Compliance, International Investigations Associate

The role

You will drive financial crime investigations across multiple jurisdictions within the Financial Intelligence Unit. You will lead reactive and proactive investigations and translate insights into SAR/STR decisions and program improvements.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end investigations into complex AML/CFT matters
• Conduct delegated MLRO reviews of Suspicious Transaction Reports and Suspicious Activity Reports
• Lead proactive investigations using transaction data, on-chain activity, trading behaviour and OSINT
• Develop actionable intelligence to inform escalations, regulatory reporting, and control enhancements
• Partner internally with Country MLROs, local compliance teams, and operations teams
• Partner with law enforcement agencies and external stakeholders on reporting and intelligence sharing
• Support investigation quality through case review, feedback, and contributions to policies and training

Required qualifications

• 4+ years conducting and reviewing complex crypto financial crime investigations
• Experience across products such as retail and institutional transfers, spot trading and derivatives
• Experience preparing, reviewing and filing SARs/STRs
• Understanding of multi-jurisdiction AML/CTF regulatory obligations and reporting expectations
• Ability to perform data-driven investigations using SQL, blockchain analytics tools and other research techniques
• Strong investigative judgement
• Ability to produce clear, structured long-form reports for technical, compliance, leadership, and cross-functional audiences
• Experience identifying financial crime typologies and contributing to proactive investigations
• Utilises generative AI responsibly

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision

Before you apply

• Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period

About the company

Coinbase is a remote-first, but not remote-only company on a mission to increase economic freedom.