Senior Manager, Financial Intelligence Unit
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About the Role
Circle seeks a Senior Manager for its Financial Intelligence Unit to lead financial crime investigations and intelligence efforts with a US focus and global scope. The role involves designing compliance frameworks, overseeing complex investigations, and collaborating with regulators and law enforcement.
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Responsibilities
- Design and implement US focused financial crime compliance frameworks and investigative standards
- Lead comprehensive financial crime risk assessments to identify US market vulnerabilities and global exposure
- Oversee and perform complex investigations into potential financial crimes and suspicious activity
- Review and analyze sophisticated transaction data using blockchain analytics tooling
- Serve as a primary point of contact for US regulators, law enforcement, and industry bodies
- Strengthen the Second Line of Defense by developing oversight processes, escalation protocols, and training programs
- Collaborate with global product and engineering teams to enhance automated monitoring tools and rulesets
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience conducting complex financial crime investigations
- 2+ years within fintech or native virtual asset environments
- Proven experience navigating the US financial crime regulatory environment
- Proficiency in blockchain forensic tools including TRM Labs and Elliptic
- Strong knowledge of US BSA/AML and sanctions requirements
- Hands on experience using blockchain analytics and transaction monitoring systems
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What You’ll Be Part Of
- Circle is committed to visibility and stability, expanding into strong jurisdictions.
- Employees live by values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, Driven by Excellence.
What You’ll Be Responsible For
- Lead financial crime investigations and intelligence efforts focused on the US with global scope.
- Identify, analyze, and report suspicious activity ensuring compliance with US BSA/AML, sanctions, and other regulations.
- Collaborate with global FIU, compliance teams, product stakeholders, US regulators, and law enforcement.
What You'll Work On
- Design and implement US focused financial crime compliance frameworks and investigative standards.
- Lead comprehensive financial crime risk assessments to identify US market vulnerabilities and global exposure.
- Act cross functionally within Financial Crime Compliance across Sanctions, KYC, and Transaction Monitoring.
- Oversee and perform complex investigations into potential financial crimes and suspicious activity.
- Review and analyze sophisticated transaction data using blockchain analytics tooling.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for US regulators, law enforcement, and industry bodies.
- Strengthen the Second Line of Defense by developing oversight processes, escalation protocols, and training programs.
- Collaborate with global product and engineering teams to enhance automated monitoring tools and rulesets.
Core Requirements
- 10+ years of experience conducting complex financial crime investigations, ideally 2+ years within fintech or native virtual asset environments.
- Proven experience navigating the US financial crime regulatory environment.
- Background spanning investigations, Transaction Monitoring, KYC framework design, and regulatory advisory.
- Proficiency in blockchain forensic tools including TRM Labs and Elliptic.
- Ability to engage credibly with internal stakeholders, regulators, law enforcement, and industry partners.
- Strong knowledge of US BSA/AML and sanctions requirements, including SAR reporting, OFAC expectations, FinCEN guidance.
- Strong knowledge of US and global virtual asset typologies and illicit finance risks.
- Hands on experience using blockchain analytics and transaction monitoring systems.
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