Compliance, International Investigations Associate

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 74,000 - 82,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Senior Investigator for its Financial Intelligence Unit within Compliance (2LoD). You will drive complex AML/CFT investigations across multiple jurisdictions, turning data into actionable intelligence and SAR/STR decisions.

Collaborate with MLROs, local compliance teams, and cross-functional partners to protect customers from financial crime. This role emphasizes investigative judgment, structured reporting, and responsible use of AI to enhance

Qualifications

• 4+ years conducting and reviewing complex crypto financial crime investigations across products (retail transfers, spot trading, derivatives).
• Experience preparing, reviewing and filing SARs/STRs with multi-jurisdictional obligations.
• Ability to perform data-driven investigations using SQL and blockchain analytics to derive actionable insights.
• Strong ability to produce clear, structured long-form reports for technical and leadership audiences.
• Experience identifying typologies and turning findings into program improvements.
• Uses generative AI responsibly with human oversight to improve workflow quality and efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end investigations into complex AML/CFT matters across multiple jurisdictions.
• Review and file SARs/STRs ensuring regulatory defensibility.
• Lead proactive investigations using on-chain activity and OSINT to identify high-risk patterns.
• Develop actionable intelligence to inform regulatory reporting and control enhancements.
• Collaborate with MLROs, compliance teams, and operations on high-risk matters and strategy.
• Coordinate with law enforcement on information requests and intelligence sharing.
• Support investigation quality through case review and policy training.

Skills

Crypto investigations

SAR/STR filings

SQL

Blockchain analytics

Investigation reporting

AI in investigations

Tools

Blockchain analytics tools

Job description

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? Atthe company, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it’s a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. the company is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called “surges.”learn more about working at the company.

As a Senior Investigator in the company’s Financial Intelligence Unit within Compliance (2LoD), you’ll help drive the company’s financial crime investigations capability across multiple jurisdictions. This team leads complex reactive and proactive investigations, develops intelligence on emerging typologies and risk patterns, and translates investigative insights into high-quality SAR/STR decisions, escalations and programme improvements. You’ll work on high-impact matters across the company’s global platform, partnering closely with MLROs, local compliance teams, operations teams and cross functional stakeholders to protect the company and its customers from financial crime.

What you’ll do:

• Own end-to-end investigations into complex AML/CFT matters, from alert review or referral, through case development, disposition and SAR/STR submission to relevant FIUs.
• Conduct delegated MLRO reviews of Suspicious Transaction Reports and Suspicious Activity Reports prior to filing, ensuring accuracy, quality and regulatory defensibility.
• Lead proactive investigations, using transaction data, on-chain activity, trading behaviour and cross functional intelligence and OSINT to identify emerging typologies, threat patterns and high-risk activity.
• Develop actionable intelligence from casework and analytics to inform escalations, regulatory reporting, control enhancements and improvements to detection and investigation workflows.
• Partner internally with Country MLROs, local compliance teams, operations teams and other stakeholders on high-risk matters, information sharing and investigation strategy.
• Partner with law enforcement agencies and external stakeholders on suspicious activity reporting, information requests, and intelligence sharing.
• Support investigation quality through case review, structured feedback and contributions to policies, procedures, training and programme maturity.

Required Skills and Experience:

• 4+ years conducting and reviewing complex crypto financial crime investigations including experience across a range of products such as retail and institutional transfers, spot trading and derivatives.
• Experience preparing, reviewing and filing SARs/STRs with strong understanding of multi-jurisdiction AML/CTF regulatory obligations and reporting expectations.
• Demonstrated ability to perform data-driven investigations using SQL, blockchain analytics tools and other research techniques to extract investigative insights, identify suspicious behaviour and develop defensible conclusions.
• Strong investigative judgement and the ability to produce clear, structured long-form reports tailored to technical, compliance, leadership, and cross-functional audiences.
• Experience identifying financial crime typologies, contributing to proactive investigations and turning investigative findings into programme or control improvements.
• Utilises generative AI responsibly, maintaining human oversight to deliver business-ready outputs and drive measurable improvements in workflow efficiency, cost, and quality.

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Pay Transparency Notice:

The target annual base salary for this position can range as detailed below. Total compensation mayalso include equity and bonus eligibility and benefits (including medical, dental, and vision).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):

£55,620—£61,800 GBP

• *Application Limit:*Candidates may submit a maximum of 3 applications within a 6-month period.
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