and recordkeeping
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Customer Support to mitigate financial crime risks
- Guide and mentor Financial Crime and Support analysts
Hiring Process
1. Talent Screening, 2. Craft Task, 3. Meet your manager, 4. Meet the team, 5. Receive your offer
