AML/KYC Analyst - Crypto

IMC

We are looking for an experienced AML Officer to support AML/KYC activities relating to IMC’s crypto counterparties and digital asset business activities. This role requires a strong understanding of AML/CTF risks associated with crypto markets, including exposure to high-risk counterparties, complex ownership structures, sanctions risk and enhanced due diligence requirements. The successful candidate must be capable of independently conducting risk assessments, challenging counterparties where necessary and applying a pragmatic, risk-based approach in a fast-moving environment. The role requires strong analytical judgement and the ability to independently assess and challenge complex counterparty risks in a fast-moving and evolving regulatory environment. You will combine analytical work with direct interaction with counterparties, front office teams and internal stakeholders. Your Core Responsibilities AML/KYC Counterparty Reviews * Perform customer due diligence (CDD) and periodic reviews for crypto counterparties * Conduct risk-based counterparty reviews with exposure to enhanced due diligence (EDD) requirements * Analyze complex ownership and control structures, including offshore and layered structures where relevant * Assess AML/CTF and sanctions risks associated with counterparties, products and jurisdictions * Manage escalations relating to high-risk counterparties and onboarding matters * Conduct independent AML/KYC risk assessments and determine appropriate risk classifications * Prepare high-risk cases and escalation memos for senior stakeholder approval Screening & Risk Analysis * Conduct adverse media and sanctions screening using relevant screening tools * Identify and assess AML/CTF and sanctions-related red flags associated with crypto counterparties and digital asset activities * Review wallet-related information and blockchain intelligence outputs where applicable * Provide AML/CTF subject matter expertise on onboarding and counterparty risk matters Stakeholder & Counterparty Engagement * Engage directly with counterparties regarding AML/KYC requirements and documentation requests * Work closely with Trading, Legal, Compliance and operational teams on onboarding and risk matters * Provide practical AML guidance to internal stakeholders on crypto-related risks and controls * Governance & Regulatory Support * Support AML/KYC enhancement initiatives and control improvements * Draft and maintain AML/CTF policies, procedures and guidance materials * Assist with internal audits, regulatory reviews and remediation actions * Remain current on AML/CTF regulatory developments, sanctions frameworks and industry expectations relevant to digital assets Governance & Regulatory Support * Support AML/KYC enhancement initiatives and control improvements * Draft and maintain AML/CTF policies, procedures and guidance materials * Assist with internal audits, regulatory reviews and remediation actions * Remain current on AML/CTF regulatory developments, sanctions frameworks and industry expectations relevant to digital assets Key deliverables * Timely and accurate completion of CDD analyses and periodic counterparty reviews * Effective handling of counterparty KYC requests and communications * Risk-based analysis of adverse media and sanctions screening alerts * Reliable and well-documented AML transaction monitoring * Up-to-date compliance policies, procedures, and documentation Your Skills and Experience:  * 4+ years of AML/KYC/CDD experience within crypto, trading, banking, payment institutions or other regulated financial institutions * Strong understanding of enhanced due diligence (EDD) requirements and risk-based AML/KYC assessments * Prior familiarity with AML/CTF risks and typologies relevant to digital assets and crypto markets is preferred (but not mandatory) * Experience conducting independent risk assessments and exercising sound judgement * Familiarity with crypto transaction tracing and wallet screening tools is preferred * Knowledge of relevant AML/CTF legislation, including sanctions frameworks * Experience dealing with complex legal entity structures and institutional counterparties * CAMS certification preferred; crypto-related AML certifications are a plus * Strong analytical and investigative mindset * Ability to independently manage complex AML/KYC matters from onboarding through ongoing monitoring * Confident communicator, capable of interacting directly with counterparties and senior stakeholders * Pragmatic and risk-based approach to problem solving * Comfortable operating in a fast-paced and evolving regulatory environment * High level of ownership, accountability and attention to detail What we offer * A high-impact role in a small, expert team holding significant regulatory responsibility * A collaborative, high-performance culture that rewards ownership and initiative * Exposure to AML operations across multiple jurisdictions * Support to obtain CAMS certification if not already held About Us IMC is a global trading firm powered by a cutting-edge research environment and a world-class technology backbone. Since 1989, we’ve been a stabilizing force in financial markets, providing essential liquidity upon which market participants depend. Across our offices in the US, Europe, Asia Pacific, and India, our talented quant researchers, engineers, traders, and business operations professionals are united by our uniquely collaborative, high-performance culture, and our commitment to giving back. From entering dynamic new markets to embracing disruptive technologies, and from developing an innovative research environment to diversifying our trading strategies, we dare to continuously innovate and collaborate to succeed.

