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AML & Compliance Analyst

Role overview

Qualifications

  • 2-5 years in AML, KYC, or financial crime compliance at a cryptocurrency exchange, stablecoin company, fintech, or payments company
  • Hands-on transaction monitoring experience, including onchain investigations
  • Experience writing suspicious activity reports or equivalent escalations
  • Strong written English

Responsibilities

  • Monitor transactions across bank rails and onchain activity, primarily on Stellar.
  • Own manual KYC and KYB reviews, including failed verifications, enhanced due diligence, and high-risk customer cohorts.
  • Maintain case management with clear, defensible case notes, and prepare suspicious activity reports for review and submission/filing.
  • Maintain our AML/KYC policies, procedures, and customer risk assessment guidelines.

Key facts

  • Remote from: Anywhere
  • Full time
  • Mid-level (2-5 years)
  • Compliance Analyst
  • English

Hard skills

Other skills

  • Analytical Skills
  • Communication
  • Dealing With Ambiguity
  • Adaptability

About the company

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Sendana

  • Fintech & Payments
  • TPE
  • 2–10
Sendana is a stablecoin-powered financial platform helping freelance professionals, remote workers, and content creators around the world to earn globally and spend locally with ease. Our virtual US bank accounts, USDC wallets, spend cards and free Sendana-to-Sendana transfers make it easy to collect, spend, save and manage your earnings from just about anywhere in the world, including over 60 countries across the Caribbean and Africa. —————————————- Sendana is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking, card issuing, local cash payout and on/offramping services are provided by licensed partners.

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Job description

This is a remote position.

The role

You'll monitor and investigate on and offchain transactions, manage KYC/KYB reviews and work directly with the CEO to build our core compliance processes. As we scale, you'll eventually work alongside a Head of Compliance.

What you'll do

  • Monitor transactions across bank rails and onchain activity, primarily on Stellar. Investigate alerts and document every decision.
  • Own manual KYC and KYB reviews, including failed verifications, enhanced due diligence, and high-risk customer cohorts.
  • Maintain case management with clear, defensible case notes, and prepare suspicious activity reports for review and submission/filing.
  • Maintain our AML/KYC policies, procedures, and customer risk assessment guidelines.
  • Help tune alerts and rules in our in-house monitoring dashboard.
  • Respond to partner due diligence requests and compliance questionnaires.
  • Support our preparation for any VASP registration/licensing.
  • Train customer support on red flags and escalation paths.


Requirements

Required Experience

  • 2-5 years in AML, KYC, or financial crime compliance at a cryptocurrency exchange, stablecoin company, fintech, or payments company
  • Hands-on transaction monitoring experience, including onchain investigations
  • Experience writing suspicious activity reports or equivalent escalations
  • Ability to draft clear policies and procedures, not just follow them
  • Comfort with ambiguity, speed, and imperfect data
  • Strong written English
  • Ability to work between 9:00 am and 5:00 pm US Eastern Time, regardless of country/time zone of residence.
  • Ability to travel to the US occasionally, as necessary.

Nice to have

  • CAMS, CCAS, or a similar certification
  • Experience with Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, or similar tools
  • Familiarity with FATF standards, including the Travel Rule, and with VASP regimes
  • Experience with the US regulatory environment


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