Senior BSA/AML Analyst - 6 Month Contract Oppty

The Role

LeafLink seeks a highly skilled Senior BSA/AML Analyst on a 6 month contact basis with deep expertise in high-risk complexity banking environments.  In this role, you will own end to end financial crimes investigations across a diverse cannabis client portfolio, serving as subject matter expert on FinCEN guidance, state-level MRB regulations, and the unique typologies that emerge when embedded banking infrastructure meets federally controlled industries.  This is not a routine compliance role – it requires regulatory prowess, business judgement, and the ability to operate with ambiguity.

This is a 6 month contract role with the potential to go full-time.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Monitor and investigate AML alerts generated across multiple program partners.
• Monitor and investigate alerts related to negative news, OFAC and PEP screening, and license violations
• Conduct due diligence and ongoing monitoring of cannabis clients
• Prepare partner marijuana specific SAR reports in accordance with FinCEN’s guidance in distinguishing limited filings, priority filings, and termination filings
• Support the development and calibration of transaction monitoring rules tailored to specific typologies
• Administer the end-to-end CRB onboarding and ongoing monitoring, including cannabis specific reviews, license verifications, and beneficial ownership analysis
• Conduct regular CRB account reviews – validating cash deposits, sales activity, and transaction patterns consistent with licensed operations
• Support partner bank regulatory examinations and internal/external audits; prepare materials and respond to examiner inquiries

What You’ll Bring to the Team

• 5+ years of BSA/AML compliance experience, fintech and cannabis banking a plus
• Experience filing marijuana-related SARs under FinCEN’s MRB guidance framework
• Demonstrated knowledge of BasS compliance models, including how AML obligations flow between partner programs
• Experience with AML transaction monitoring platforms (i.e. Abrigo BAM+, Actimize, Verafin) and cannabis specific compliance tools (i.e. METRC, BioTrack, Shield Assure, RiskScout)
• Ability to review state cannabis license data, interpret dispensary, cultivator, processor operational structures, and assess alignment with banking activity
• CAMS certification a plus

LeafLink’s employee-centric culture has earned us a coveted spot on BuiltInNYC’s Best Places to Work for in 2021 list. Learn more about LeafLink’s history and the path to our First Billion in Wholesale Cannabis Orders here.

The Role

LeafLink seeks a highly skilled Senior BSA/AML Analyst on a 6 month contact basis with deep expertise in high-risk complexity banking environments.  In this role, you will own end to end financial crimes investigations across a diverse cannabis client portfolio, serving as subject matter expert on FinCEN guidance, state-level MRB regulations, and the unique typologies that emerge when embedded banking infrastructure meets federally controlled industries.  This is not a routine compliance role – it requires regulatory prowess, business judgement, and the ability to operate with ambiguity.

This is a 6 month contract role with the potential to go full-time.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Monitor and investigate AML alerts generated across multiple program partners.
• Monitor and investigate alerts related to negative news, OFAC and PEP screening, and license violations
• Conduct due diligence and ongoing monitoring of cannabis clients
• Prepare partner marijuana specific SAR reports in accordance with FinCEN’s guidance in distinguishing limited filings, priority filings, and termination filings
• Support the development and calibration of transaction monitoring rules tailored to specific typologies
• Administer the end-to-end CRB onboarding and ongoing monitoring, including cannabis specific reviews, license verifications, and beneficial ownership analysis
• Conduct regular CRB account reviews – validating cash deposits, sales activity, and transaction patterns consistent with licensed operations
• Support partner bank regulatory examinations and internal/external audits; prepare materials and respond to examiner inquiries

What You’ll Bring to the Team

• 5+ years of BSA/AML compliance experience, fintech and cannabis banking a plus
• Experience filing marijuana-related SARs under FinCEN’s MRB guidance framework
• Demonstrated knowledge of BasS compliance models, including how AML obligations flow between partner programs
• Experience with AML transaction monitoring platforms (i.e. Abrigo BAM+, Actimize, Verafin) and cannabis specific compliance tools (i.e. METRC, BioTrack, Shield Assure, RiskScout)
• Ability to review state cannabis license data, interpret dispensary, cultivator, processor operational structures, and assess alignment with banking activity
• CAMS certification a plus

LeafLink’s employee-centric culture has earned us a coveted spot on BuiltInNYC’s Best Places to Work for in 2021 list. Learn more about LeafLink’s history and the path to our First Billion in Wholesale Cannabis Orders here.