Slash Financial
Crypto Compliance AML Analyst
2mo ago
65000 –75000 USD / yearRemoteamlcryptocompliance
Crypto Compliance AML Analyst responsible for building and scaling a compliance program tailored to digital assets and ensuring regulatory obligations are met.
Responsibilities
- As a Crypto Compliance AML Analyst at Slash, you’ll play a key role in building and scaling a compliance program tailored to digital assets. You’ll work cross-functionally with Compliance, Operations, Product, and Engineering to monitor on-chain and off-chain activity, investigate risk, and ensure Slash meets its regulatory obligations in a rapidly evolving crypto landscape.
- This role is ideal for someone with prior experience who can operate with autonomy, exercise strong judgment, and contribute to improving compliance systems, tooling, and processes.
Nice to have
- Experience with blockchain analytics tools (e.g., Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic)
- ACAMS certification
Conditions
- Be part of a fast-growing fintech startup disrupting business finance.
- Work closely with compliance leadership to develop in-demand skills in AML and risk operations.
- Opportunity to grow into high-impact compliance roles as we scale.
- Remote opportunity!
Other
- Slash is building the future of business banking, one industry at a time. We believe businesses deserve financial infrastructure tailored to how they actually operate. That's why we're creating a new category of business banking. We combine the reliability of traditional banking (high yields, competitive rewards, and comprehensive security) with industry-specific features that make businesses more efficient, more competitive, and more profitable.
- Started in 2021, Slash is one of the fastest growing fintechs in the world and we power over three billion dollars a year in business purchasing across numerous industries. We're backed by some of the best investors in the world including Menlo Ventures, NEA, Y Combinator, Stanford University, and the founders of Tinder and Plaid. Slash is headquartered in San Francisco, and has a strong in-person culture.
- We’re growing fast and are looking for a sharp, detail-oriented Compliance Analyst to join our team!
- Conduct AML and fraud monitoring across fiat and crypto transactions, including deep-dive investigations into complex or high-risk activity
- Analyze blockchain transactions and wallet behavior to identify suspicious patterns and exposure to illicit activity
- Perform customer due diligence (CDD) and enhanced due diligence (EDD), including evaluating source of funds/wealth and crypto-specific risk factors
- Independently investigate potentially suspicious activity and draft clear, well-supported internal escalation reports and/or Unusual Activity Reports (UARs)
- Support KYC/KYB processes, including onboarding reviews and periodic customer refreshes
- Monitor direct and indirect blockchain exposure with high-risk and severe-risk categories, including screening wallet addresses and counterparties e
- Maintain thorough documentation, audit trails, and case records in line with regulatory expectations
- Partner with Product and Engineering to refine transaction monitoring rules, improve alert quality, and enhance crypto compliance tooling
- Stay current on evolving crypto regulations, enforcement trends, and typologies (e.g., mixers, sanctions evasion, DeFi exploits)
- Experience in AML, compliance, fraud, or risk operations (fintech, crypto, banking, or payments preferred)
- Strong understanding of AML frameworks, including transaction monitoring, SAR/UAR processes, KYC/KYB, and sanctions compliance
- Solid understanding of blockchain fundamentals (wallets, transactions, token flows, DeFi) and common crypto risk typologies
- Ability to independently investigate and resolve complex cases with sound judgment
- Strong analytical skills with attention to detail across both on-chain and off-chain data
- Clear, concise written communication, especially in investigative documentation
- Comfortable operating in a fast-paced startup environment with evolving regulatory expectations
- High integrity and sound judgment when handling sensitive financial and blockchain data