BSA OPERATIONS MANAGER
RemoteUnited States
United StatesRemoteFull TimeStartup
Full TimeStartup
Job Summary
Own client onboarding and run risk-based CDD refresh and transaction monitoring across fiat and digital assets. Operate sanctions and risk screening within the compliance gate, investigate suspicious activity, and manage regulatory reporting and Board updates. Maintain funds-transfer and Travel Rule compliance while supervising and growing the BSA/AML analyst team. Design and deliver training for the team, management, and the Board. Build the financial-crimes function from the ground up at the intersection of AI, stablecoins, and regulated banking.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of hands-on BSA/AML/Sanctions experience at a bank, trust company, or regulated fintech
- direct ownership of CIP/CDD/EDD
- transaction monitoring
- OFAC screening
- SAR investigation and filing
- Strong command of the Bank Secrecy Act
- FinCEN regulations
- OFAC sanctions requirements
- funds-transfer and Travel Rule recordkeeping
- Experience operating or tuning transaction monitoring and sanctions screening systems
- managing alert and case workflows
- Clear writing
- examination-ready documentation
- sharp investigative judgment
- Comfort in ambiguous, build-from-scratch environments
- a desire to help define the process, not just run it
Desired Qualifications
- AML and Sanctions experience in a digital-asset context
- familiarity with leading blockchain analytics tools (e.g., Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic)
- Experience at a national trust bank or other OCC-regulated institution
- Experience through a de novo charter and early examinations
- Experience related to implementing systems that leverage AI and ML to increase quality and productivity within the function
- CAMS, CFCS, or comparable certification
- Experience supervising or building a team
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