Financial Crimes Investigator - Cryptocurrency/Blockchain

Overview

Treliant is a global consulting firm serving banks, mortgage originators and servicers, FinTechs, and other companies providing financial services. We are led by practitioners from the industry and the regulatory community who bring deep domain knowledge to help our clients drive business change and address the most pressing compliance, regulatory, and operational challenges. 

 

We provide data-driven, technology-enabled advisory and consulting, implementation, staffing and managed services solutions to the regulatory compliance, risk, financial crimes, and capital markets functions of our clients. 

 

Founded in 2005, Treliant is headquartered in Washington, DC, with offices across the United States, London, Belfast, and Łódź, Poland. For more information visit www.treliant.com. 

 

Treliant is committed to fostering a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment that values and embraces all races, religions, ages, abilities, gender, sexual orientations, ethnicities, languages, nationalities, political parties, socioeconomic groups and other characteristics that inform an individual worldwide view and experiences and systems of beliefs (“the principles”). We believe in championing every voice and ensuring everyone’s full potential.

 

We are looking for Financial Crimes Investigators with an expertise in blockchain and cryptocurrencies to join our team for remote, project-based opportunities.

Responsibilities

While the scope of each project may be different, your duties & responsibilities may include: 

• Conduct thorough investigations into potential financial crimes, including money laundering, fraud, and sanctions violations, using advanced techniques and tools.
• Perform Ehanced Due Diligence (EDD) checks on high-risk clients, including analyzing complex financial transactions, assessing risk, and identifying suspicious activities.
• Ensure clients meet regulatory and compliance standards by performing CDD checks, including KYC (Know Your Customer) assessments and analyzing source of funds.
• Analyze cryptocurrency transactions and wallet addresses, leveraging blockchain explorers and analytics tools to track illicit activity or suspicious behavior.
• Draft and submit Suspicious Activity Reports SARs to relevant authorities, ensuring timely and accurate reporting in accordance with local and global regulations.
• Identify and assess potential financial crime risks across all client portfolios, leveraging both traditional and crypto-related financial systems.
• Work closely with regulatory agencies, and financial institutions to ensure compliance with global anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-financing of terrorism (CFT) regulations.
• Investigate high-volume or high-value transactions, including cross-border transfers, to identify red flags or signs of illegal activities.
• Maintain detailed records of investigations, providing clear reports on findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Keep up to date with new developments in the financial crime landscape, particularly regarding cryptocurrency regulations and AML/CFT compliance.

Qualifications

• Strong education background; Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• 3+ years of experience in Financial Crime; either directly with a bank/financial institution or via a third party providing consulting services.
• Strong background in AML, CTF or Sanctions, with an understanding of the compliance and regulatory frameworks that apply.
• Familiarity with handling high-risk clients and performing EDD checks on complex financial transactions.
• Familiarity with cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies, including investigating transactions on blockchain platforms and identifying risks associated with digital assets.
• Familiarity with blockchain forensics tools such as Chainalysis, Elliptic, or CipherTrace to trace and analyze crypto transactions.
• Knowledge of global regulatory frameworks for crypto – understanding of evolving cryptocurrency regulations, including FATF’s Travel Rule, KYC/AML compliance for digital assets, and the legal landscape around crypto in different regions.
• Experience in developing risk mitigation strategies for crypto-based financial crimes, including fraud prevention and transaction monitoring in the crypto space.
• Strong writing skills to produce clear SARs, investigative reports, and recommendations for senior management or regulatory authorities.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams, as well as strong communication skills to interact effectively with internal stakeholders and regulators.
• Strong decision-making skills in a fast-paced and pressurized environment
• Strong MS Office skills (PowerPoint, Excel, Word).

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