FinCrime - Compliance - Crypto Investigations - Staff

Employer posting date: 13 October 2026

Listing expiry: 21 October 2026

About the role

Role Overview

The role supports financial crime compliance and cryptocurrency investigations for clients across regulated industries. The work focuses on identifying fraud and suspicious transactions, tracing blockchain fund flows, preparing investigation findings and Suspicious Activity Reports where required, and helping businesses comply with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Support financial crime compliance activities and help businesses adhere to AML and counter-terrorist financing regulations, client policies, and procedures.
• Investigate cryptocurrency deposits, withdrawals, transfers, swaps, and cross-chain transactions to identify potential fraud and financial crime.
• Review customer profiles, wallet activity, and transaction patterns to detect suspicious behaviour and assess fraud risk.
• Conduct end-to-end fraud investigations, document findings, and prepare case escalations and Suspicious Activity Reports where required.
• Perform blockchain analysis to trace fund flows and identify exposure to illicit actors, sanctioned entities, darknet markets, ransomware wallets, and other high-risk counterparties.
• Apply knowledge of crypto fraud typologies, including investment scams, account takeover, social engineering, money mule activity, and sanctions evasion.
• Use blockchain analytics and investigative tools to support fraud detection, transaction tracing, and regulatory compliance.
• Prepare process documentation and translate complex processes into clear instructions.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders and escalate issues clearly to leadership, onshore teams, and client teams.
• Apply AI tools and automation techniques to financial crime compliance workstreams.
• Manage competing tasks and deadlines while collaborating with team members.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in finance, accounting, economics, law, or a related field.
• 1-3 years of work experience in Crypto Fraud & Transaction Investigations.
• Experience in a consulting role or large corporate environment, with an understanding of global financial crime compliance practices.
• Good understanding of Suspicious Activity Report drafting and AML regulatory reporting.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to interpret complex financial data.
• Good understanding of the banking industry, its products, and services.
• Experience analysing financial or bank statements and interpreting policy documents.
• Proficiency in transaction monitoring systems and emerging AI capabilities and tools.
• Working knowledge of AI-enabled tools and technologies, including generative AI and prompt engineering.
• Effective time management, attention to detail, logical thinking, and organisational skills.
• Good written and verbal English communication skills.

Additional Details

• Experience with blockchain analytics platforms such as Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, CipherTrace, or similar tools is preferred.
• The role may require working from the office five days a week, working on Indian holidays as required by clients, shift work, and domestic or international travel.
• The financial crime consulting team supports clients in banking, capital markets, insurance, digital payments, cryptocurrency exchanges, non-banking financial institutions, and asset management.
• The role may involve short- to long-term client engagements.