Senior Compliance Associate - Automation & Systems

Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Senior · 5+ years

Job description

Lead transaction monitoring optimization and FIU process automation for Kraken's Financial Intelligence Unit Scale Team, tuning rules and thresholds and rolling out new monitoring scenarios to improve detection quality and reduce false positives. The role also drives automation, evaluates AI/LLM tooling, and partners with Product, Engineering, and Operations on compliance technology.

At a glance

Work mode
Remote

What you'll do

  • Lead transaction monitoring optimization, including rule testing, threshold tuning, and the design and rollout of new monitoring scenarios to improve detection quality and reduce false positives
  • Identify and drive automation and workflow improvements across FIU processes to increase operational efficiency and effectiveness
  • Evaluate and implement emerging technologies, including LLM and AI-enabled tools, to enhance alert triage, investigations, SAR filing and FIU operational capabilities
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, and Operations to support vendor integrations, monitoring infrastructure improvements, and FIU tooling enhancements
  • Collaborate with Compliance leadership, including RCOs and MLROs, to maintain well-governed transaction monitoring frameworks aligned with regulatory expectations
  • Support FIU scalability by designing processes and monitoring strategies that enable expansion into new products, regions, and increased transaction volumes

What we're looking for

  • 5+ years of experience in AML, financial crime compliance, or FIU operations, with deep knowledge of transaction monitoring frameworks, suspicious activity detection, and regulatory expectations under BSA/AML regimes
  • 3+ years of experience designing, testing, and tuning transaction monitoring rules, including threshold optimization, scenario design, and alert reduction strategies
  • 3+ years of experience working with transaction monitoring systems and compliance tooling, including case management platforms, monitoring infrastructure, and investigative workflows
  • Experience working in a regulated financial institution, preferably one licensed to operate in the EU, UK, and/or United States
  • Experience driving process optimization or automation initiatives within compliance or financial crime programs to improve operational efficiency and scalability
  • Experience working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Data, or Operations teams to implement monitoring controls, vendor integrations, or compliance technology solutions
  • Strong analytical and data interpretation skills, with experience using metrics, dashboards, and data analysis to evaluate monitoring effectiveness and improve detection quality
  • Experience operating in fast-growing fintech, payments, or crypto environments, with the ability to design scalable compliance controls that support new product launches and geographic expansion
  • Experience working with AI, machine learning, or LLM-enabled compliance tools, including investigative automation or alert triage technologies
  • Familiarity with blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, or similar crypto investigative platforms
  • Experience supporting vendor selection, implementation, or integration of regtech solutions

Nice to have

  • ACAMS, CAMS-Audit, CFCS, or similar financial crime certifications

Your team

Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Scale Team

Responsible for ensuring the FIU can scale across new operating jurisdictions and new products, effectively and efficiently. The team leads AML transaction monitoring and blockchain monitoring to ensure thresholds are appropriately set, tested, and governed while reducing false positives and maintaining strong oversight, and focuses on identifying efficiencies in process workflows and implementing automation across the FIU. Scale works closely with external vendor, Compliance, and internal techn

How to get hired

  1. 1We may ask candidates to complete job-related skills or work-style assessments as part of our hiring process

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About Kraken

Building the Future of Open Finance

Payward - the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks - has spent the last 15 years building one of the most modern and globally accessible financial infrastructure platforms in the industry. Founded in 2011, Kraken is one of the world's longest-standing crypto platforms, trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe. It offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services, with products built for both individual investors and institutional clients.

Mission

Built to advance an open, global financial system

Key facts

  • 2011
  • crypto
  • Founded in 2011
  • Trusted by over 10 million individuals and institutions across the globe
  • Offers spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services
  • Payward is the parent company behind Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, Payward Services and CF Benchmarks

What they value

  • We hire based on merit, seeking out people with the right abilities, knowledge, and skills for the job
  • We celebrate the diverse talents, backgrounds, contributions, and unique perspectives that everyone brings to the table