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Compliance Officer (Transaction Monitoring and Investigations)

Matrixport - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - In-office

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BIT (formerly Matrixport) is a global digital asset financial services and infrastructure group headquartered in Singapore, managing over $7 billion in assets and facilitating $7+ billion in monthly trading volume. The company bridges traditional finance and digital assets through governance-driven financial services, offering custody, trading, asset management, liquidity solutions, and tokenized real-world assets to institutional and professional investors globally. As a Compliance Officer on the Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Monitoring & Investigations Team, you will conduct transaction monitoring for key clients, detecting and investigating potentially suspicious activities across fiat and virtual asset products. You will ensure compliance with AML/CFT and sanctions requirements in the fast-growing digital assets environment. Key responsibilities include: monitoring and investigating alerts from transaction monitoring systems covering fiat and crypto flows (deposits, withdrawals, transfers, trades); performing end-to-end case investigations by gathering data, reviewing KYC profiles, analyzing counterparties and wallets, and documenting findings; conducting blockchain analysis using tools like Chainalysis, TRM, Elliptic, and CipherTrace to trace fund flows and identify risk patterns; identifying unusual patterns and emerging risks specific to crypto, proposing enhancements to monitoring rules; preparing high-quality Suspicious Transaction/Activity Reports (STRs/SARs) with clear narratives and defensible conclusions; supporting travel rule compliance by reviewing alerts from service providers; contributing to periodic tuning and validation of transaction monitoring rules and thresholds; sharing typologies and lessons learned to drive continuous improvement; and staying current with regulatory developments and financial crime trends in virtual assets, stablecoins, and DeFi. Required qualifications: minimum 3 years of relevant experience in AML transaction monitoring, investigations, or financial crime compliance within banks, fintechs, payment institutions, or crypto platforms; degree in Law, Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or related field; good understanding of AML/CFT and sanctions frameworks applicable to virtual assets (MAS, PSA, FATF VASP guidance); familiarity with crypto financial crime typologies; hands-on experience with transaction monitoring systems and case management tools; strong analytical and critical-thinking skills; risk-based judgment; proven track record executing end-to-end investigations and STR/SAR drafting; high attention to detail; fluency in English and Chinese (ability to handle documents and databases in Chinese, liaise with Mandarin-speaking stakeholders). Professional certifications (ACAMS, ICA) and crypto compliance experience are advantageous.

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