Lead Careers at Anchorage Digital

Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the only federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.

The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn. 

The Member of Internal Audit, Deputy BSA/AML Lead will assist the AML Audit Lead in executing high quality BSA/AML and OFAC compliance program audits that meet the regulators’ expectations for the regulated entities of Anchorage Digital. This includes performing walkthroughs of business processes with various stakeholders, determining audit scope, evaluating design of business controls, testing for control effectiveness, documenting audit work performed, and drafting audit findings and management action plans with stakeholders.

Technical Skills:

• Execute high quality BSA/AML and OFAC audits in an efficient, autonomous manner.
• Assist the AML Audit Lead in managing the AML audit and reviewing audit workpapers.

Complexity and Impact of Work:

• Lead and assist in all phases of the BSA/AML/OFAC internal audits (planning, fieldwork, and reporting)
• Track audit findings and perform validation testing over completed audit and regulatory tasks.
• Define and prepare reporting metrics for senior stakeholders of Anchorage Digital Bank and the Audit Committee.

Organizational Knowledge:

• Collaborate across Internal Audit and adjacent teams to determine audit scope, identify risks and control gaps, and develop mitigating management action plans.
• Develop excellent relationships with stakeholders across the business, from AML Compliance to KYC Operations, and provide best practice guidance as a trusted control advisor to the business.

Communication and Influence:

• Draft, discuss, and present audit findings to respective stakeholders, liaising closely with the AML Compliance team and relevant First Line of Defense teams. 

You may be a fit for this role if you have:

• Strong experience executing internal audits for BSA/AML/OFAC compliance, BSA/AML/OFAC IT, and/or BSA/AML/OFAC model testing under minimal guidance.
• Knowledge of BSA/AML/OFAC audit or compliance assurance/testing at a financial institution.
• Ability to articulate audit findings and risk impact to the business stakeholders.
• Ability to coach junior members on the team and review their workpapers effectively.
• Ability to contribute to cross-functional goals, collaborating across Internal Audit and AML Compliance, to problem-solve and enhance teamwork.
• Ability to take ownership, work independently, and yet still be team-oriented
• Excellent written and verbal communication skill

Although not a requirement, bonus points if:

• CAMS or related certifications
• Experience working at or adjacent to a crypto-native company
• Experience performing global Financial Crimes audits
• You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)

The Anchorage Village, what we call our team, brings together the brightest minds from platform security, financial services, and distributed ledger technology to provide the building blocks that empower institutions to safely participate in  the evolving digital asset ecosystem. As a diverse team of more than 300 members, we are united in one common goal: building the future of finance by providing the foundation upon which value moves safely in the new global economy. 

Anchorage Digital is committed to being a welcoming and inclusive workplace for everyone, and we are intentional about making sure people feel respected, supported, and connected at work—regardless of who you are or where you come from. We value and celebrate our differences and we believe being open about who we are allows us to do the best work of our lives.

 

Anchorage Digital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or veteran status. Anchorage Digital considers qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with other legal requirements. “Anchorage Digital” refers to services that are offered either through Anchorage Digital Bank National Association, an OCC-chartered national trust bank, or Anchorage Lending CA, LLC a finance lender licensed by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, License No. 60DBO-11976, or Anchorage Digital Singapore Pte Ltd, a Singapore private limited company, all wholly-owned subsidiaries of Anchor Labs, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

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