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Elliptic is seeking a Senior Crypto Threat Analyst specializing in sanctions compliance and financial crime intelligence. In this role, you will serve as the subject matter expert (SME) on cryptoasset sanctions, owning end-to-end coverage of sanctioned entities, jurisdictions, and evasion typologies across global regimes including OFAC, UK, EU, and UN frameworks.
Key responsibilities include:
- Independently resolve complex analytical questions on sanctions exposure and produce reliable outputs without senior oversight on domain-level judgements
- Own and document comprehensive coverage frameworks for global sanctions designation regimes
- Lead end-to-end investigations into cryptoasset exposure to sanctioned entities, state-linked actors, and high-risk jurisdictions
- Define and drive the evolution of Elliptic's sanctions monitoring operating model
- Proactively identify and remediate coverage gaps across regimes and designating authorities
- Coach and mentor junior colleagues within the Intelligence function
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Customer teams to translate sanctions intelligence into platform capabilities
- Produce written intelligence outputs including reports, briefings, blogs, whitepapers, and client-facing content
- Represent Elliptic's sanctions intelligence at industry events, client briefings, and regulatory engagements
You will strengthen the intelligence dataset underpinning Elliptic's products, directly supporting hundreds of financial institutions, exchanges, and government agencies in making defensible sanctions-compliance decisions.
Ideal candidates bring significant professional experience as an intelligence analyst, investigator, or compliance specialist in sanctions, financial crime, law enforcement, or crypto. You must demonstrate independent expertise in global sanctions regimes, experience designing monitoring and alerting frameworks, and proven ability to identify systemic risks and drive remediation. Excellent written and verbal communication skills are essential, along with proficiency in blockchain analytics tools, OSINT, corporate registries, and adverse media sources. AI fluency is critical—you must effectively apply AI tools to accelerate research workflows, pattern identification, OSINT processing, and written output drafting.
Bonus experience includes researching sanctions evasion typologies involving state-linked actors, procurement networks, and critical technology supply chains; automated sanctions list monitoring and detection logic design; and technical understanding of cryptoassets and blockchain architecture.
The role offers hybrid working with flexibility to work remotely up to 90 days per year, a £500 remote working budget, and a $1,000 annual Learning & Development budget.