Velocity

About us Velocity is revolutionising the global financial landscape by unifying fiat and digital assets through newly regulated stablecoin technology. We are addressing some of the most significant inefficiencies in global payments, from the limitations of SWIFT to the inherent cost and delay of cross-border transactions. With a founding team of proven payment industry executives, this is a company built on a foundation of expertise and vision. The founders bring a wealth of leadership experience across finance, and offer a safe pair of hands for the business’s growth, setting the stage for long-term success with a clear focus on sustainable, scalable growth. Their strategic insights and unwavering commitment to innovation will drive Velocity forward, helping to reshape the future of global payments and digital finance. We will offer a seamless solution to manage payments, treasury functions and liquidity in real-time, operating 24/7/365, enabling businesses to enable global payouts and cross-border settlements in digital assets (e.g. USDC, USDT, PYUSD), facilitate (stablecoin powered) cross-border transactions with unprecedented speed and efficiency and unify treasury management systems for fiat and digital assets. Backed by robust partnerships, including strategic collaborations with major financial technology providers like Fireblocks, we will become a leading provider of global financial operations. Our regulatory-first approach will ensure compliance and trust, paving the way for sustainable and scalable growth. About the role Working closely with the Head of Compliance and MLRO, you will conduct CDD & EDD on corporate clients, and play an active role in our transaction monitoring function - covering both traditional fiat flows and on-chain crypto activity. This is a hands-on role with real scope - well suited to someone specialising in compliance on a flexible basis. What you'll do KYC / due diligence * Conduct CDD and EDD on corporate clients, including UBO identification and beneficial ownership mapping * Review onboarding documentation: ID documents, proof of address, corporate registries, source of funds and wealth evidence * Maintain accurate, auditable records in our KYC case management system Transaction monitoring * Triage and investigate off-chain TM alerts generated by our payments monitoring system identifying patterns such as structuring, layering, and unusual velocity * Triage and investigate on-chain TM alerts produced by blockchain analytics tooling (Chainalysis KYT, Elliptic, or TRM Labs), assessing wallet risk scores, exposure to high-risk counterparties (mixers, darknet markets, sanctioned addresses), and tracing fund flows across chains * Distinguish between genuine risk and false positives, applying documented rationale to alert dispositions * Escalate confirmed or suspected suspicious activity as SARs * Contribute to the tuning of alert scenarios and thresholds in collaboration with the compliance and data teams * Identify emerging typologies specific to crypto payments - including cross-chain bridging abuse, NFT wash trading proceeds, and peer-to-peer off-ramp risk What we're looking for * 4+ years of KYC/AML experience in a regulated environment * comfortable with corporate KYC including complex ownership structures, familiar with EU AML directives and FATF recommendations * able to write clear SAR narratives and risk assessments * prior exposure to crypto and experience with blockchain analytics tools (Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM Labs) What we offer Flexible scheduling within the 20h/week framework, competitive salary.

