Compliance Partnerships & Regulatory Initiatives Associate
Coinbase has built the world's leading compliant cryptocurrency platform serving over 68 million accounts in more than 100 countries. With multiple successful products, and our vocal advocacy for blockchain technology, we have played a major part in mainstream awareness and adoption of cryptocurrency. We are proud to offer an entire suite of products that are helping build the cryptoeconomy and increase economic freedom around the world.
There are a few things we look for across all hires we make at Coinbase, regardless of role or team. First, we look for signals that a candidate will thrive in a culture like ours, where we default to trust, embrace feedback, disrupt ourselves, and expect sustained high performance because we play as a championship team. Second, we expect all employees to commit to our mission-focused approach to our work. Finally, we seek people with the desire and capacity to build and share expertise in the frontier technologies of crypto and blockchain, in whatever way is most relevant to their role.
The Compliance Partnerships & Regulatory Initiatives Associate will support the Coinbase AML Compliance team with its high priority external relationships, including bank partners, payment service providers, clients, and industry partners. The Compliance Partnerships & Regulatory Initiatives Associate will work cross-functionally with the Compliance, Business Development, Finance/Treasury, Legal, Coverage, Customer Experience, and product/engineering teams to support Coinbase’s critical financial partnerships and regulatory initiatives. This role will be integral to supporting Coinbase’s operations and scalability as it continues to engage with external partners across a range of products, services, geographies, and in response to evolving regulation. The ideal candidate will be highly organized, detail and results-oriented, agile, experienced in AML and sanctions compliance, passionate about cryptocurrency, and have excellent project and relationship management skills.
What you’ll be doing (ie. job duties):
- Support the day-to-day management of compliance inquiries and requests from bank partners, payment service providers, partner VASPs, and high priority institutional clients (e.g., due diligence questionnaires, Wolfsberg questionnaires, requests for client information)
- Establish and maintain relationships with external partners, resolving business, policy, and technical issues through coordination with relevant subject matter experts
- Support critical and complex AML compliance initiatives including Travel Rule compliance
- Coordinate with internal and external cross-functional stakeholders across Compliance, Legal, Product, Business Development, Finance/Treasury, etc.
- Support the drafting of high-visibility materials and presentations for key internal and external audiences (e.g., senior leadership, industry partners, regulators, bank partners)
What we look for in you (ie. job requirements):
- 3 - 5 years of relevant experience in AML/financial crimes compliance at a large financial institution, bank, consulting firm, or fintech
- Experience in KYC, investigations, and sanctions compliance
- Understanding of banking onboarding due diligence processes, including prior experience with Wolfsberg questionnaires and AML attestations
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills and project management expertise
- Highly organized and adept at managing competing priorities, diverse stakeholder groups, and ambiguity
- Strong critical thinker and problem solver, with meticulous attention to detail
- Intellectual curiosity and interest in cryptocurrency
Nice to haves:
- Experience in the banking, fintech, or cryptocurrency industries
- Experience with different payments methods and messaging standards, e.g., SWIFT, FedWire, CHIPS
- Blockchain investigations experience
- Knowledge about cryptocurrencies
- SQL skills
- Prior tech experience / start-up experience
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