Catena

BSA Operations Manager

New York, Remote. Posted 2 months ago

The role

The BSA Operations Manager runs the day-to-day engine of the BSA/AML and Sanctions program. This person owns customer onboarding, transaction monitoring, screening, investigations, and regulatory reporting.

What you will do

  • Run know-your-business onboarding and due diligence for new clients.
  • Manage risk-based CDD refresh and transaction monitoring across fiat and digital assets.
  • Operate sanctions and risk screening and resulting reporting.
  • Investigate suspicious activity and own regulatory reporting and record-keeping.
  • Provide management and Board reporting for owned areas.
  • Maintain funds-transfer and Travel Rule compliance across all transaction types.
  • Design and deliver BSA/AML and Sanctions training to the team.
  • Support the BSA Officer in developing training for Management and the Board.
  • Supervise and grow the BSA/AML analyst team.
  • Support independent testing and examinations.

Required qualifications

  • 7+ years of hands-on BSA/AML/Sanctions experience at a bank, trust company, or regulated fintech.
  • Direct ownership of CIP/CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, OFAC screening, and SAR investigation and filing.
  • Strong command of the Bank Secrecy Act, FinCEN regulations, OFAC sanctions requirements, and funds-transfer and Travel Rule recordkeeping.
  • Experience operating or tuning transaction monitoring and sanctions screening systems and managing alert and case workflows.
  • Clear writing, examination-ready documentation, and sharp investigative judgment.
  • Comfort in ambiguous, build-from-scratch environments.

Nice to have

  • AML and Sanctions experience in a digital-asset context, including familiarity with leading blockchain analytics tools (e.g., Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic).
  • Experience at a national trust bank or other OCC-regulated institution, or through a de novo charter and early examinations.
  • Experience related to implementing systems that leverage AI and ML to increase quality and productivity within the function.
  • CAMS, CFCS, or comparable certification.
  • Experience supervising or building a team.

About the company

Catena is a startup team building financial infrastructure for the agentic economy. The company works at the intersection of AI, stablecoins, and regulated banking.