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Compliance, International Investigations Associate

Coinbase· Compliance / Financial Intelligence Unit
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Remote£55.6k - £61.8kfull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Senior Investigator in Coinbase’s Financial Intelligence Unit within Compliance (2LoD) focused on driving financial crime investigations across multiple jurisdictions, developing intelligence on typologies and risk patterns, and producing high-quality SAR/STR decisions and program improvements.

Responsibilities

  • 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.

Qualifications

  • 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.

Skills

Required:AML/CFT investigationsSAR/STR preparation and filingData-driven investigationReport writingInvestigation strategy and cross-functional collaboration
Nice to have:Generative AI usage

Benefits

  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision/ Eye Care Vouchers
  • Life Assurance Benefit
  • Disability/Income Protection
  • Workplace Pension Scheme
  • Travel Medical Policy - Global Traveler
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)
  • Wellness Stipend
  • Mobile/Internet Reimbursement
  • Learning and Development Allowance
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Fertility Benefits
  • Generous Time off/Leave Policy
Last updated Oct 15, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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Founded in June of 2012, Coinbase is a digital currency wallet and platform where merchants and consumers can transact with new digital currencies like bitcoin, ethereum, and litecoin. Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more intuitive to use.

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