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Bring your Expertise to JPMorgan Chase.  As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks, and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class.

As a senior investigator in Global Financial Crimes Compliance - Digital Asset Intelligence Operations, you are responsible for detecting, investigating, and mitigating money laundering and terrorist financing (ML/TF) risks across both fiat and digital assets. You address emerging typologies, evolving technologies, and unique risks with a particular focus on blockchain-based products, platforms, and customer and entity types across global markets.

Job Responsibilities

• Leverage strong knowledge of banking systems and AML/financial crime typologies across fiat and virtual currencies; be a self-starter who can operate amid ambiguity and use blockchain analytics tools to dissect large volumes of unstructured and on-chain data to identify, investigate, and resolve potential ML/TF activity.
• Lead and conduct investigations globally using blockchain analytics and forensic tools (e.g., Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM Labs) alongside traditional AML platforms; draft clear investigative narratives, resolve cases, and escalate significant matters.
• Prepare and file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) accurately and on time in accordance with FinCEN, BSA/AML, and sanctions standards.
• Independently manage your case inventory and prioritize tasks to meet departmental objectives and service-level expectations.
• Contribute to digital-asset investigation processes; facilitate workshops and training sessions to drive awareness of digital assets and associated financial crime risks; provide actionable insights to enhance risk strategy and controls.
• Identify and acquire relevant customer, transaction, exchange/VASP, and on-chain data across platforms to assess suspicious and high-risk activity; ensure appropriate data governance and controls.
• Demonstrate strong teamwork and investigative skills; engage and present intelligence findings and recommendations to GFCC management, senior representatives across lines of business, and the firm’s Legal, Audit, and Risk departments; coordinate investigative activities within GFCC and across regions and functions.
• Share appropriate information with external partners and law enforcement in alignment with policy and legal requirements; support responses to regulatory inquiries and exams.
• Contribute to process improvements that scale globally, including case triage, risk-based prioritization, alert tuning, and typology iteration for digital assets and fiat.

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• 3+ years of financial crime investigations or AML compliance experience, including SAR preparation and filing; at least 1 year focused on digital-asset investigations or compliance.
• Proven experience in financial crime investigations, with a focus on digital assets, cryptocurrencies, and blockchain technology.
• Hands-on experience using blockchain analytics tools (e.g., Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM Labs) to identify, trace, and assess suspicious activity; experience with digital-asset transaction monitoring and wallet/VASP screening.
• Experience and/or knowledge of tokenization, DeFi platforms, stablecoins, smart contracts, and other emerging digital-asset technologies.
• Deep understanding of risk typologies and digital-asset typologies, regulatory requirements, and the ability to assess and prioritize risks effectively, with specialization in cryptocurrency trends and typologies.
• Ability to clearly articulate findings, recommendations, and complex concepts to stakeholders at all levels.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills, including managing case queues and fulfilling responsibilities.
• Keen attention to detail and the ability to independently prioritize and manage multiple tasks.
• Experience working with law enforcement, regulatory agencies, or industry consortia on digital-asset investigations.

Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Experience in risk, AML detection, cryptocurrency investigations, or blockchain analysis is strongly preferred.
• Professional certifications in digital assets or financial crime, such as Certified Blockchain Expert, or certifications from blockchain analytics platforms (e.g., Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic).
• CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist), CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner), or CFCS (Certified Financial Crime Specialist).
• Proficiency with AML software and transaction monitoring platforms (e.g., Actimize, Mantas).
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint), with advanced Excel skills.
• Familiarity with emerging financial crime trends and digital-asset products (e.g., digital tokens and tokenized assets), including typologies such as trade-based money laundering and cyber-enabled laundering.