FIU Analyst
Skills
About the Role
You will join the Financial Intelligence Unit to help safeguard MoonPay against financial crime and money laundering. You will review and resolve financial crime alerts on a day-to-day basis, conduct financial crime investigations, and work closely with the FIU Director, Sr FIU Director, Regional Lead, Team Lead, and Heads of Compliance to ensure AML matters are addressed in a timely fashion. You will use transaction monitoring and blockchain analytics tools to assess customer activity, review wallet screening and KYT alerts, conduct open source research, and prepare clear alert dispositions and suspicious activity reports.
Requirements
- At least 2 years of previous working experience in Financial Crime/Compliance analytical or investigations roles, preferably in TM/FIU
- ACAMS / ACFCS or ICA accreditation
- Experience with blockchain analytics solutions (Chainalysis, TRM, Elliptic, CipherTrace, Scorechain)
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to handle shifting priorities and thrive in a dynamic environment
- Comfortable working independently and upskilling on new tools and technology
- Good communication skills with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to different audiences
- Fluent in English
Responsibilities
- Utilize transaction monitoring and blockchain analytics solutions to independently analyze activity that does not match a customer's expected behaviour
- Review blockchain wallet screening and KYT alerts and investigations to determine if customer activity presents risk indicators
- Independently conduct open source searches on relevant customers, counterparties, and transactional activity
- Analyze transactional activity using internal systems, blockchain screening tools, and open sources to make well supported alert dispositions
- Prepare clear and concise alert and case dispositions for Suspicious Matter Report (SMR) consideration
- Draft Suspicious Matter Reports (SMRs) as required
- Discuss potentially unusual findings with the Team Lead, Sr FIU Manager, Head of FIU, and/or appropriate Head of Compliance
- Ensure transaction monitoring alerts, case investigations and SMRs are completed and submitted within established deadlines and SLAs
Benefits
- Competitive salary package
- Equity package
- Pay for performance equity bonus
- Moonshot award
- Unlimited holidays
- Hybrid working schedule
- Private Healthcare benefits
- Enhanced parental leave
- Annual training budget
- Home office setup allowance
- Remote working allowance
- Monthly budget to spend on products and zero fee crypto transactions
- Employee referral programme
- Regular remote company offsites