CDD Compliance Associate – Special Projects – Kraken / Kraken Digital Asset Exchange / Kraken.com
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Kraken / Kraken Digital Asset Exchange / Kraken.com (201-500 Employees, 41% 2 Yr Employee Growth Rate)
21% 1-Year Employee Growth Rate | 41% 2-Year Employee Growth Rate | LinkedIn | $118.5M Venture Funding
What Is Employee Growth Rate & Why Is It Important?
As one of the largest and most trusted digital asset platforms globally, we are empowering people to experience the life-changing potential of crypto.
Trusted by over 8 million consumer and pro traders, institutions, and authorities worldwide – our unique combination of products, services, and global expertise is helping tip the scales towards mass crypto adoption.
But we’re only just getting started. We want to be pioneers in crypto and add value to the everyday lives of billions.
Kraken is backed by investors including, Money Partners Group, Hummingbird Ventures, Blockchain Capital, and Digital Currency Group, among others.
“We are empowering people to live simply, efficiently and more connected to others. We put our clients’ best interests first and foremost. They are at the heart of our company and drive everything we do. We believe in having a laser focus when pursuing our strategic goals and participate only in markets where we can make a significant contribution. We believe in complete transparency, deep collaboration and we never forget that people come first. Having this mindset allows us to grow and advance at a rate which others cannot.” Jesse Powell, CEO of Kraken
Did you know that Kraken is now over 2,500+ fully-remote people from around the world? And we’re hiring hundreds more in 2022 #werehiring #cryptocareers
Job Description
About KrakenAs one of the largest and most trusted digital asset platforms globally, we are empowering people to experience the life-changing potential of crypto. Trusted by over 8 million consumer and pro traders, institutions, and authorities worldwide – our unique combination of products, services, and global expertise is helping tip the scales towards mass crypto adoption. But we’re only just getting started. We want to be pioneers in crypto and add value to the everyday lives of billions. Now is not the time to sit on the sidelines. Join us to bring crypto to the world.About the RoleKraken is growing and as a result our compliance team comprised of talented and motivated individuals is rapidly expanding as well. We are looking for a capable compliance associate to join the team of motivated financial/technology professionals and work with our teams worldwide, and be part of the expert global compliance group.Kraken is looking for a CDD Compliance Associate – Special Projects; they should have the demonstrated ability to assess customer risk in escalated cases, communicate policy and procedures to various client engagement teams, proactively identify customer risk factors, and support management as appropriate.The ideal candidate will be self-motivated with a strong background in international compliance standards as well as international know your customer (KYC) requirements, customer onboarding, geographic and customer risk assessments. The candidate should have excellent oral and written communication skills and be able to communicate effectively between multiple teams in the organisation. They should be able to thrive in a fast-paced environment, and they are committed to the values of teamwork, integrity, and adaptability
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- Experience identifying, implementing, and executing Compliance Ops projects which could include development/review of procedures and SOPs; identify and lead remediation efforts with cross-functional coordination between Product, Data, Engineering, and Compliance teams; and focused on strategic initiatives
- Assist with facilitating strategic initiatives related to Global Compliance Ops, and Regional Kraken subsidiaries in the regulatory space
- Conduct research based on specific inquiries (e.g. product launches) and prepare Q&A documents specifically around Compliance readiness to support product launch, identification of impact to Compliance Ops teams, and understanding licensing implications
- Ensures timely completion of projects, and communicative of deliverables/achievable target dates with competing priorities
- Provide additional support to teams when capacity / bandwidth is heavyManage and track various communication channels and provide timely responses to all stakeholders.
- Identify trends and patterns dynamically that could have a noteworthy impact on our team’s efficiency and develop workflow efficiencies.
- Evaluate CDD exceptions and form a recommendation on a case-by case basis. Familiarise yourself with the inter-department responsibilities that require CDD’s input.
- Review referrals and escalation from other teams and departments.
- Perform due diligence checks on customers as required.
- Communicate effectively to coordinate cross-functional projects.
- Perform research in support of ad-hoc compliance projects (e.g. program procedures, regulatory inquiries for new products, and remediations)
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