FinCrime - Compliance - Crypto Investigations - Staff

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Job Description: Crypto Investigations Analyst (Staff)

Financial Crime Operations

The Compliance team at EY GDS partners with other EY offices across the globe to provide an array of compliance solutions to our clients. The team works on short to long term engagements to assist in establishing, maintaining, and reviewing the outputs of business functions and compliance programs.

Financial crime risks relating to anti-money laundering (AML), terrorist financing, anti-bribery controls, sanctions compliance and fraud are a high focus for regulated businesses and external scrutiny as regulation and practice continues to evolve. Responsible for developing and overseeing the financial crime and fraud prevention framework, designed to ensure client(s) are compliant, protected from risk and loss from financial crime.

The Opportunity

As a part of our Global Managed Services Delivery team, you will be working with EY offices across the globe to provide an array of compliance solutions to our clients. The team works on short to long term engagements to provide assistance in establishing, maintaining and reviewing the outputs of business functions and compliance programs.

Our Financial Crime Consulting team consists of hundreds of professionals who advise and drive change for the firm’s banking, capital markets, insurance, digital payments, crypto exchange, non-banking financial institutions and asset management clients on Financial Crime. Our Financial Crime Consulting team specializes in following competencies:

• Crypto Investigations
• Transaction monitoring
• Fraud Investigation
• SAR drafting
• Customer screening
• Payment screening filtering for Sanctions, PEPs and adverse media
• KYC Remediation
• Compliance testing and FATCA
• Financial crime risk assessment reviews 
• AI Tools & Automation

Key Responsibilities

As a Financial Crime Compliance Analyst, you will predominantly support the compliance team in the financial crime space. You will help businesses comply with financial crime regulations and adhere to relevant client(s) policies and procedures related to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing.

• Multi-tasker, learn on the job and work to meet strict deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• Devising process documentation and translating complex processes into easy-to-follow instructions
• Coordinating efforts with internal stakeholders as appropriate
• Work as a member of a team to ensure operational readiness of applications and processes required to conduct AML program requirements
• Seek to understand the overall process and objective before beginning to work on a task
• Escalate issues and problems, articulate clearly to leadership, onshore and client team
• Demonstrate integrity, respect and be able to work collaboratively with team members
• Apply AI tools and automation techniques to support financial crime compliance workstreams.

Proficiency in Crypto Fraud & Transaction Investigations:

• Investigate crypto transactions, including deposits, withdrawals, transfers, swaps, and cross-chain activity, to identify potential fraud and financial crime.
• Review customer profiles, wallet activity, and transaction patterns to detect suspicious behavior and assess fraud risk.
• Conduct end-to-end fraud investigations, document findings, and prepare case escalations and Suspicious Activity Reports where required.
• Perform blockchain analysis to trace fund flows and identify exposure to illicit actors, sanctioned entities, darknet markets, ransomware wallets, and other high-risk counterparties.
• Demonstrate knowledge of key crypto fraud typologies, including investment scams, account takeover, social engineering, money mule activity, and sanctions evasion.
• Understand risks associated with centralized exchanges, self-custody wallets, DeFi protocols, stablecoins, cross-border transfers, and privacy-enhancing technologies.
• Utilize blockchain analytics and investigative tools to support fraud detection, transaction tracing, and regulatory compliance efforts.
• Experience using blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, CipherTrace, or similar platforms is preferred.

Skills and Attributes for Success

• Time management skills to be able to manage deadlines effectively
• Exhibit analytical skills and attention to detail while maintaining a holistic view and logical thinking
• Demonstrate working knowledge of AI-enabled tools and technologies to improve research, analysis, investigation quality and operational efficiency.
• Proficiency in Generative AI and prompt engineering, with the ability to design effective prompts and leverage AI tools to enhance research, analysis, problem-solving, and operational efficiency.

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Bachelor's /Master’s degree in finance, accounting, economics, law, or a related field
• 1-3 years of work experience in Crypto Fraud & Transaction Investigations
• Demonstrated experience in a consulting role or within a large corporate environment, with a strong understanding of global Financial Crime Compliance practices
• Good understanding of SAR drafting and AML regulatory reporting.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex financial data
• Good understanding of banking industry, its products, and services
• Experience analysing financial/bank statements
• Experience in interpreting policy documents
• Willingness to work from office; 5 days a week
• Willingness to work on Indian Holidays as per client requirement
• Willingness to work in shifts, if required
• Willingness to travel, within the country and internationally as required
• Proficiency in transaction monitoring systems and other emerging AI capabilities and tools.

Ideally, you'll also have

• Good English communication skills - written as well as verbal
• Possess energy, enthusiasm, and the courage to lead
• PC Proficiency, including MS Office applications – Word, Excel, PowerPoint
• Ability to manage competing priorities and consistently deliver results within strict deadlines
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• The ability to work under pressure independently as well as collaboratively with the team

What working at EY offers

• Continuous learning: You'll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next
• Success as defined by you: We'll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way
• Transformative leadership: We'll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You'll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

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