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Company

Coinbase · 2 days ago

Compliance Investigations Analyst

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid Level

3+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Leverage blockchain analytics and financial crime expertise to conduct in depth investigations and analysis in support of Coinbase’s BSA/AML program.

Conduct reviews of higher risk cases referred by partner teams, which may involve high volume transaction activity, potential fraud or money laundering rings, terror financing or human trafficking concerns, politically exposed persons (PEPs), high-profile individuals, etc.

Able to apply a variety of investigatory techniques to ambiguous complex fact patterns resulting in independent analysis to meet regulatory filing requirements.

Detailed understanding of a broad range of financial product offerings across the financial services industry

Evaluate AML and fraud-related alerting activity to determine whether such activity warrants a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filing in accordance with FinCEN guidelines.

Conduct Continuing Activity Reviews (CARs) of customer activity as needed.

Initiate 314(b) requests, enhanced due diligence (EDD) requests, and sanctions advisory reviews to comply with the USA PATRIOT Act, regulatory requirements, and internal policies and procedures.

Analyze KYC information and conduct open-source and due diligence research in support of investigations.

Maintain detailed documentation to demonstrate compliance with regulations and internal policies and procedures.

Qualification

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Blockchain analyticsAML investigationsSAR preparationFinancial crime expertiseInvestigatory techniquesFinancial product knowledgeKYC analysisSQLLookerSuperSetSnowflakeCAMS certificationCFE certificationCFCS certificationCrypto Investigation CertificationsExceptional written skills

Required

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

3-5 years relevant experience (conducting AML investigations, SAR preparation and filing)

Mid-career level position

Able to apply a variety of investigatory techniques to ambiguous complex fact patterns resulting in independent analysis to meet regulatory filing requirements.

Detailed understanding of a broad range of financial product offerings across the financial services industry

Able to deal with highly confidential and sensitive client, employee, and third party information

Ability to effectively communicate in writing and in person, with third parties including but not limited to regulatory agencies, law enforcement, and external auditors, etc

Exceptional written and research skills required to complete regulatory reports and in depth investigations

Interact, through written and in-person presentation, with senior management and at times, executive management, on sensitive case matters.

Work on cases with high levels of confidentiality

Provide oversight of functions executed by cross functional departments

Preferred

Cryptocurrency or blockchain experience

CAMS, CFE or CFCS certification

Crypto Investigation Certifications (i.e. from Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, etc)

Experience with SQL and applications Looker, SuperSet, or Snowflake

Company

Coinbase

Glassdoor

3.7

Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange and cryptocurrency wallet platform that allows users to buy, sell, and store various cryptocurrencies.

Founded in 2012

San Francisco, California, USA

1,001-5,000 employees

http://www.coinbase.com

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