Senior AML & FIU Automation Specialist

Kraken; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Job summary

Kraken is seeking an experienced AML/financial crime leader to oversee transaction monitoring optimization, automation, and regulatory alignment across a fast-growing fintech/crypto environment. You will design monitoring scenarios, tune thresholds, and drive innovative AI-enabled solutions with Product, Engineering, and Compliance leadership.

The role emphasizes collaboration across FIU, vendor integrations, and scaling controls for new products and geographic expansion, with an eye toward

Qualifications

• 5+ years in AML/financial crime or FIU operations.
• 3+ years designing, testing, and tuning transaction monitoring rules.
• Experience with case management platforms and monitoring infrastructure.
• Experience in regulated financial institutions with EU/UK/US licenses preferred.
• Ability to drive process automation in compliance programs.
• Cross-functional collaboration with Product, Engineering, Data, Operations.
• Strong analytical and data interpretation using dashboards.
• Experience in fintech/payments/crypto environments.
• Familiarity with AI/ML or LLM-enabled compliance tools.
• Experience with blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic.

Responsibilities

• Lead transaction monitoring optimization, including rule testing, threshold tuning, and new monitoring scenarios.
• Drive automation across FIU processes to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
• Evaluate and implement AI-enabled tools to enhance alert triage and SAR filing.
• Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Operations on integrations and tooling.
• Align monitoring frameworks with regulatory expectations with Compliance leadership.
• Design scalable FIU processes for expansion into new products and regions.

Skills

AML/Financial crime

Transaction monitoring

Rule design & tuning

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

AI/ML / LLM tools

Blockchain analytics

Vendor integrations

Regulatory expectations

Fintech/crypto experience

Education

ACAMS/CAMS-Audit/CFCS

Tools

Chainalysis

TRM Labs

Elliptic

Job description

Kraken is seeking an experienced AML/financial crime leader to oversee transaction monitoring optimization, automation, and regulatory alignment across a fast-growing fintech/crypto environment. You will design monitoring scenarios, tune thresholds, and drive innovative AI-enabled solutions with Product, Engineering, and Compliance leadership.

The role emphasizes collaboration across FIU, vendor integrations, and scaling controls for new products and geographic expansion, with an eye toward