Compliance Associate

HIFI; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HIFI is seeking a Compliance Associate to join our in-person team in New York, focusing on KYC/KYB reviews, day-to-day BSA/AML operations, transaction monitoring, and sanctions screening across fiat and on-chain flows.

You will work closely with product and engineering to translate regulatory requirements into onboarding flows, monitoring rules, and system controls, while supporting audits and regulatory examinations. This is a hands-on role in a high-growth, fintech environment.

Qualifications

• 1-4 years experience in BSA/AML, KYC/KYB, or financial crimes compliance
• Hands-on experience with transaction monitoring and alert investigations
• Experience drafting or supporting SAR filings
• Knowledge of OFAC sanctions screening and wallet address screening
• Familiarity with blockchain analytics tools (Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic)
• Ability to translate regulatory requirements into concrete rules and workflows
• Interest in building a compliance function at a high-growth company
• Comfort working with product and engineering on onboarding flows and controls

Responsibilities

• Conduct KYC/KYB due diligence and onboarding reviews for institutional clients
• Monitor fiat and stablecoin transactions; investigate alerts and support SARs
• Perform sanctions screening on clients and blockchain addresses
• Support day-to-day operations of the BSA/AML program
• Respond to due diligence requests, audits, and information requests
• Update compliance policies and documentation as regulations evolve
• Collaborate with product and engineering to translate requirements into system features
• Maintain accurate compliance records and reporting as volume grows

Skills

KYC/KYB

BSA/AML

Transaction monitoring

SAR filings

OFAC screening

Documentation

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory translation

Tools

Chainalysis

TRM Labs

Elliptic

Job description

HIFI is a stablecoin infrastructure company building technology for the next-generation of financial products. We build developer tools that allow value to be programmed—with rules, behavior, and logic embedded directly at the asset level. Institutions and enterprises already use our platform and API's to move billions of dollars in production environments around the world. But we view this as the beginning rather than the end.

Founded in 2022, our organization is flat and our team is talent dense. We are in person at our office in Flatiron and are intentional about who we work with. We've raised $37 million from world-class investors and recently closed a Series A lead by Left Lane Capital.

About the Team

HIFI's compliance team is what makes it possible for banks, fintechs, and institutions to move money on stablecoin rails with confidence. The team owns the BSA/AML program, sanctions controls, and client onboarding that every partnership and every dollar of volume depends on. As stablecoin regulation takes shape this role helps HIFI scales from an early-stage startup into a long-term, category-defining platform, this team will set the standard for how compliance is built into institutional stablecoin infrastructure, as a core part of the product rather than an add-on.

Compliance Associate works at the center of that effort. You'll run day-to-day KYC/KYB reviews, transaction monitoring, and sanctions screening across both fiat and on-chain flows, and you'll be the one answering diligence requests from banking partners and examiners. This is a hands-on role with real scope: you'll work directly with product and engineering to turn regulatory requirements into onboarding flows and monitoring rules, and you'll help shape the policies and tooling that let HIFI's compliance function scale alongside transaction volume.

Responsibilities

• Conduct KYC/KYB due diligence and onboarding reviews for institutional clients, fintechs, and financial institutions using HIFI's stablecoin rails.
• Monitor transactions across fiat and stablecoin flows; investigate alerts, elevate unusual activity, and support SAR preparation and filing.
• Perform sanctions screening (OFAC and other applicable lists) on clients, counterparties, and blockchain wallet addresses, and resolve potential matches.
• Support the day-to-day operation of HIFI's BSA/AML program, including risk assessments, enhanced due diligence, and periodic client reviews.
• Respond to due diligence requests, audits, and information requests from banking partners, regulators, and external examiners.
• Help maintain and update compliance policies, procedures, and documentation as regulatory requirements evolve, including stablecoin-specific rules under the GENIUS Act.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to translate regulatory requirements into onboarding flows, monitoring rules, and system controls.
• Maintain accurate compliance records and reporting, and contribute to continuous improvement of compliance tooling and processes as transaction volume grows.

You might be a fit if

• 1-4 years of experience in BSA/AML, KYC/KYB, or financial crimes compliance, ideally at a fintech, payments company, bank, or crypto firm
• Hands-on experience with transaction monitoring, alert investigations, and drafting or supporting SAR filings
• Working knowledge of OFAC sanctions screening and the realities of resolving potential matches, including for blockchain wallet addresses
• Familiarity with blockchain analytics tools (e.g., Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic) and how stablecoin flows differ from traditional fiat rails
• Comfortable fielding diligence requests from banking partners, auditors, or examiners and producing clean, well-organized documentation under deadline
• Able to translate regulatory requirements into concrete rules and workflows, and enjoy working with product and engineering to build them into the system
• Following stablecoin regulation closely, including the GENIUS Act, and energized by helping define what compliance looks like in a new category
• Detail-oriented and sound in judgment, trusted with sensitive client information and escalation decisions
• You want to help build a compliance function from the ground up at a high-growth company, not maintain a mature program inside a large institution

Why This Role Matters

Every institution that moves money on HIFI's rails is trusting that the compliance behind them is airtight. This is a chance to build that trust from the ground up at a stablecoin payments infrastructure company as it scales, and to help set the standard for how compliance works in a category regulators are defining right now.

Additional Requirement

Must be within a commutable distance from our office and able to work in person most days of the week.

Equal Opportunity Statement

HIFI is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected status. We also provide reasonable accommodations during the hiring process.