KYC Operations Associate

Better Tomorrow Ventures; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

AngelList is hiring a KYC Operations Associate to own the standard for investor verification across the platform. You’ll manage the queue, serve as SME, and push product and policy improvements with engineering and compliance.

This is a full-time role reporting to an Operations Manager on the banking operations team. Ideal candidates bring 3+ years in KYC/AML operations, a precise, independent working style, and comfort with high-volume, audit-ready decisions.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in KYC/AML operations, with CIP, CDD/EDD, beneficial ownership, and sanctions/PEP screening.
• Precise by default; handles sensitive data and real money, catching own errors.
• Capable of high-volume queue with audit-ready decisions.
• Independent with broad scope; does not need a fixed lane.
• Open to automation and AI-driven improvements.

Responsibilities

• Run KYC/KYB/CDD reviews end to end, verifying identity, ownership, and sanctions/PEP screening within SLA.
• Make hard calls on elevated cases and document decisions so auditors can reconstruct them.
• Serve as a consistent, reliable KYC resource for internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Design and ship system improvements with engineering, adapting to policy changes.
• Build agents and automations to handle real KYC volume and contribute to architecture.

Skills

KYC/AML operations

Auditable decisions

Automation mindset

Job description

About the role:

Every dollar that moves through AngelList starts with a verified investor. KYC is not a back-office checkbox here; it sits on the critical path of every close, and it has to be fast enough that investors feel no friction and rigorous enough to defend to an auditor. We're hiring a KYC Operations Associate to help own that standard.

This is not your typical KYC analyst role. You're joining as an operator at a technology company with broad scope: you'll work the queue alongside the team, serve as the subject matter expert others rely on, and push improvements upstream, partnering with engineering on product changes and with compliance on policy. The tools you use today may be completely different tomorrow, and you'll help drive that change rather than absorb it.

This is a full-time role reporting to an Operations Manager on our banking operations team. It suits someone who is high ownership, precise by default, operates independently, and wants to become the kind of KYC/AML expert this industry has few of.

Responsibilities:

• Run KYC/KYB/CDD reviews end to end. Verify individual and entity investors, including identity, beneficial ownership, and sanctions/PEP/adverse media screening, accurately and within SLA, through volume spikes.
• Make the hard calls. Disposition screening hits and layered ownership structures, elevate cases needing enhanced due diligence, and document every decision well enough that an auditor could reconstruct it.
• Be the expert. Serve as a consistent, reliable KYC resource for internal teams and external stakeholders, with answers people can build on.
• Fix the system. Turn queue pain points into shipped product improvements with engineering and adapt to compliance policy changes.
• Design the system that replaces the queue. Build agents and automations against real KYC volume, watch where they fail, and iterate. You'll be expected to contribute to architecting this, not adopting it.

You may be a good fit if you:

• have 3+ years in KYC/AML operations, customer due diligence, or financial compliance at a fintech, bank, or fund administrator, with working fluency in CIP, CDD/EDD, beneficial ownership, and sanctions/PEP screening
• are precise by default; mistakes in this work touch sensitive data and real money, and you catch your own before anyone else has to
• can work a high-volume queue without your accuracy eroding, and write decisions an auditor could follow
• operate independently with broad scope, and don't need a fully defined lane to be effective
• are energized rather than unsettled when the tools change under you
• you reach for automation before you reach for a checklist and you have a point of view on how AI changes this work.

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