Compliance - Digital Asset Intelligence Operations Manager – Vice President
On-site · Texas, United States
Job Summary
Vice President, Global Financial Crimes Compliance - Digital Asset Intelligence Operations leads a high-performing team responsible for detecting, investigating, and mitigating money laundering and terrorist financing risks across fiat and digital assets. You collaborate with partners across Risk, Operations, Technology, and Legal to design innovative detection approaches and deliver impactful intelligence with a focus on blockchain-based products, platforms, and customer/entity types across global markets. You coach, train, and upskill the team on on-chain and off-chain risk typologies; produce and maintain reporting; design monitoring/detection tools with data analysts and technology teams; conduct complex blockchain analytics investigations using tools like Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM Labs; drive process improvements; coordinate with GFCC and senior stakeholders; and prepare SARs in alignment with FinCEN, BSA/AML, and sanctions standards.
Required Qualifications
- 5+ years of financial crime investigations experience, including SAR preparation and filing
- at least 3 years focused on digital asset investigations or compliance
- Demonstrated people leadership and team development experience
- Proven project management experience delivering defined outcomes
- Expert knowledge of banking systems and AML typologies, with specialization in digital asset typologies and cryptocurrency trends
- Proficiency with BSA/AML and sanctions regulatory requirements (including OFAC) and familiarity with FinCEN guidance relevant to digital assets
- Hands-on experience using blockchain analytics tools (e.g., Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM Labs) to trace and assess suspicious activity
- Experience acquiring and analyzing customer and transaction data across multiple systems, including exchange/VASP data and on-chain sources
- Excellent written and verbal communication tailored to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Ability to operate amid ambiguity, prioritize multiple tasks, and manage case queues to meet objectives
Desired Qualifications
- CAMS
- CFE
- CFCS
- digital asset certifications (e.g., Certified Blockchain Expert)
- experience with Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic
- Strong collaboration across global stakeholders
- Leadership and people development experience
- Project management experience
- Regulatory knowledge (BSA/AML, OFAC, FinCEN)
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