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Senior Technology Analyst, Global Compliance Technology

Ripple
On-site
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

THE WORK:

Ripple is growing and its Global Compliance team and seeks to hire a Senior Technology Analyst to support the development and maintenance of innovative financial crime compliance technology solutions and data architecture. This position will work with the Senior Manager, Global Compliance Technology.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

  • Assist in the development, implementation and enhancements to all critical Compliance controls and systems, including transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and Know Your Customer (KYC)
  • Lead the compliance tools/ systems testing efforts including building test plans and leading testing activities for high priority initiatives including new product, market and feature launches, and changes or issues
  • Facilitate the transaction monitoring, sanctions screening and customer risk rating model management and handle the tuning, optimization and validation activities on an ongoing basis
  • Coordinate with Compliance leadership to understand business requirements and partner with relevant technical collaborators to assess functional specifications including data mapping between different systems
  • Assist in leading Compliance technology vendor relationships, including support of issue resolution and change requests.
  • Collaborate with Compliance Engineering, Product Compliance, and other multi-functional team members to uphold excellent compliance technology solutions.
  • Participate in enterprise wide Data Governance initiative and support Compliance directives
  • Support Compliance technology led special projects to enhance the ecosystems further
  • Support regulatory inquiries, remediation, audit, and any other needs
  • Attend industry conferences and calls, staying up to date on continuing blockchain technology developments

WHAT YOU'LL BRING: 

  • 4+ years of technology-related experience in the financial services or tech industry, with a background/expertise in AML and sanctions.
  • Knowledge of transaction monitoring, customer and payment screening, KYC compliance systems
  • Experience working with technology platforms in the financial services compliance or financial crime domains (e.g., Nice Actimize, Oracle Mantas, Pega, Fircosoft, Refinitiv Work-Check One/ LSEG, Bridger)
  • Experience working with technology platforms in the blockchain domains (e.g., TRM, Chainalysis, Elliptic)
  • Experience in the following areas: Optimization and Tuning; pre-implementation and post-implementation support; Ongoing monitoring; Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC); Compliance Testing
  • Proven track record of working with people in connection with ambitious issues
  • Strong organization skills along with attention to detail
  • Demonstrable ability to contribute to multiple concurrent projects
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Previous blockchain/DLT and cryptocurrency experience preferred
  • CAMS certification a plus