Transaction Monitoring Lead
Core
Lead global transaction monitoring for fiat and crypto, managing a team of 10+ analysts to detect financial crime, manage alerts, and ensure regulatory compliance.
Role type
Senior IC Transaction Monitoring Lead (Financial Crime)
Builds
Automated transaction monitoring workflows, rule sets, and case management processes for fiat and digital assets.
Domain
Financial Services / Anti-Money Laundering (AML) / Crypto
Deliverable
production ML models | dashboards & analysis
Required skills
Transaction monitoring, financial crime investigations, rule calibration, team leadership, capacity planning, QA/QC frameworks, SQL, Python, blockchain analytics tools (Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM), UK AML regulations, sanctions regimes, PEP screening.
Preferred skills
Experience with EU/FR/CA/UAE/Swiss reporting regimes, AI-assisted review, workflow automation.
Technologies
SQL, Python, Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM
Responsibilities
Lead a globally dispersed team of analysts; refine monitoring rules and thresholds; manage alert triage, investigation, and escalation; oversee outsourced review capacity; produce management information for senior leadership; ensure compliance with UK AML and sanctions regimes.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities