Compliance Associate

Hi there! We are South and our client is looking for a Compliance Associate!

Note to Applicants:

• Eligibility: This position is open to candidates residing in Latin America.
• Application Language: Please submit your CV in English. Applications submitted in other languages will not be considered.
• Professional Presentation: We encourage you to showcase your professional experience by including a Loom video in the application form. While this is optional, candidates who provide a video presentation will be given priority.
• Interview Policy: The use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools during interviews are strictly prohibited. 
• Note: As part of the final stages of the selection process, contractors may be asked to provide professional references for a reference check. If you're selected, you may also be asked to update their LinkedIn profile. 🙂

About the Company

Responsibilities

• Low & Medium-Risk Account Review: Review and approve onboarding applications and account decisions for low- and medium-risk clients, escalating high-risk determinations to the CCO.
• Client Maintenance Oversight: Monitor and manage the client maintenance pipeline to ensure periodic reviews, document refreshes, and re-screenings are completed on schedule and without backlog.
• Vendor & Counterparty Due Diligence: Manage the due diligence process for new and existing vendors, banking partners, and counterparties.
• Internal Compliance Reporting: Prepare regular compliance status reports for the CCO, covering open items, account backlogs, pending reviews, and emerging risk areas.
• Fiat Transaction Monitoring: Conduct first-level reviews of fiat transaction activity, identifying and documenting potentially suspicious patterns and escalating cases to the CCO as appropriate.
• New Client Onboarding Pipeline Management: Own the end-to-end client onboarding workflow, coordinating between the Business Development and Compliance teams to ensure the pipeline moves forward efficiently.
• Reactor Wallet Whitelisting: Perform the initial review of all wallet whitelisting submissions in Reactor. Escalate any high-risk wallets to the CCO for review and maintain the required documentation in ShareFile.
• Bank Whitelisting: Conduct required checks for bank whitelisting and save the relevant documentation and outputs in the appropriate ShareFile folder.
• KYT Alert Management: Review and manage Know Your Transaction (KYT) alerts as part of the compliance monitoring process.
• Ongoing Monitoring: Review and manage alerts related to ongoing client monitoring.

Key Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in compliance or a related field
• Previous experience in the crypto/digital asset industry
• Familiarity with Chainalysis
• Advanced level of English
• Strong attention to detail and ability to manage multiple compliance processes and reviews simultaneously
• Hands-on experience with KYC/KYB, AML, client due diligence, and ongoing monitoring.
• Experience reviewing transaction monitoring or KYT alerts and identifying and escalating potentially suspicious activity.
• Experience with compliance case management, documentation, and escalation processes.

Perks

• 10 business days of time off per year
• US holidays
• Competitive compensation in USD
• Remote work aligned with EST working hours.