Cryptocurrency Investigations Analyst

Job Description:

Essential Responsibilities:

• Utilize advanced analytical techniques to assess complex information sets, enabling the formulation of logical and well-supported recommendations for reporting to global regulatory bodies and internal stakeholders. These investigative decisions are essential to fulfilling PayPal’s fiduciary responsibilities under international regulations, which mandate effective monitoring of customer activities to detect and report suspicious activities, including money laundering and terrorist financing.
• Conduct comprehensive end-to-end reviews of potential illegal or suspicious activities, ensuring thoroughness and accuracy in all investigations.
• Perform timely and detailed analyses of instances of potential Anti-Money Laundering (AML) activities and suspicious financial transactions across diverse jurisdictions and countries, adhering to local and international compliance standards.
• Evaluate customer profiles and analyze large datasets to confirm that activities align with expected norms, ensuring compliance with Acceptable Use Policies and Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations.
• Leverage both internal data and various open-source research platforms to investigate potentially illicit activities, thereby supporting informed investigative decisions
• Document findings in a narrative format within both manual and automated case management systems and prepare comprehensive reports for management as required.
• Consistently exercise sound judgment in making decisions and recommendations related to case investigations, ensuring alignment with global best practices and regulatory requirements.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Preferred Qualification:

• Proven ability to analyze large amounts of data to report critical information
• Exceptional oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to communicate complex information accurately, clearly, and quickly to all levels
• Ability to understand opposing points of view on highly complex issues
• Proven knowledge of international and regional Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions regulations and guidance such as Bank Secrecy Act (US) and US Patriot Act.
• Interact with peers and financial crimes risk professionals, all levels of management, and other internal or external constituents to deliver comprehensive views on investigative and intelligence matters and represent reasoning of case disposition
• Crypto-specific investigative work experience (in a compliance role at a Crypto firm, or at a regulatory or law-enforcement agency) or strong foundational cryptocurrency ecosystem knowledge
• Experience in use of cryptocurrency specific forensics tools- TRM Labs, Chainalysis, Reactor, and/or Elliptic
• ACAMS certification
• Advanced data query and analysis skills (SQL, SAS, Teradata, Hadoop, etc.)

Subsidiary:

PayPal

Travel Percent:

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For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations.

Our Benefits:

At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you.

We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com

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Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com

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