Crypto AML Investigator & Financial Monitoring

WhiteBIT Group; Turkey; On-site; TRY 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

14 business days of vacation

Public holidays off

Job summary

WhiteBIT Group is seeking a Financial Monitoring Specialist in Turkey to join our fintech team. You will review transaction-monitoring alerts, investigate unusual fiat and crypto activity, and analyze customer profiles using blockchain analytics to assess wallet and counterparty risk.

You will work with KYC/CDD/EDD records, sanctions/PEP controls, and maintain thorough case narratives while meeting SLAs and upholding strict confidentiality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, banking, law, criminology, international relations, statistics, data analytics or a related discipline.
• At least 2 years of hands-on transaction-monitoring, AML investigations, sanctions investigations or financial-crime experience.
• Experience investigating crypto exchange or on-chain activity, including wallet tracing and interpretation of transaction patterns.
• Working knowledge of Turkish AML/CFT obligations, suspicious-activity indicators, customer risk, sanctions/PEP controls and confidentiality requirements.
• Experience using transaction-monitoring, case-management, sanctions-screening and blockchain-analytics tools; Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic or comparable experience is an advantage.
• Ability to combine KYC/customer information, fiat activity, device/account links, blockchain data and open-source information into a clear investigation narrative.
• Strong analytical judgment and the ability to distinguish unusual activity from reasonably explained activity.
• Strong documentation skills, attention to detail and ability to work to risk-based SLAs.
• Excel/Google Sheets proficiency; SQL or data-analysis experience is an advantage.
• Turkish native and English at minimum B2.

Responsibilities

• Review transaction-monitoring alerts and investigate unusual or potentially suspicious fiat and crypto activity.
• Analyze customer profiles, KYC/CDD/EDD records, account behavior, counterparties, linked accounts/devices and transaction history.
• Use blockchain analytics to trace funds, identify exposure and assess wallet or counterparty risk.
• Review sanctions, PEP, adverse-information, fraud and Travel Rule indicators relevant to investigations.
• Request additional information through approved internal processes where necessary and assess the adequacy of explanations and supporting evidence.
• Prepare clear, evidence-based case narratives and elevate suspicious or material activity to the Compliance Officer in line with internal procedures.
• Maintain strict confidentiality and avoid unauthorized disclosure of investigations or suspicious-transaction processes.
• Meet investigation SLAs and maintain complete case evidence and audit trails.
• Participate in alert calibration, typology development, scenario tuning and quality-review sessions.
• Identify emerging local and crypto-specific financial-crime patterns and share actionable findings with Compliance and relevant control owners.
• Support regulator, auditor and authorized-law-enforcement information requests through approved channels.

Skills

AML investigations

Transaction monitoring

Blockchain analytics

KYC/CDD/EDD

Sanctions/PEP controls

Data analysis

SQL

Excel/Google Sheets

Turkish (native)

English (B2+)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in finance/economics/banking/law/criminology or related discipline

Tools

Chainalysis

TRM Labs

Elliptic

Job description

WhiteBIT Group is seeking a Financial Monitoring Specialist in Turkey to join our fintech team. You will review transaction-monitoring alerts, investigate unusual fiat and crypto activity, and analyze customer profiles using blockchain analytics to assess wallet and counterparty risk.

You will work with KYC/CDD/EDD records, sanctions/PEP controls, and maintain thorough case narratives while meeting SLAs and upholding strict confidentiality.