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Bybit, a leading cryptocurrency exchange and digital financial platform serving 80+ million users globally, is seeking a Senior AML Specialist, QA to join its Vilnius office.
You will lead quality assurance efforts across Bybit's Anti-Money Laundering operations, ensuring the highest standards of investigation quality, regulatory compliance, and operational excellence. This role sits at the intersection of compliance, operations, and continuous improvement.
Key Responsibilities:
- Perform comprehensive QA reviews of AML investigations, transaction monitoring alerts (on-chain and fiat), sanctions screening cases, Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) reviews, and Suspicious Activity Report (SAR)/Suspicious Transaction Report (STR) decision-making.
- Assess investigations against internal procedures, regulatory requirements, and quality standards, ensuring decisions are well-supported and appropriately documented.
- Identify recurring trends, root causes, and process weaknesses, providing actionable recommendations to improve quality and consistency across the AML team.
- Deliver structured feedback and coaching to investigators, supporting ongoing capability development and raising operational standards.
- Develop and maintain QA methodologies, scorecards, calibration standards, and review frameworks.
- Conduct calibration sessions with Operations, Compliance, and other stakeholders to ensure consistent interpretation of AML standards.
- Produce regular QA reporting highlighting key findings, quality trends, remediation progress, and operational risks.
- Support regulatory examinations, internal audits, and independent reviews relating to AML Operations quality.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives by leveraging data, automation, and AI to enhance QA efficiency and effectiveness.
You will work in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with a global team committed to shaping the future of digital finance through technology and bold execution.
Requirements:
- 5+ years of experience in AML, Financial Crime Compliance, or Financial Crime Operations, with at least 2 years in Quality Assurance or a senior investigation role.
- Strong knowledge of transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, KYC/CDD/EDD, and suspicious activity reporting.
- Experience in cryptocurrency transaction monitoring, blockchain investigations, or crypto AML compliance (advantageous).
- Demonstrated ability to assess complex investigations and provide objective, risk-based quality reviews.
- Strong analytical skills with excellent attention to detail and sound judgement.
- Experience developing QA scorecards, performance metrics, and calibration processes (preferred).
- Professional certifications such as CAMS, CFCS, ICA, or equivalent (advantageous).
- Embraces AI and emerging technologies to improve productivity and enhance regulatory analysis and decision-making.
- High integrity with confidence to challenge poor-quality investigations and maintain independent judgement.
- Passionate about raising operational standards through coaching, continuous improvement, and data-driven decision-making.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, high-growth environment with changing regulatory expectations.
- Genuine curiosity about cryptocurrency, blockchain technology, and the evolving digital asset ecosystem.
