Compliance Analyst –Chainalysis SME

About the Role

We are seeking a detail-oriented and commercially minded Compliance Analyst to join our growing Compliance team in Canada.

The role will focus on supporting the day-to-day operation of our AML, CTF, sanctions and financial crime framework, with particular responsibility for transaction monitoring, blockchain investigations and customer risk assessment within our Canadian business.

The successful candidate will have practical experience working within a FINTRAC-regulated environment and strong hands-on expertise in Chainalysis. They will be comfortable investigating cryptocurrency transactions, analysing blockchain activity, assessing financial crime risk and making well-reasoned recommendations based onthe available evidence.

This is an excellent opportunity for a compliance professional looking to develop their career within a fast-paced fintech environment, with exposure to complex financial crime investigations, regulatory requirements and compliance technology. They will be comfortable working directly with Product and Engineering to design, automate and continuously improve the compliance function – including using AI-enabled tools to increase the speed and quality of investigations.

Key Responsibilities

Compliance & Regulatory

• Support the operation and maintenance of the Company's AML/CTF and financial crime compliance framework in Canada.
• Apply FINTRAC requirements and internal policies to day-to-day customer and transaction reviews.
• Support the maintenance and implementation of compliance policies, procedures and controls.
• Monitor regulatory developments relevant to Canadian AML/CTF, sanctions and financial crime requirements.
• Support compliance reviews, audits, regulatory requests and internal compliance projects.
• Maintain accurate and complete compliance records and case documentation.

Financial Crime & AML

• Conduct KYC, customer due diligence (CDD) and enhanced due diligence (EDD) reviews.
• Review and investigate transaction monitoring alerts and financial crime escalations.
• Assess customer behaviour, transaction activity, geographic exposure and other relevant risk indicators.
• Investigate potential money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions evasion, fraud and other financial crime risks.
• Escalate higher-risk cases in accordance with internal policies and procedures.
• Support the preparation and submission of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) to FINTRAC where appropriate.
• Conduct ongoing customer monitoring and periodic reviews.
• Review PEP, HIO, sanctions and adverse media screening results.
• Support source-of-funds and source-of-wealth assessments for higher-risk customers.
• Contribute to financial crime risk assessments and the identification of emerging financial crime typologies.

Chainalysis Subject Matter Expertise

• Act as a key internal point of reference for Chainalysis and blockchain investigation activity.
• Use Chainalysis to investigate wallet addresses, transaction histories, transaction flows and exposure to high-risk entities or services.
• Review direct and indirect exposure and assess the relevance of identified risk indicators.
• Investigate Chainalysis alerts and determine appropriate next steps based on the customer's profile and transaction activity.
• Support the development and refinement of transaction monitoring rules, thresholds and blockchain-related risk indicators.
• Identify emerging crypto financial crime typologies and support the development of appropriate monitoring controls.
• Provide guidance and informal training to other members of the Compliance team on Chainalysis and blockchain investigations.
• Contribute to the development of internal guidance and best practice for blockchain investigations.

Automation, Technology & AI

• Work directly with Engineering and Product to design and build automated workflows around transaction monitoring, alert triage and case management.
• Translate compliance and investigative requirements into clear technical specifications that developers can build against.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual, repetitive elements of blockchain investigations (e.g. wallet clustering, exposure scoring, evidence gathering) and help scope the solution with engineering.
• Use AI/LLM-based tools to accelerate investigation write-ups, alert summarisation and typology research, while applying appropriate human judgement and quality control.
• Contribute to the architecture of the compliance technology stack, including how Chainalysis integrates with internal case management, monitoring and reporting systems.
• Help define data requirements and API/integration needs for compliance tooling, working alongside developers to prioritise and test builds.
• Stay current on emerging AI and automation capabilities in blockchain analytics and financial crime detection and assess their practical application to the business.

Compliance Monitoring & Risk Management

• Support compliance monitoring activities and thematic reviews.
• Identify compliance and financial crime risks and escalate issues appropriately.
• Support the maintenance of compliance risk registers and action plans.
• Track compliance issues and remediation activities through to completion.
• Assist with quality assurance reviews of customer and transaction investigations.

Business Partnering

• Work closely with Operations, Product and Technology, as well as other business teams on compliance matters.
• Provide practical and proportionate compliance guidance to internal stakeholders.
• Support the implementation of new products, processes and compliance controls.
• Help ensure compliance considerations are embedded into operational and product initiatives.
• Partner closely with Engineering to prioritise, test and iterate on compliance automation projects, acting as the compliance-side product owner where needed.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• 1–3 years' experience in Compliance, AML, Financial Crime, KYC, Transaction Monitoring or a related role.
• Practical experience working within a FINTRAC-regulated business or Canadian AML environment.
• Strong understanding of Canadian AML/CTF requirements and financial crime controls.
• Hands-on experience with Chainalysis, ideally including Chainalysis KYT and blockchain transaction investigations.
• Experience conducting KYC/CDD, EDD and transaction monitoring reviews.
• Experience investigating financial crime alerts and documenting evidence-based conclusions.
• Good understanding of cryptocurrency transactions, blockchain technology and crypto financial crime typologies.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Good judgement and the ability to make proportionate, risk-based decisions.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organised with the ability to manage multiple cases and priorities.
• Comfortable working directly with developers/engineers to scope, build and test compliance tools and workflows.
• Experience or strong interest in using AI/LLM tools (e.g. Claude, ChatGPT, Copilot) to improve efficiency and quality of compliance work.
• Ability to think in terms of process design and system architecture, not just policy and case-by-case decisions.

Desirable

• Experience preparing or supporting STRs submitted to FINTRAC.
• Experience working within a Canadian MSB, payments, fintech, crypto or virtual asset business.
• Experience with sanctions screening and adverse media investigations.
• Experience with other blockchain analytics or transaction monitoring platforms.
• Experience developing or refining transaction monitoring rules and typologies.
• ICA, ACAMS, CAMS or other relevant compliance qualification.
• Experience supporting regulatory examinations, audits or compliance reviews.
• Experience with no-code/low-code automation tools (e.g. Zapier, Make, Retool) or scripting (SQL, Python) to support compliance workflows.
• Experience writing requirements or user stories for engineering teams or working in a product/agile environment.
• Familiarity with API-based integrations between compliance tools (e.g. Chainalysis, case management systems, data warehouses).

Success Measures

Within the first 6 months, the successful candidate will:

• Establish themselves as a trusted member of the Compliance team.
• Demonstrate strong practical knowledge of FINTRAC requirements and the Company's AML/CTF framework.
• Independently manage a portfolio of KYC, transaction monitoring and financial crime investigations.
• Become the internal SME for Chainalysis and blockchain transaction investigations.
• Improve the quality, consistency and efficiency of crypto transaction investigations.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen transaction monitoring and financial crime controls.
• Build effective relationships with Operations, Product, Technology and other business teams.
• Contribute to a scalable compliance framework capable of supporting continued business growth.
• Identify and help deliver at least one automation or technology improvement that measurably reduces manual effort or improves consistency in the compliance function.