Compliance and Aml Operations Officer

Since being founded in 2018, Copper has been building the standard for institutional digital asset infrastructure with a focus on custody, collateral management, and prime services.

Built on top of this state-of-the-art custody, ClearLoop is the first solution in the market that overcomes a growing industry challenge; counterparty risk with exchanges. This solution underpins a full prime services offering, connecting global exchanges, and enabling customers to trade and settle directly from the safety of their MPC-secured wallets. By reducing settlement time for transfers to a few milliseconds (without blockchain network dependency) and offering enhanced security measures, ClearLoop is rapidly reshaping the way asset managers trade and manage capital.

In addition to industry-leading security certifications, Copper has one of the strongest insurance coverages in the industry from an A+ rated insurer, positioning the firm as the partner of choice for institutions seeking to safeguard their assets.

**Department environment**
- The Compliance team is a collaborative and high energy group of smart, driven and intellectually curious professionals.
- We take our work but not ourselves incredibly seriously, tackling novel issues and supporting the business with focus, precision, and relentless good humour. We know and support each other deeply as professionals and humans.
- We proudly hold a range of passports and qualifications and speak as many languages as we have team members - diversity on all levels is deeply valued.

**The role of a Compliance & AML Operations Officer for Copper**
- In this role you will play a pivotal role in ensuring that Copper operates within regulatory guidelines and internal policies. You will be responsible for managing and dispositioning Alerts and Cases for Copper across a number of disciplines.
- You will be responsible for investigating alerts and cases presenting comprehensive case files and recommendations to the Nominated Officer/Director of Regulatory Compliance where there are grounds to suspect illicit conduct and potential requirement for external reporting
- You will be part of a function providing 24hr cover with resources across four regional locations conducting investigations locally and globally covering services provided across the group.
- This is a cross-disciplinary role for which each team member will be required to develop a level of competence in each of the following:

- Transaction Monitoring - covering both Fiat and Crypto transactions
- Trade Surveillance Monitoring
- Communication Surveillance Monitoring
- Personal Account Dealing Monitoring
- Travel Rule verifications and Sanctions Monitoring
- Fraudulent Activity Assessment
- Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) Reviews

**Key Responsibilities of the role**
- Manage transaction alerts generated for fiat and crypto transactions for the Group.
- Reviewing payment activity on a periodic and ad hoc basis. Initiating remedial checks where deemed necessary.
- Conduct trade surveillance to detect market abuse or irregular trading patterns.
- Monitor and assess communication surveillance alerts for potential misconduct.
- Monitor Personal accounts (wallets) of employees for unauthorised/approved trading.
- Respond to and manage Travel Rule requests in accordance with regulatory expectations.
- Conduct sanction/PEP screening and investigate potential hits.
- Investigate potential fraudulent activities and escalate as appropriate.
- Review internal instances of Anti-Bribery and Corruption concerns and support remediation efforts.
- Build an understanding of customer profiles highlighted through Compliance and AML alerting and dashboards.
- Write Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and Suspicious Trade Order Reports (STORs) ensuring robust case documentation for reporting
- Monitor AML trends and news to identify high-risk areas, counterparties, or keywords for filter/rule updates.
- Assist with the preparation of departmental Management Information (MI) reports.

**Your experience, skills and knowledge**
- 3-5 years of experience in at least one discipline: Transaction Monitoring Trade Surveillance or Communication Surveillance.
- Working knowledge of different Transaction and/or Trade Surveillance Monitoring solutions, either Fiat or Digital Asset.
- Experience in rule tuning and validation - above / below the line testing.
- Broad knowledge of AML and criminal typologies that represent ‘predicate’ offences for applicable reporting obligations.
- Ability to assess and investigate Fraudulent Activities, including transaction anomalies and behavioural red flags.
- Strong communication skills, comfortable dealing directly with the clients and internal stakeholders at all levels.
- Excellent analytical skills and proven ability to work in a concise and methodical manner.
- Ability to work independently on projects as required and communicate results effectively throughout the company.
- Strong research skills, advance