What you'll work on:

📍Acting as primary architect for Circle’s global AML/CTF transaction monitoring program, including definition of scenarios, rules and thresholds. 📍Being the primary decision maker on the best methods by which Circle will identify and address new and emerging typologies and trends, and monitor proactively for suspicious behavior. 📍Overseeing the investigations processes globally, including alert driven reviews and proactive monitoring of customers and activity in all jurisdictions. 📍Enhancing transaction monitoring based on SARs filed and broader ecosystem intelligence. 📍Partnering with Compliance Data & Technology, Product, and Engineering teams to implement enhancements to the transaction monitoring systems. 📍Driving scenario testing and tuning exercises to identify optimal transaction monitoring scenarios and thresholds. 📍Identifying opportunities to improve the overall efficacy of the monitoring program, including but not limited to, use of machine learning and artificial intelligence to detect unusual activity and adjudicate alerts. 📍Staying at the forefront of money laundering, terrorist financing and other financial crimes regulations, risks and typologies, and technologies to detect suspicious activity.

What you’ll bring to Circle:

📍A passion for harnessing the power of digital currency and blockchain technology and services built on top of it. 📍B.A./B.S. degree; quantitative or technical degree a plus. 📍15+ years of relevant experience in AML/CFT, with a minimum of 5+ years developing transaction monitoring programs. 📍10+ years of experience managing and leading teams. 📍Deep knowledge of global financial crimes transaction monitoring programs and systems. 📍Deep understanding of cryptocurrency transactions, risks and typologies. 📍Experience with blockchain analytics and monitoring platforms, such as TRM Labs, Chainalysis or Elliptic. 📍Thorough understanding of investigations processes and tools, and 📍Suspicious Activity Reporting requirements in the U.S. and beyond. 📍An innovative and creative mind looking to suggest new solutions to old problems. 📍Proven experience working collaboratively and effectively with the ability to work with multiple stakeholders and internal teams. 📍Experience and comfort working in an ever changing industry and the flexibility to quickly react to changing demands. 📍CGSS, CAMS, or CFCS certification is a plus. 📍Experience/familiarity with Slack, Apple MacOS and GSuite.