Compliance Operations Analyst

Fin
New York, NY

Who this role is best for

Geared toward compliance professionals comfortable with high-volume transaction screening and process automation, working in a fast-growing fintech environment in New York, NY.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with direct compliance operations experience in fintech or crypto who can build and optimize workflows.
    — “turn manual processes into automated, auditable workflows alongside engineering”
  • Individuals who can manage complex due diligence and risk assessments for high-value businesses.
    — “manage customer risk rating process, and run enhanced due diligence on higher-risk profiles”
  • Professionals with a strong grasp of AML, KYB/CDD, and sanctions frameworks who can document decisions clearly.
    — “working knowledge of the BSA/AML framework, FinCEN guidance and FATF standards”

Things to consider

  • The role requires a hands-on approach, with no room for remote-only execution.
    — “This is a hands-on role. You will review real businesses, work real alerts”
  • Candidates must be prepared to handle a high volume of transactions and alerts.
    — “Payment volume is growing quickly, and this role is how compliance capacity keeps pace”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience with KYB/CDD platforms like Persona or Middesk on your resume.
    — “Experience with Persona, Middesk or similar KYB and case management platforms”
  • Demonstrate your ability to document compliance decisions clearly and concisely.
    — “Clear, precise writing. Your memos and RFIs hold up to partner, auditor and examiner review”
  • Showcase your ability to identify and resolve recurring compliance process inefficiencies.
    — “Spot recurring manual work and turn it into a tooling or workflow fix”
  • Emphasize your background in investigating unusual activity and preparing actionable case narratives.
    — “Experience investigating unusual activity and writing referrals or case narratives”
  • Demonstrate your familiarity with blockchain analytics tools and stablecoin flows.
    — “Familiarity with blockchain analytics tools (such as Chainalysis or TRM)”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • effective compliance program
  • automated workflows
  • accurate reporting
Typical background
compliance operations in fintech or payments

Skills & requirements

Required

Compliance OperationsBusiness OnboardingDue DiligenceSanctions ScreeningProcess Automation

Preferred

AMLKyb/cddEDDBlockchain Screening

Stack & domain

Kyb/cddAMLSanctionsPEPAdverse MediaBlockchain AnalyticsDue DiligenceFraudComplaintsThird-party RiskRecords ManagementToolingAutomationCommunicationDecision-makingProject ManagementTeam BuildingProblem-solvingCAMSCCICRCMPaymentsComplianceFintechFinancial CrimeRegulatory

About the role

Original posting from Fin via Ashby

About Fin

Fin is a next-generation payments platform built for high-value, global, and instant transactions. We are a Series A-stage company backed by Sequoia, Circle, and other notable investors. Powered by stablecoins, Fin enables users and businesses to move millions of dollars in seconds - whether to other Fin users, directly into bank accounts, or across crypto rails. By combining the speed of crypto with the reliability and trust of traditional finance, Fin reimagines how money moves worldwide. If banks and payment products were reinvented today, they would look like Fin.

ABOUT THE ROLE

You will be Fin's first dedicated compliance operations hire, running the day-to-day engine of our compliance program. You report to the Head of Compliance.

Our compliance framework is in place: a Board-approved Compliance Charter, core programs for sanctions and financial crime, due diligence, fraud, complaints, third-party risk and records management, and a modern tooling stack. What we need now is someone who makes it run, every day, at the speed our customers move money.

This is a hands-on role. You will review real businesses, work real alerts, and help turn manual processes into automated, auditable workflows alongside engineering. Payment volume is growing quickly, and this role is how compliance capacity keeps pace.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

BUSINESS ONBOARDING AND DUE DILIGENCE

  • Own the KYB/CDD review queue: use our tooling to verify legal entity, formation and DBA records, registered and operating addresses, website and commercial footprint, beneficial owners (25%+) and control persons.
  • Manage customer risk rating process, and run enhanced due diligence on higher-risk profiles such as complex ownership, PEP exposure, high-risk industries or FATF-monitored jurisdictions.
  • Issue and track RFIs, judge whether responses actually resolve the gap, and write clear disposition memos, including decline and exit recommendations.

SANCTIONS AND BLOCKCHAIN SCREENING

  • Disposition sanctions, PEP and adverse media matches for entities and associated persons, with documented rationale.
  • Triage blockchain analytics alerts on inbound and outbound transfers, and run hold-and-review workflows for flagged funds as pre-transaction interdiction comes online.

PARTNER, AUDIT AND PROGRAM READINESS

  • Answer partner due diligence and information requests accurately and on time, and deliver against our partner reporting calendar.
  • Write and maintain the procedures and runbooks that sit under our compliance programs.

PROCESS AND AUTOMATION

  • Track and report operating metrics such as queue age, review turnaround, alert volumes, RFI aging and override rates.
  • Spot recurring manual work and turn it into a tooling or workflow fix.

WHAT YOU BRING

  • 1-4+ years in compliance operations at a fintech, payments company, crypto business or bank, with direct ownership of AML, KYB/CDD and/or EDD reviews.
  • Strong business due diligence skills: you can untangle multi-layer ownership, read formation documents and registry records, and tell when a business's story does not add up.
  • Experience investigating unusual activity and writing referrals or case narratives that another compliance team could act on without follow-up questions.
  • Working knowledge of the BSA/AML framework, FinCEN guidance and FATF standards as they apply to payments and digital assets.
  • Clear, precise writing. Your memos and RFIs hold up to partner, auditor and examiner review.

NICE TO HAVE

  • CAMS, CAMS-FCI, CCI, CRCM or a similar certification.
  • Experience with trade-based money laundering typologies or with wholesale, trading or import/export customers.
  • Hands-on experience dispositioning sanctions, PEP and adverse media alerts, with a working knowledge of OFAC requirements.
  • Experience with Persona, Middesk or similar KYB and case management platforms.
  • Familiarity with blockchain analytics tools (such as Chainalysis or TRM) and with how stablecoin flows move on-chain.

Source: Fin careers (Ashby)

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