Lead – Compliance – SAR Investigations

Lead – Compliance – SAR Investigations

Requirements

• BA/BS degree or international equivalent.
• 8+ years of relevant AML-related work experience within the financial services, law enforcement, digital asset services, and/or management consulting space focusing on financial crime and counter-terrorism financing.
• Subject matter expertise in BSA/AML regulations with specific focus on the drafting and preparing of US SAR filings.
• Comfort in a technology-forward company and facility with computer and web-based applications, including Google GSuite, case management systems, and web-based databases.
• Superior writing skills, including the ability to analyze and assess large amounts of information into succinct responses.
• Ability to work independently.
• Authorization to work in the United States and fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Conduct investigations of customer activity to determine whether such activity warrants reporting or other action.
• Review team escalations for SAR filings and ensure all SARs meet the high expectations driven by Gemini’s compliance-first ethos.
• File Gemini US SARs, including providing SAR metrics with other compliance stakeholders on a regular and ad hoc basis.
• Manage the SAR filing workflow to consistently meet regulatory and internally defined deadlines.
• Advise compliance colleagues across the globe on suspicious activity trends observed in escalations.
• Remain current with industry developments and new BSA/AML rules, regulations and guidance.
• Contribute effective leadership to the Investigations team as an experienced professional and individual contributor, drawing on your diverse skills and knowledge-base to advise team members in their day-to-day responsibilities.
• Gather information from escalations, different workstreams and sources to develop typologies and recommendations for control enhancements.
• Balance numerous projects, queues and priorities in a fast-paced start-up environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced degree/certifications, e.g., JD, CAMS, CFE.
• Familiarity with virtual currencies, digital transfer platforms, analysis of trade data on an exchange, or blockchain tracing/analytics tools.
• Intermediate-level expertise in Microsoft Excel or other database querying programs.
• Comfort with an ever-changing regulatory and business environment.
• Proven ability to proactively, efficiently, and accurately assess risks in a fast-paced environment.
• Track record of creative problem-solving, excellent written and oral communication skills, and creation of strong and trusted cross-functional relationships.
• Interest in building the future of compliance and an owner’s mindset to your work.