[Hiring] KYC Analyst @Bitcoin.com

Role Description

Bitcoin.com is seeking a KYC Analyst to join our Compliance team. This is a hands-on role for someone who wants to work at the front line of our financial-crime programme, reviewing customer onboarding, resolving KYC escalations, and helping keep our risk and screening processes sharp as we scale across jurisdictions.

• The KYC Analyst will sit within the Compliance function, supporting the Compliance Officer and Deputy Compliance Officer on day-to-day KYC/KYB operations.
• You'll be the first line of review for onboarding and ongoing due diligence, flagging higher-risk cases for escalation and helping maintain a clean, well-documented CDD/EDD process.
• This role suits someone detail-oriented, comfortable with ambiguity, and ready to grow into more senior compliance responsibility.

Key Focus Areas and Key Responsibilities

• Conduct KYC/CDD reviews on new and existing customers, including identity verification, document checks, and customer risk-rating in line with the risk framework.
• Assist in KYB and UBO verification for corporate/partner onboarding if required.
• Disposition PEP, sanctions and adverse-media screening alerts; document rationale for true/false-positive decisions and escalate confirmed or ambiguous hits to the AML Manager.
• Conduct first-line transaction monitoring alert reviews and basic source-of-funds checks; flag activity that may warrant EDD or a SAR/STR recommendation.
• Monitor transaction alerts and support investigations into unusual activity.
• Maintain accurate, audit-ready case files and escalate potential SAR/STR triggers to the Deputy Compliance Officer.
• Support periodic reviews, remediation exercises, and licensing-related data requests (MiCA/EMI).
• Help maintain and improve internal KYC procedures, checklists, and training materials.
• Handle KYC-related customer queries and RFIs (requests for information) professionally and within SLA.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years in KYC/AML, screening operations, or fraud/financial-crime. Experience within fintech, crypto, payments, or iGaming background welcome.
• Working knowledge of KYC/CDD/EDD processes: PEP/sanctions/adverse-media screening, and customer risk factors.
• Ability to write clear, concise alert dispositions and escalation notes in English.
• Comfortable using IDV/screening platforms and case-management tools.
• Careful, consistent, detail-oriented.
• Comfortable following procedures in a fast-changing, scale-up environment.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment and escalate appropriately in ambiguous situations.
• GDPR awareness.
• Strong professional English, written and verbal.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience with IDV/screening platforms (Sumsub, Onfido, World-Check, ComplyAdvantage, OpenSanctions).
• Exposure to blockchain analytics tools (Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM).
• Awareness of the AML framework (AMLD/AMLR), MiCA, Travel Rule.
• Experience with UBO identification / corporate KYB.
• ACAMS Associate, ICA Certificate in AML, or willingness to pursue certification.
• General crypto and blockchain domain knowledge.