Senior KYC Compliance Lead

Paxos; Oregon; Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Paxos is seeking a Senior Compliance Associate, KYC, to join our Compliance team. You will help onboard customers, perform ongoing due diligence, and conduct enhanced reviews for both individuals and institutions. You will work with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to resolve KYC challenges and ensure robust, scalable processes.

You will document risk-based decisions, escalate where needed, and mentor junior analysts while strengthening KYC controls and procedures across the organization.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of US KYC requirements (CDD/EDD, customer risk rating, ongoing due diligence).
• Experience performing KYC reviews and documenting risk-based decisions.

Responsibilities

• Independently perform KYC onboarding, ongoing due diligence, and enhanced due diligence reviews.
• Assess complex customer information and document decisions with analysis and next steps.
• Support junior analysts with guidance and feedback.
• Contribute to KYC procedures and operational guidance.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Data, and business teams to resolve KYC challenges.
• Communicate with enterprise partners and clients to clarify requirements.
• Identify control gaps and assist remediation and audits.

Skills

KYC knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Risk assessment

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Paxos is seeking a Senior Compliance Associate, KYC, to join our Compliance team. You will help onboard customers, perform ongoing due diligence, and conduct enhanced reviews for both individuals and institutions. You will work with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to resolve KYC challenges and ensure robust, scalable processes.

You will document risk-based decisions, escalate where needed, and mentor junior analysts while strengthening KYC controls and procedures across the organization.