Compliance Rule Tuning Specialist – Transaction Monitoring

About the role

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

Collaboration is central to this position, requiring engagement with MLROs, compliance officers, and risk teams. The specialist will translate compliance requirements into effective monitoring rules. This includes providing feedback and influencing senior stakeholders when proposed concepts are not practical or effective, ensuring that rules are both compliant and operationally viable.

Success in this role means continuously monitoring the performance of rule sets and adapting them to address new risks or regulatory changes. The specialist will also be responsible for documenting rule logic and methodologies for audit readiness and team understanding. This ensures the monitoring system remains robust and adaptable in a dynamic environment.

The salary for this full-time remote position ranges from $82,000 to $138,000 USD annually.

Skills that matter here

• SQL: This role requires strong proficiency in SQL to develop, refine, and optimize transaction monitoring rules, build complex queries, and manage data structures.
• AML regulations: A solid working knowledge of AML regulations is essential for designing effective transaction monitoring rules and ensuring compliance.
• transaction monitoring: Hands-on experience with transaction monitoring systems is necessary for designing and tuning rule-based systems to achieve accuracy and operational efficiency.
• compliance: This position involves ensuring that all developed rules and monitoring processes adhere to compliance requirements within the crypto or financial services sectors.

Who this role suits

• Someone who is detail-oriented and possesses strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• A person who can confidently and diplomatically challenge and persuade senior stakeholders regarding rule practicality.
• An individual with experience in fintech, crypto compliance, or financial services compliance environments.
• A candidate who thrives in a fast-paced environment and is adept at adapting to emerging risks and regulatory changes.

From the employer

Key Responsibilities:

• 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.

Requirements:

• 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.

Additional:

• 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).