Compliance Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Brazil.

📋 Description

• Evaluate and make determinations on KYC and identity verification cases across various regions, which includes document verification, liveness assessments, and data cross-checking.

• Independently assess ambiguous and high-risk cases and escalate relevant cases with well-defined recommendations.

• Identify and respond to forgery, document manipulation, synthetic identity, stolen identity, and impersonation methods.

• Perform and resolve sanctions screening, PEP checks, and adverse media reviews.

• Clear false positives and escalate authentic matches within the AML framework.

• Consistently apply AML and risk frameworks while documenting disposition rationales for auditing purposes.

• Review completed verification cases for accuracy, errors, policy deviations, and root causes.

• Facilitate and participate in calibration sessions, monitor accuracy and error trends, and provide feedback to reviewers.

• Transform QA findings into policy updates, process improvements, and targeted training, while assessing their effectiveness.

• Highlight emerging fraud trends and control deficiencies to policy and operations leadership with actionable recommendations.

• Enhance verification playbooks, decision trees, and documentation standards.

• Draft clear case documentation and guidance for reviewers.

• Collaborate remotely across time zones with talented individuals and stakeholders globally.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of experience in KYC, AML, identity verification, trust and safety, or fraud operations.

• Strong practical knowledge of document verification and identity fraud techniques across multiple regions.

• Proficient understanding of sanctions screening, PEP checks, and AML frameworks.

• Background in KYC quality assurance, including auditing verification cases, sampling decisions, identifying errors or policy deviations, and providing feedback to reviewers.

• Familiarity with QA frameworks and metrics, including accuracy scores, error categorization, calibration sessions, and root cause analysis.

• Ability to translate QA findings into process or training enhancements.

• Experience with KYC/IDV platforms such as Onfido, Jumio, Persona, Sumsub, Veriff, or comparable systems.

• Proficient with screening tools such as World-Check, ComplyAdvantage, or LexisNexis.

• Excellent judgment, meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to make independent decisions on ambiguous cases.

• Strong written communication skills for case documentation and effective engagement with diverse talent.

• Comfortable working in a dynamic, high-volume, remote environment.

• Relevant certifications such as CAMS, CFE, or equivalent AML/fraud credentials are preferred.

• Experience in building or scaling a KYC/QA function is advantageous.

• Familiarity with GDPR and similar global identity and data privacy regulations, as well as right-to-work or contractor-eligibility verification, is preferred.

• Comfort in working with data, dashboards, samples, and quantifying fraud and quality trends is an advantage.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote-first and globally distributed work arrangement.

• Opportunity to work at the cutting edge of AI alongside leading AI laboratories.

• Chance to contribute to pioneering AI research and present work at ICLR, ICML, and NeurIPS.

• Opportunity to apply cutting-edge AI innovations to enterprise business challenges.

• Collaboration and learning opportunities with exceptional colleagues from top technology firms.

• Fast-paced startup environment emphasizing speed, ownership, and impact.