Crypto Financial Crime Data & Functional SME

• We are seeking a Crypto Financial Crime Data & Functional SME to lead a strategic Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) transformation initiative for a global investment bank. The role will be responsible for defining and implementing the firm's crypto financial crime operating model, data architecture, transaction monitoring framework, sanctions controls, and blockchain intelligence integration strategy.

• The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise across Crypto AML, Blockchain Analytics, Sanctions Screening, Transaction Monitoring, Financial Crime Data Models, and Counterparty Intelligence, and will be capable of engaging directly with senior stakeholders across Compliance, Financial Crime, Operations, Data, and Technology functions.
  
  

Key Responsibilities:

Crypto Financial Crime Strategy & Operating Model:

• Define target operating models for Crypto AML, Sanctions, Investigations, and Regulatory Reporting.

• Advise senior stakeholders on crypto financial crime risks, controls, governance, and industry best practices.

• Design operating workflows covering alert generation, triage, investigations, escalation, and case management.

• Develop implementation roadmaps for enterprise crypto compliance programs.
  

Transaction Monitoring & Sanctions:

• Design and optimize crypto transaction monitoring frameworks and detection scenarios.

• Define controls covering:

• Wallet screening

• Sanctions exposure

• Mixer/Tumbler activity

• High-risk jurisdictions

• Layering and obfuscation patterns
  Rapid movement of digital assets

• Wallet hopping and network relationships

• Establish integration between crypto monitoring and traditional fiat AML controls.
  

Blockchain Intelligence & Data Strategy:

• Lead design of blockchain intelligence and analytics solutions using platforms such as:

• TRM Labs

• Chainalysis

• Define wallet attribution, entity resolution, clustering, and counterparty identification approaches.

• Design crypto financial crime data models and data governance frameworks.

• Establish crypto risk intelligence and counterparty intelligence capabilities leveraging graph analytics and network analysis.

Data & Architecture Leadership:

Define end-to-end data flows across:

• Blockchain data

• Customer/KYC data

• Screening platforms

• Transaction monitoring systems

• Case management platforms

• Design integration architecture between cloud-native crypto solutions and existing on-premise financial crime ecosystems.

• Collaborate with engineering and platform teams to define scalable implementation architectures.
  

Client & Stakeholder Management:

• Lead workshops with business, compliance, operations, and technology stakeholders.

• Serve as trusted advisor to senior financial crime and compliance executives.

• Drive requirements definition, solution design, vendor evaluation, and implementation strategy.
  

Required Experience:

• 10 years of experience in Financial Crime Compliance, AML, KYC, Sanctions, or Transaction Monitoring.

• 3 years of hands-on experience in Crypto AML / Blockchain Risk Management.

• Deep understanding of crypto compliance controls within global banking environments.

• Experience working with at least one major blockchain intelligence platform:

• TRM Labs

• Chainalysis

• Strong knowledge of:

• Crypto transaction lifecycle

• Wallet risk assessment

• Blockchain analytics

• Crypto sanctions compliance

• Financial crime investigations

• Experience defining Transaction Monitoring scenarios and alert review processes.

• Strong understanding of financial crime data models, entity resolution, and counterparty intelligence concepts.

• Proven experience working with large financial institutions and regulatory-driven transformation programs.
  

Preferred Experience:

• Experience supporting Tier-1 global banks, investment banks, or systemically important financial institutions.

• Knowledge of Quantexa, graph analytics, and network analytics platforms.

• Familiarity with Fircosoft or enterprise sanctions screening platforms.

• Experience with cloud-based financial crime platforms and modern data architectures.

• Prior consulting, advisory, or transformation leadership experience.
  

Key Skills:

• Crypto AML & Compliance

• Blockchain Analytics

• TRM Labs / Chainalysis

• Financial Crime Data Strategy

• Transaction Monitoring

• Sanctions Screening

• Counterparty Intelligence

• Entity Resolution

• Graph & Network Analytics

• Financial Crime Target Operating Models

• Data Governance

• Executive Stakeholder Management

Success Profile:

• We are looking for a leader who can bridge Compliance, Financial Crime Operations, Data, and Technology, and help shape a strategic crypto financial crime capability for one of the world's leading financial institutions. The successful candidate will bring both deep domain expertise and practical implementation experience to accelerate the client's crypto compliance transformation journey.

The pay range that the employer in good faith reasonably expects to pay for this position is $104.02/hour - $162.53/hour. Our benefits include medical, dental, vision and retirement benefits. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis.

Tundra Technical Solutions is among North America’s leading providers of Staffing and Consulting Services. Our success and our clients’ success are built on a foundation of service excellence. We are an equal opportunity employer, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability, genetic information, or other applicable legally protected characteristic. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law, including the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. Unincorporated LA County workers: we reasonably believe that criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following job duties, potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment: client provided property, including hardware (both of which may include data) entrusted to you from theft, loss or damage; return all portable client computer hardware in your possession (including the data contained therein) upon completion of the assignment, and; maintain the confidentiality of client proprietary, confidential, or non-public information. In addition, job duties require access to secure and protected client information technology systems and related data security obligations.

Salary : $104 - $163