Sr. Compliance Associate Lead, Sanctions Operations (Crypto)

Location: Remote, United States

Salary: $72.6K–$145.2K annually, excluding bonuses, equity, wellness allowance, and other benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a global crypto platform offering spot trading, margin, futures, staking, and OTC services for individual and institutional clients.

What you will do

• Perform sanctions reviews arising from blockchain monitoring, name screening, transaction screening, anti-circumvention controls, and account sign-up and maintenance rules.
• Resolve escalated name-screening, transaction-screening, and blockchain-monitoring alerts, including direct and indirect sanctions exposure.
• Analyze accounts, account-opening documentation, and large datasets for sanctions circumvention and other proactive or ad-hoc risks.
• Collaborate with Regional Compliance Officers and other Compliance teams while maintaining sanctions program integrity.
• Coordinate streamlined processes using automation and AI-assisted tools with appropriate human oversight.
• Prepare regulatory reports and presentations related to investigations as needed.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in compliance, sanctions, or financial crime compliance, including hands-on sanctions investigations, ideally in banking, crypto, or fintech.
• Working knowledge of US OFAC, EU, UK, and UN sanctions regimes.
• Experience writing sanctions reviews or investigation narratives.
• Strong analytical and writing skills, sound judgment, attention to detail, and a problem-solving approach.
• Knowledge of crypto, banking, or payment processes, procedures, and systems.
• Experience with case management systems such as Hummingbird, Zendesk, or equivalent.
• Hands-on experience using automation and AI tools such as Claude or ChatGPT.
• Effective verbal and written communication, stakeholder management, cross-functional collaboration, and the ability to convey complex issues to global and regional compliance partners.
• Ownership of work product, a record of delivering results in a fast-paced environment, and a high degree of integrity and discretion when handling confidential information.
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.

Nice to have

• ACAMS/CAMS or ACSS sanctions certification.
• Prior regulatory experience or blockchain analytics vendor experience, including sanctions-risk attribution.
• Experience supporting regulatory exams, audits, or enforcement-related inquiries.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote role within the United States.
• Additional compensation may include a bonus program, equity program, wellness allowance, medical, dental, vision, and 401(k) benefits.
• Inclusive environment supporting people from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.
• Employment decisions are based on merit, with equal-opportunity and fair-chance hiring practices.

Hiring process

• Job-related skills or work-style assessments may be required.
• Assessment results are considered alongside experience and interviews and are not the sole basis for an employment decision.