Compliance Analyst

**What We Offer**

At Secure Digital Markets (SDM), you can build a career in a fast-paced and growing industry. SDM is a digital asset brokerage, offering robust liquidity solutions that enable our clients to maximize their portfolio and participate in digital currency markets with greater sophistication.

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated Compliance Analyst to join our company. The Analyst is critical part of the client onboarding process and makes sure the client has everything they need to be able to start trading. They will Make sure we're adhering to regulatory requirements, they will perform KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) checks, and will analyze transaction data and conduct investigations for irregularities or flags. This role presents an exciting opportunity to contribute to the integrity and success of SDM in the rapidly evolving crypto space.

**Responsibilities & Expectations**

Based in Toronto, and reporting to the Chief Compliance Officer, you will be required to execute, engage with, and support the development and optimization of many of our compliance and operational processes.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Review new client onboarding documents.
- Follow-up on and investigate red flags as they are discovered.
- Collaborating with operational and front-office departments to promote efficient company operations.
- Conduct regular negative media screening.
- Review potential matches against various regulatory control lists.
- Conduct blockchain forensics analysis. Chainalysis experience is a plus
- File regulatory reports.
- Support activities of sister companies
- Report to CCO on compliance activities and the status of the compliance regime as a whole
- Assist with account opening and maintenance with suppliers and vendors

**Some of the specific things you’ll work on are**:
**Client Onboarding Support**:

- Conducting preliminary checks, organizing documentation, and ensuring completeness of client onboarding files.

**Regulatory Reporting (LVCTR)**:

- Support the reporting process for large virtual currency transactions.

**Wallet Checks**
- Supporting ad-hoc responsibilities such as verifying wallets are free of negative exposure in Chainalysis, before trades, ensuring continuous coverage at all times.

**Administrative Support**:

- Managing administrative tasks like document filing and maintaining records to streamline operations.

**Process Improvement and Documentation**:

- Engaging in process enhancement proposals and contributing to the documentation of SOPs for compliance processes.

**Required Qualifications**
- Undergraduate degree required
- 1+ years work experience in a relevant role in digital assets
- Knowledge of Canadian regulatory standards and compliance requirements
- Ability to work with a hybrid/remote team, and to handle multiple projects/ clients and projects simultaneously
- Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information and issues with tact and diplomacy.
- Knowledge in establishing and developing remote work processes and a relevant compliance culture
- Detail oriented with the ability to check documents for accuracy, errors, spot inconsistencies etc

**Nice to have**:

- CAMS or CFE certification or equivalent not required but preferred
- Experience with Chainalysis
- Experience with MSBs and interfacing with FINTRAC
- Knowledge and experience in the payments space and/or digital asset markets is a plus

**About You**
- Work well in a fast-paced, start-up environment, can handle uncertainty
- Independent and proactive at work
- Entrepreneurial mindset
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Mature, professional, driven, empathetic

**Compensation**
- We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and are committed to seeing our employees succeed.
- Performance Bonus
- Company-matching RRSP Plan

**What You Will Gain from Joining our Team**:

- Joining a great growth centric, exciting team culture
- A chance to make a difference in a growing company
- Exciting projects and an opportunity to shape our future
- Competitive compensation and benefits package
- Flexibility
- A focus and support on professional development - we value ongoing learning

About Secure Digital Markets

Secure Digital Markets bridges the gap between institutional capital and digital assets by providing flexible and curated liquidity solutions to our customers.

Secure Digital Markets bridges the gap between institutional capital and digital assets by providing flexible and curated liquidity solutions. SDM serves institutions, traders, family offices, exchanges, funds, and mining groups with solutions ranging from auto-liquidation to direct liquidity feeds through an electronic communication network (ECN).

Why Secure Digital Markets (SDM)?

The expected growth in the coming years is staggering. Joining SDM today means becoming part of a team that values teamwork, where everyone collaborates to achieve excel