Compliance Financial Crimes Manager, AML & Transaction Monitoring
Overview
You will own the financial crime compliance program at Kalshi, building the transaction monitoring framework from the ground up. You will design alerting rules, investigate suspicious activity, and file SARs while strengthening AML and KYC controls. You will collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Payments teams to automate compliance workflows. This role combines strategic program building with hands-on execution, offering a path to independently lead AML operations as Kalshi expands internationally. You will work in a fast-growing startup where your decisions directly shape market integrity.
What You'll Do8
- 1Build and operate the transaction monitoring program, including alerting frameworks, investigation workflows, and escalation standards in AWS.
- 2Review and disposition transaction monitoring alerts, investigate suspicious activity, and coordinate SAR filings with the compliance team.
- 3Conduct KYC reviews and remediation, investigating customer risk indicators and resolving escalated onboarding issues.
- 4Own the OFAC sanctions rescreening process, maintaining regulator-ready documentation and audit trails.
- 5Perform retrospective reviews of transaction activity to identify patterns and reduce false positives using SQL.
- 6Support AML audits and regulatory examinations, partnering with banking and payment providers on diligence requests.
- 7Collaborate with Product and Engineering to improve automation in AML and KYC workflows.
- 8Develop metrics dashboards to measure alert volumes and investigation turnaround times.
Requirements8
- 17-10 years of experience in AML, KYC, fraud, or financial crimes compliance.
- 2Hands-on experience investigating and dispositioning transaction monitoring alerts with SAR filing expertise.
- 3Experience designing or improving AML policies, procedures, and controls in a regulated fintech or financial institution.
- 4Strong knowledge of KYC/CDD, OFAC screening, and financial crime typologies.
- 5Ability to operate in a high-volume environment while maintaining investigative rigor and attention to detail.
- 6Strong judgment to escalate suspicious activity without over-flagging or under-flagging.
- 7Comfortable writing procedures and working alerts directly, balancing program design with execution.
- 8CAMS certification is a plus.
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