Our company

  • BCB Group — regulated payment and trading services in crypto and fiat; serving crypto exchanges, liquidity providers, market makers, investment firms, custodians, payment processors and wallet providers; offers 40+ fiat and cryptocurrencies, 24/7 instant payments via BLINC, Client Console and API; regulated in UK/France and FINTRAC in Canada.

Your position

  • Transaction Monitoring Lead — own the fiat and crypto transaction monitoring function across the group; lead a team of 10+ analysts; set standards, refine rules, automate processes; manage alert triage, investigations, escalations, case management and closure with SLAs; ensure complete product/entity/payment flow data feeds; oversee outsourced review capacity; decisions to escalate ISARs to MLRO and support SAR/STR filings; build data-led, documented, automated monitoring; collaborate with Compliance, Onboarding, Fraud, Product, Engineering and Data; represent TM in governance forums; report to Head of Financial Crime Operations.

Requirements

  • Five+ years in transaction monitoring or financial crime investigations; at least two in a lead/management role
  • Experience in payments, e-money, banking or crypto; experience across fiat and crypto preferred
  • Track record of improving a monitoring function (rule sets rebuilt, backlogs cleared, processes automated) with measurable results
  • Experience in workforce/capacity planning, QA/QC frameworks and managing operational SLAs; oversight of outsourced review capacity
  • Hands-on rule design, threshold calibration and effectiveness testing

Compensation & benefits

  • UK AML/MLR, JMLSG, sanctions regimes (UK/EU/OFAC/UN) and PEP screening knowledge; some EU exposure; TRACFIN/FINTRAC or FIU reporting regimes experience (advantageous for FR/Canada/UAE/Switzerland)
  • Data querying ability; SQL or Python a plus
  • Blockchain analytics tools experience (Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM)
  • Clear and precise written English; well-documented case notes, SOPs and MI
  • Real ownership with direct access to senior leadership and no barriers to stakeholder engagement; hybrid working with London office minimum 1 day/week