Senior AML Investigator

BitMEX is the world’s leading cryptocurrency derivatives trading platform, which has pioneered cryptocurrency trading through relentless commitment to change, and continues to set benchmarks for innovation, liquidity, and security today.

As the world's most advanced peer-to-peer crypto-products trading platform and API, BitMEX gives knowledge, confidence, and precision to hundreds of thousands of traders, transacting billions of USD a day.

Overview

The BitMEX compliance program aims to lead the virtual asset industry, and the successful candidate will play a key role in developing and maturing the program to this vision. As an intermediate AML Investigator, you will be responsible for supporting the implementation and continuous improvement of the BitMEX AML Surveillance program, alongside being responsible for day-to-day transaction monitoring operations. Reporting to the Head of Investigations, you will work in a fast paced environment, collaborating with other business units, including KYC, Product and Legal teams, servicing the business on an international level.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the implementation and maturity of the selected AML / Trade Surveillance transaction monitoring system, Operating Level Agreement, and procedures
• Actively review transaction monitoring alerts to defined OLA and procedures, and remediate accordingly where escalation is deemed unnecessary
• Conducting account reviews for potentially suspicious behaviour based on transaction monitoring alerts
• Liaise with customers to facilitate review of account activity through to resolution
• Conduct adhoc onchain investigations relating to unusual activity
• Preparation of STRs for filing and other regulatory reports as required
• Supporting external compliance audits
• Responding to regulatory requests and assisting in handling requests from law enforcement pertaining to money laundering
• Reviewing potential sanctions and political exposure matches identified on customers
• Produce management reporting and analysis using Compliance related data
• Provide input to the Investigations team strategy and objectives with a view to proactively initiating improvements to systems, procedures, and key controls

Qualifications

• University degree from a recognised tertiary institution
• Deep understanding of financial markets, in particular derivatives trading
• 5 - 8 years of AML transaction monitoring experience
• Demonstrable financial crime investigative skills, with experience of uncovering patterns of suspicious behaviour
• Demonstrable ability to operate under own initiative
• Exposure to global markets
• Proficient in written and spoken English
• Keen interest in virtual asset financial services
• Desirable
• Compliance related qualification (e.g. ICA Diploma / ACAMS)
• Exposure to blockchain transaction analytics monitoring
• Chainalysis certifications for KYT and Reactor
• Knowledge of data manipulation / extraction / presentation techniques such as SQL queries and Tableau
• Experience conducting investigations in other investigations based Compliance functions (ie Market surveillance, Fraud, Sanctions)