Elliptic

Elliptic is the leader in digital asset decisioning, we have built the most comprehensive platform for efficiently extracting crypto data and intelligence across blockchains with the greatest accuracy. Our platform’s unrivalled uptime, scalability, depth and breadth of our data and intelligence means exacting organizations choose Elliptic for their compliance, risk management, intelligence operations and blockchain infrastructure needs. Founded in 2013, Elliptic is headquartered in London with offices in New York, Washington D.C., UAE, Singapore and Tokyo. To learn more, visit www.elliptic.co and follow us on LinkedIn and X. Elliptic’s mission is to dominate the US market - a challenge given the foothold that home-grown incumbents have. Your mission is to help us redefine how the industry perceives Elliptic: not as a UK‑based analytics vendor, but as the category leader in digital asset risk intelligence. Working with the Head of Product Marketing in the UK and Regional VP Sales Americas, you’ll serve as the local product marketing expert - refining our global messaging, driving go-to-market initiatives, and representing the voice of the US customer across Elliptic’s global organization. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on Elliptic’s US growth trajectory, working with stakeholders across Product, Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success. The impact you will have: As Principle Product Marketing Manager, you’ll serve as the competitive strategist who shapes our story against key players, helping us craft messaging that wins market share and accelerates ARR with our target customers. You will create and drive product narratives that position Elliptic as the intelligence platform of choice for institutions operating at scale. Your work will define how prospects, customers, and influencers perceive Elliptic’s platform, helping us win strategic competitive deals, change the conversation, and strengthen our standing as the most trusted voice in crypto compliance. This is a key, high‑impact role - perfect for a storyteller and strategist who thrives on redefining categories and moving markets, not just executing go‑to‑market playbooks. What you will do: * Own Elliptic’s competitive positioning and market narrative, clearly differentiating our platform from entrenched incumbents and shaping how analysts and customers perceive us * Work with the wider product marketing team to develop and champion a platform-level narrative that ties together Elliptic’s products and data capabilities under a unified theme of digital asset decision intelligence. * Build and maintain a real‑time view of local competitor strategy, messaging, and product direction, turning insights into offensive campaigns and sales enablement assets. * Partner with Product, Sales, and Marketing leadership to translate this strategy into GTM execution - from launches to enablement to analyst relations. * Lead creation of category‑defining content that resonates with US customers (and beyond) - thought leadership, customer success stories, technical deep dives that move perception externally. * Act as a visible storyteller and spokesperson for Elliptic’s role in the crypto compliance ecosystem, engaging with field events, media, and analyst briefings. * Provide strategic input to pricing, roadmap, and product investments aligned to competitive differentiation and market needs. What you will achieve in the first 6 months: * You will have launched an assertive, outward‑facing messaging platform that positions Elliptic as the category leader in digital asset risk intelligence, clearly differentiating us from incumbent competitors in the market. * Your positioning and enablement work will contribute to measurable improvements in US win rate, pipeline velocity and competitive displacement, including closed deals where the sales team cites your GTM and messaging as influencing factors. * Embed a repeatable GTM rhythm aligned to commercial impact. Internally, you’ll have created a data‑driven cadence connecting messaging, deal intelligence, and competitive performance reviews - turning insights into measurable commercial outcomes. * You’ll have built internal credibility as the product marketing voice of Elliptic in the US, aligning closely with the regional commercial organization to support awareness, adoption, and pipeline growth. * You’ll have led your first successful product launch, equipping the global sales teams with clear, compelling messaging and competitive positioning. * You’ll feel comfortable guiding global product marketing messaging to ensure that it aligns with a ‘US first’ strategy You will be a great fit here if you: * Are motivated by changing perceptions of an entire category, not just delivering feature‑based marketing. * Thrive at the intersection of data, regulation, and innovation - and can turn complex technical intelligence into clear, bold narratives. * Are naturally competitive and energized by displacing incumbents through positioning and storytelling. * Collaborate seamlessly across time zones and functions, balancing strategic leadership with hands‑on execution. * Value integrity, originality, and intellectual rigor as part of your craft. * Have a keen ability to shape long-term positioning while delivering against near-term demand goals. * Are comfortable and capable of building trust and collaborative relationships with commercial and product teams and subject matter experts that strengthens cross-functional execution. * You’re an expert adapting, developing and driving messaging that resonates with our target market, helping accelerate sales cycles and grow ARR. * Skilled at defining and deploying global messaging and product marketing strategy into diverse regional markets, clearly articulating results and insights back to global stakeholders. * Curiosity and conviction about the potential of digital assets and the future of financial innovation. * Thrive in fast-paced, cross-functional teams with global stakeholders. Our ideal candidate has: * 7+ years of experience, with a proven track record of category creation or competitive displacement in B2B SaaS (ideally fintech, regtech, data intelligence, or cybersecurity). * Direct experience going head‑to‑head against dominant US incumbents and successfully shaping the winning narrative. * Strong understanding of financial crime, AML/KYC, and blockchain analytics or analogous regulated data environments. * Excellent written and verbal communication along with storytelling finesse and executive presence. * Experience leading cross‑functional GTM programs that bridge Product, Sales, and Global Marketing. * Commercial acumen and ability to connect category perception shifts directly to pipeline and win‑rate. Bonus Points for: * Experience marketing compliance solutions or blockchain analytics platforms. * Background in financial services, risk management, or digital assets. * Exposure to global scale‑up environments where the company was the challenger, not the incumbent. * Familiarity with AI‑enabled market analysis and research tools. * Experience working in a high-growth, global technology environment. * Experience in global organisations or geographically distributed teams. * Experience scaling brand presence in a high-growth or Series C+ tech company. Benefits: change depending on location We know Diversity and Inclusion is much deeper than just hiring, but it’s important for us to mention it here. We welcome and embrace individuals of all backgrounds and identities at Elliptic, and this is an ongoing priority for us. We know incredible people don’t all think in the same way. We want to be challenged every day. We believe our diverse team of individuals underpins this by bringing creative thinking and innovation to Elliptic every day. We are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace, so we welcome applications from everyone, even if you may not think you fit all of the requirements of our roles. We foster an environment of psychological safety, where everyone feels comfortable to bring their whole self to work.