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W Group

Global fintech ecosystem enabling blockchain adoption

Financial Monitoring Specialist

Financial Crime & AMLUpdated on Nov 10
Full-timeTürkiyeNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in finance, economics, banking, law, criminology, international relations, statistics, data analytics, or a related discipline is required.
  • At least 2 years of hands-on transaction-monitoring, anti-money laundering investigations, sanctions investigations, fraud investigations, or financial-crime experience is required.
  • Previous experience investigating crypto-exchange or on-chain activity, including wallet tracing and interpretation of transaction patterns, is required.
  • Working knowledge of Turkish anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing obligations, suspicious-activity indicators, customer risk, sanctions and politically exposed person controls, and confidentiality requirements is required.
  • Experience using transaction-monitoring, case-management, sanctions-screening, and blockchain-analytics tools is required.
  • Ability to combine know-your-customer/customer information, fiat activity, device/account links, blockchain data, and open-source information into a clear investigation narrative is required.
  • Strong analytical judgment to distinguish unusual activity from reasonably explained activity is required.
  • Strong documentation skills, attention to detail, and ability to work to risk-based service-level agreements are required.
  • Excel or Google Sheets proficiency is required.
  • Native Turkish and English proficiency at a minimum B2 level are required.

Responsibilities

  • Review transaction-monitoring alerts and investigate unusual or potentially suspicious fiat and cryptocurrency activity.
  • Analyze customer profiles, know-your-customer/customer due diligence/enhanced due diligence records, account behavior, counterparties, linked accounts and devices, and transaction history.
  • Use blockchain analytics to trace funds, identify exposure, and assess wallet or counterparty risk.
  • Review sanctions, politically exposed person, adverse-information, fraud, and Travel Rule indicators relevant to investigations.
  • Request additional information through approved internal processes where necessary, and assess the adequacy of explanations and supporting evidence.
  • Prepare clear, evidence-based case narratives and escalate suspicious or material activity to the Compliance Officer in line with internal procedures.
  • Maintain strict confidentiality and avoid unauthorized disclosure of investigations or suspicious-transaction processes.
  • Meet investigation service-level agreements and maintain complete case evidence and audit trails.
  • Participate in alert calibration, typology development, scenario tuning, and quality-review sessions.
  • Identify emerging local and cryptocurrency-specific financial-crime patterns and share actionable findings with Compliance and relevant control owners.
  • Support regulator, auditor, and authorized law-enforcement information requests through approved channels.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, or comparable blockchain-analytics tools is an advantage.
  • SQL or data-analysis experience is an advantage.

About the Company

W Group

Global fintech ecosystem enabling blockchain adoption

W Group is a global fintech ecosystem that combines banking, payments, and blockchain infrastructure to make crypto accessible. Its flagship product, WhiteBIT, is a European cryptocurrency exchange offering spot trading, margin markets, and perpetual futures with many trading pairs. The group also includes Whitepay for crypto payments, Whitechain (an EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain), Hash Bank (Georgia’s first fully digital bank), and PayUniCard (e-wallet with international VISA cards), plus ventures like White.market, The Coinomist, and ByHi. Revenue comes from exchange fees, crypto processing fees, and various financial services, and the goal is to accelerate the mass adoption of blockchain by delivering trusted, interconnected financial services to over 35 million users in 150 countries.

Company size
Not listed
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
$389.1M
Headquarters
Ukraine
Founded
2018

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