Senior AML & Crypto Officer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior AML & Crypto Officer based in United Kingdom.

This is a senior compliance role focused on investigating complex AML, transaction monitoring, sanctions, fraud, and cryptocurrency-related financial crime risks.

You will lead end-to-end investigations across customer profiles, transaction activity, source of funds and wealth, and unusual account behavior.

The role combines traditional financial crime expertise with advanced blockchain and wallet analysis to identify emerging risks and sophisticated typologies.

You will contribute to the development and enhancement of AML, KYT, transaction monitoring, and crypto risk controls.

The position also provides an opportunity to influence crypto compliance policies, risk appetite, monitoring rules, and operational processes.

You will collaborate with internal stakeholders and may engage directly with enforcement authorities on matters involving crypto financial crime.

The role requires strong investigative judgement, regulatory knowledge, analytical capabilities, and the ability to operate effectively in a rapidly evolving digital asset environment.

Accountabilities

• Conduct end-to-end AML, financial crime, transaction monitoring, sanctions, fraud, and crypto-related investigations.
• Review customer profiles, transaction activity, source of funds and wealth, and unusual or potentially suspicious account behavior.
• Investigate cryptocurrency transactions and perform blockchain and wallet analysis using platforms such as Chainalysis, Elliptic, Fireblocks, or comparable tools.
• Identify exposure to sanctioned entities, high-risk wallets, fraud schemes, mixers, darknet activity, high-risk jurisdictions, and other financial crime typologies.
• Review alerts generated by crypto transaction monitoring systems and apply risk-based judgement to distinguish genuine suspicious activity from false positives.
• Analyze on-chain and off-chain activity to identify unusual patterns, red flags, and emerging typologies, including layering, structuring, rapid movement between fiat and crypto, and exposure to mixing services.
• Analyze transaction data to identify emerging financial crime patterns and support the continuous improvement of monitoring capabilities.
• Contribute to the enhancement of AML, KYT, transaction monitoring, onboarding, and wallet-risk controls.
• Contribute to the tuning and calibration of crypto monitoring scenarios, thresholds, and rules to improve detection effectiveness and reduce unnecessary alerts.
• Maintain accurate, comprehensive, and audit-ready investigation records and documentation.
• Develop and deliver practical guidance and training to colleagues on crypto-specific risks, typologies, onboarding, and transaction monitoring best practices.
• Influence crypto compliance policies and contribute to defining and maintaining an appropriate risk appetite.
• Represent the compliance function professionally in internal and external discussions concerning cryptocurrency financial crime risks.
• Act as a primary liaison with enforcement authorities when required, including matters involving investigations and asset recovery.
• Manage crypto compliance activities end-to-end in alignment with the Head of Compliance.