Catena Labs
BSA Operations Manager
New York +1 · Remote · Manager · Full-time · Posted Aug 20, 2026
- Location
- New York
Remote - United States - Experience
- 7+ years.
About the job
Manages the Trust Bank’s day-to-day BSA/AML and sanctions operations, including onboarding, monitoring, investigations, reporting, and analyst-team growth.
What you'll do
- Own client onboarding, ongoing due diligence, transaction monitoring, and sanctions screening.
- Investigate suspicious activity; manage regulatory reporting, record-keeping, and management and Board reporting.
- Maintain funds-transfer and Travel Rule compliance, deliver training, and supervise the analyst team.
What they ask for
- 7+ years of hands-on BSA/AML/Sanctions experience at a bank, trust company, or regulated fintech, with direct ownership of CIP/CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, OFAC screening, and SAR investigation and filing.
- Strong command of the Bank Secrecy Act, FinCEN regulations, OFAC sanctions requirements, and funds-transfer and Travel Rule recordkeeping.
- Experience operating or tuning transaction monitoring and sanctions screening systems and managing alert and case workflows.
- Clear writing, examination-ready documentation, and strong investigative judgment.
Nice to have
- Digital-asset AML and sanctions experience, including familiarity with Chainalysis, TRM Labs, or Elliptic.
- Experience at a national trust bank or OCC-regulated institution; AI/ML systems implementation, relevant certification, or team-building experience.
Tools
Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic
AI focus
Preferred experience implementing systems that leverage AI and ML to improve quality and productivity in the function; the role is framed within AI-enabled financial services.
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