Compliance Rule Tuning Specialist – Transaction Monitoring

About the role

This role focuses on developing and refining SQL-based rules for transaction monitoring to identify suspicious activities. The specialist will design data tables to support these rule frameworks, ensuring they are scalable and clear. A key part of the work involves analyzing alerts generated by these rules to adjust thresholds, aiming to reduce false positives and improve detection accuracy.

The specialist will collaborate closely with MLROs, compliance officers, and risk teams to understand their requirements and translate them into effective monitoring rules. This includes providing feedback and engaging senior stakeholders when proposed rules are impractical. The role also requires documenting rule logic and tuning methodologies to ensure audit readiness and facilitate team understanding.

Success in this position means continuously monitoring rule set performance and adapting them to address new risks or regulatory changes. The specialist will also support ad hoc queries and reporting for compliance investigations using advanced SQL scripting. This contributes to maintaining a robust and efficient compliance system within a global blockchain ecosystem.

The annual salary for this full-time remote position ranges from $100,000 to $170,000.

Skills that matter here

• SQL: This role requires strong proficiency in building complex queries and managing data structures to develop and optimize transaction monitoring rules.
• AML regulations: A solid working knowledge of anti-money laundering regulations is necessary to ensure compliance rules effectively detect suspicious activities.
• transaction monitoring: Hands-on experience in designing and tuning rule-based transaction monitoring systems is central to this position, focusing on accuracy and efficiency.
• compliance: Understanding compliance requirements within crypto or financial services is essential for creating audit-ready rule logic and methodologies.

Who this role suits

• A person who can translate complex regulatory requirements into technical rule sets.
• Someone who is detail-oriented and possesses strong analytical skills to identify and reduce false positives.
• An individual capable of confidently engaging and influencing senior stakeholders regarding rule viability.
• A professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is proactive in addressing emerging risks and regulatory changes.

From the employer

• Develop, refine, and optimize SQL-based transaction monitoring rules to detect suspicious or high-risk activities.
• Design and build data tables and components that support robust rule frameworks, ensuring scalability and clarity.
• Analyze alerts generated by rules to tune thresholds, reduce false positives, and maximize detection accuracy.
• Collaborate with MLROs, compliance officers, and risk teams to understand requirements and translate them into effective, feasible monitoring rules.
• Provide constructive feedback and persuasively engage senior stakeholders when rules or concepts proposed by MLROs are impractical or counterproductive.
• Document rule logic, data sources, and tuning methodologies clearly to ensure audit readiness and facilitate team understanding.
• Continuously monitor the performance of rule sets and adjust them to address emerging risks or regulatory changes.
• Support ad hoc queries and reporting through advanced SQL scripting related to compliance investigations.

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Strong proficiency in SQL with proven experience building complex queries and managing data structures.
• Solid working knowledge of AML regulations, transaction monitoring concepts, and compliance requirements within crypto or financial services sectors.
• Hands-on experience designing and tuning rule-based transaction monitoring systems, focusing on accuracy and operational efficiency.
• Ability to confidently and diplomatically challenge and persuade senior stakeholders, including MLROs, to ensure rules are both compliant and operationally viable.
• Detail-oriented with excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Experience working in fintech, crypto compliance, or financial services compliance environments is a strong advantage.

• Shape the future with the world’s leading blockchain ecosystem.
• Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure.
• Tackle unique, fast-paced projects with autonomy in an innovative environment.
• Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning.
• Competitive salary and company benefits.
• Work-from-home arrangement (the arrangement may vary depending on the work nature of the business team).