Financial Crime Manager (Crypto/DeFi)

Location: Dublin, Ireland; hybrid workplace

Company

hirify.global builds trusted products around the Aave Protocol, an onchain lending market connecting decentralized finance with individuals, traditional finance, and fintech.

What you will do

• Oversee financial crime controls covering customer due diligence, sanctions and adverse media screening, transaction monitoring, investigations, and escalations.
• Conduct and oversee blockchain analytics, wallet screening, and investigations of on-chain activity, including direct and indirect exposure to illicit activity and sanctioned entities.
• Investigate suspected fraud, including account takeover, identity fraud, payment fraud, and emerging typologies.
• Enhance financial crime controls, processes, and systems through automation, technology, and data-driven solutions.
• Develop quality assurance processes, identify control deficiencies, and drive remediation.
• Support the MLRO/BSAO with suspicious activity reporting, regulatory enquiries, audits, documentation, and recordkeeping; partner with Product, Engineering, Operations, and Customer Support and mentor analysts.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, law, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of relevant risk or compliance experience in a financial services organisation, consultancy firm, or regulator; experience across payments and cryptoassets is highly preferred.
• Deep knowledge of financial crime regulations, best practices, industry standards, and guidelines.
• Experience conducting financial crime risk assessments and developing policies, procedures, and controls.
• Experience with customer screening, transaction monitoring, blockchain analytics, and other compliance-related tools.
• Strong understanding of financial crime risks related to payment services, cryptoassets, decentralised finance, self-hosted wallets, and blockchain-based transactions.
• Familiarity with AML/CTF, sanctions, and cryptoasset regulatory frameworks across multiple jurisdictions, particularly the UK, EU, and US.
• Strong technical aptitude and experience using data analytics, automation, and emerging technologies to improve detection, investigations, and operational efficiency.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, including the ability to explain complex information to technical and non-technical audiences; able to work independently and collaboratively while managing multiple priorities and deadlines.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a global, lean, and focused team building accessible financial products.
• High standards for quality, craftsmanship, trust, and detail.
• Close collaboration across Product, Engineering, Operations, and Customer Support.
• Equal-opportunity workplace welcoming people across identities, backgrounds, and abilities.