Senior Analyst, Compliance Data Science

In order to port over the next billion people into a secure and open financial system, you’re going to need a network of applications that connect to the fiat world… Wyre’s APIs make that happen.

Wyre's on a mission to bring crypto to the masses - we're pumped about building the infrastructure that will be used to build the future.

For visionary developers who want to build the next great crypto company, Wyre is the crypto stack that brings together the most powerful payment APIs in one place. To accomplish this mission, we’ve built a simple set of tools that allows fintech projects to materialize their visions. (1) Our instant Fiat-to-Crypto Checkout gateway is now being used by hundreds of applications (ie. MetaMask, Opera, Ledger) to offer the best way to convert card payments into crypto, and (2) Our flexible APIs (Transfers API, Custody API, Users API), allow projects to build e-wallets, merchant processing services, and money transfer platforms from the ground up.

As of December 2021, Wyre has raised over $55M in funding and currently is the backbone to over 1,200 partners and 7.6M accounts.

The Senior Analyst, Compliance Data Science will report to the Director of Compliance Data Science and will work on the most interesting and impactful initiatives to mitigate financial crime risks, including money laundering, terrorist financing and fraud.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive data-driven processes to proactively identify, prevent and mitigate compliance risks.
• Assist in defining and maintaining relevant metrics to proactively monitor, identify and spotlight compliance and fraud risks and trends.
• Source, validate and analyze data to provide insights on current and emerging risks.
• Facilitate provision of accurate and timely data and analysis in response to law enforcement, regulatory and other legal requests.
• Apply data and analytics methods to support key compliance processes, including risk assessments, and root cause and trend analyses.
• Perform data analyses to validate AML and fraud rules, models and systems to identify unusual financial activity, topologies and patterns indicative of financial crime.
• Leverage data and analytics methods to reinforce compliance processes, including customer verification, user authentication, transaction monitoring, investigations, reporting and fraud management.
• Assist in providing regular updates and reports to leadership, peers and other stakeholders that will simplify and clarify complex concepts and results of analyses, emphasizing actionable outcomes and business impacts with effective data visualization methods.
• Work on multiple tasks concurrently and meet deadlines in a fast-paced work environment with changing priorities.

Requirements

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree a plus preferably with a relevant quantitative focus (Information Systems, Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, Data, etc.)
• 3+ years of relevant experience
• Data science and analytics experience in financial services, with emphasis in compliance and risk
• Experience working with data science tools like SQL, R, or Python
• Experience working with statistics to solve complex problems
• Able to work with various software programs, data tools and platforms
• Proficient at data visualization to effectively communicate risks and mitigation recommendations.
• Ability to communicate complex matters in a simple, concise and clear manner
• Takes ownership of outcomes
• Strong problem solving and operational process skills and attention to detail
• Excellent presentation and project management skills with the ability to successfully work multiple priorities simultaneously
• High energy and creativity and the desire and ability to work in a growing and changing environment
• Ability to operate with strong integrity with the ability to handle projects of a sensitive and confidential nature
• Responsive and timely in satisfying commitments and responsibilities

Benefits

• An opportunity to build the future and freedom to work wherever you want
  
• Health, dental, and vision benefits for you and your family
• Life insurance and disability benefits
• Equity options for all full-time employees
• 401(k) plan with corporate matching
• Unlimited paid time off to relax and recharge
• Enjoy a highly fulfilling, mission-driven culture
• You are an owner! We offer stock options to each of our employee
• Fair pay, no matter where you live along with a competitive benefits package
• Flexible work hours