FIU Analyst

Location: United States - Remote / New York - Hybrid Department: Compliance – Regulatory Compliance Workplace Type: Remote

Hi, we’re MoonPay. We’re here to onboard the world to the decentralized economy.

Why? Because crypto and blockchain aren’t just technologies—they’re tools for global financial empowerment. They give people control over their money, their digital assets, and their future, unlocking opportunities that traditional systems have kept out of reach.

What we do At MoonPay, we’re building the infrastructure that powers this new financial system. We make it easy for anyone, anywhere, to buy, sell, and trade crypto using everyday payment methods like cards, Apple Pay, PayPal, Revolut and Venmo. We provide simple tools to send, receive, and manage stablecoins, so anyone can participate in the crypto economy confidently.

Trusted by nearly 30 million customers and over 500 companies, our secure, enterprise-grade platform is driving mainstream crypto adoption worldwide.

We collaborate with innovative brands and projects to build secure, scalable solutions for a blockchain-powered future. And we’re committed to doing it right—fully licensed in the U.S. and regulated across the UK, EU, Canada, and Australia—because trust and compliance are non-negotiable.

But we’re just getting started. We’ve launched a consumer app that makes crypto accessible, intuitive, and usable for everyone, and it’s growing fast. We’re iterating every day to make it the best it can be.

If you believe financial freedom should be for everyone—if you believe in building a fairer, more open financial system—we want you with us. To build systems that benefit all, we need contributions from all, regardless of background.

Come build the future of payments and the decentralized economy with MoonPay. Let’s make financial freedom and autonomy the new normal.

1. About the Opportunity

Introduction to the team: The Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is responsible for safeguarding the MoonPay platform against financial crime and money laundering activities. Leveraging advanced analytics and blockchain tracing tools, it collects and analyses huge volumes of data to identify potentially suspicious activities. The team collaborates with regulatory bodies, preparing & submitting Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and sharing intelligence to combat financial crime.

The FIU Analyst will directly support the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) to ensure the business operates in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements and all Group standards relating to anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing.

This role will be responsible to conduct transaction monitoring reviews to ensure efficient monitoring and detection of potential money laundering, terrorist financing, or illicit activities and escalate such activity for additional review. In addition, this role will work independently and closely with the FIU Director and Sr FIU Director, Regional Lead, Team Lead, and/or applicable Head of Compliance in international operational jurisdictions to ensure that all AML related matters are addressed in a timely fashion and in accordance with MoonPay's Compliance policies and procedures.

2. What you will do

• Utilize the transaction monitoring and/or blockchain analytics solutions to independently analyze and assess activity or patterns of activity that do not commensurate with the customer’s profile or expected behaviour.
• Review blockchain wallet screening as well as KYT alerts and/or investigations to include on-chain activity to determine if the customer activity presents risk indicators.
• Independently conduct open source searches as applicable to the relevant customer(s), counterparties, and/or transactional activity.
• Analyze transactional activity, along with information collected through internal systems, blockchain screening tools, and open sources and use sound judgment, decision-making skills in making reasonable and well supported alert dispositions with adequate conclusions.
• Prepare clear and concise alert and/or case dispositions of potential suspicious activity detected for a Suspicious Matter Report (SMR) consideration.
• May be required to draft Suspicious Matter Reports (SMRs).
• Discuss potentially unusual findings with the Team Lead, Sr FIU Manager, Head of FIU, and/or appropriate Head of Compliance to determine the proper course of action.
• Ensure that transaction monitoring alerts, case investigations and SMRs are completed/submitted within the established deadlines and SLAs.

3. About You

• Previous working experience in Financial Crime/Compliance analytical / investigations role(s), for at least 2 years, preferably in TM/FIU.
• ACAMS / ACFCS or ICA accreditation.
• Experience with blockchain analytics solutions (Chainalysis, TRM, Elliptic, CipherTrace, Scorechain).
• Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to handle shifting priorities and thrive in a dynamic environment.
• Comfortable to work independently and upskill on new tools and technology.
• Team player with good communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to different audiences.
• Fluent in English.

Bonus points for:

• Prior experience working in a fast-paced fintech/cryptocurrency company.
• Blockchain analytics solution certifications (Chainalysis, TRM, Elliptic, CipherTrace, Scorechain).
• Proactive, “can-do”, collaborative approach.
• Solution orientated.
• Ability to demonstrate a practical approach to alert processing / analysis.
• Ability to feed rule / investigation output back into AML Programme.
• Interested in cryptocurrency, blockchain and financial crime detection.

4. What you will be working with/on…

You will be at the forefront of safeguarding MoonPay against financial crime. In this role, you'll be working with cutting-edge blockchain analytics and transaction monitoring tools to detect and investigate suspicious activity, playing a critical part in our mission to build a secure and compliant financial ecosystem.