Associate, Compliance

Summary

Join Gemini's Compliance team as an Associate, Compliance (Investigations) and contribute to a best-in-class team dedicated to managing next-generation financial crime prevention. You will perform Level 2 analysis and adjudication of escalated alerts and cases, prepare Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), and assist with other critical components of the compliance program. Conduct in-depth investigations of customer activity, perform blockchain analysis, analyze customer data, conduct customer outreach, and collect information to develop typologies and recommendations for control enhancements. Stay updated on new fraud/scam and money laundering typologies in the cryptocurrency industry. This role requires a BA/BS degree, 2-4 years of relevant experience, experience drafting SARs, and familiarity with virtual currencies and blockchain analytics. Gemini offers a competitive salary, bonus, equity grant, comprehensive health plans, 401k matching, paid parental leave, and flexible time off.

Requirements

• BA/BS degree or international equivalent
• 2-4 years of relevant work experience within the financial services, law enforcement, digital asset services, and/or management consulting space focusing on financial crime and/or compliance
• Experience drafting high-quality SARs
• Familiarity with virtual currencies, digital transaction cycles or blockchain tracing/analytics tools
• Knowledge of regulatory expectations and industry standards in relation to AML/BSA and Sanctions regulations
• Comfort within a technology-forward company and facility with computer and web-based applications, including case management systems, and web-based databases
• Familiarity with Google Suite Applications such as Google Documents, Google Sheets, and Google Slides
• Exceptional writing skills and ability to present effectively to senior management
• Authorization to work in the United States and fluency in English

Responsibilities

• Conduct investigations of customer activity to determine whether such activity warrants reporting in accordance with relevant AML regulation and guidance
• Perform in-depth blockchain analysis utilizing blockchain analytics and open source blockchain explorers to review customer activity, including direct and indirect exposure
• Analyze customer data including, but not limited to, IP addresses, device information and signals, open source intelligence (OSINT), transaction histories, customer identification and source of wealth documentation
• Conduct customer outreach to gather additional information regarding customer activity
• Prepare SARs for submission to relevant regulatory authorities
• Collect information from different workstreams and sources to develop typologies and recommendations for control enhancements
• Stay up to date with new fraud/scam and money laundering typologies in the cryptocurrency industry
• Balance numerous projects, queues and priorities in a fast-paced environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree/certifications, e.g., JD, CAMS, CFE
• Familiarity with blockchain analytics tools and open source blockchain explorers
• Intermediate-level expertise in Microsoft Excel
• Comfort with an ever-changing regulatory and business environment

Benefits

• Competitive starting salary
• A discretionary annual bonus
• Long-term incentive in the form of a new hire equity grant
• Comprehensive health plans
• 401K with company matching
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible time off