Senior Analyst, Compliance Quality Operations. Austin LilyLifestyle

Overview

Circle (NYSE: CRCL) is one of the world's leading internet financial platform companies, building the foundation of a more open, global economy through digital assets, payment applications, and programmable blockchain infrastructure. Circle's platform includes the world's largest regulated stablecoin network anchored by USDC, Circle Payments Network for global money movement, and Arc, an enterprise‑grade blockchain designed to become the Economic OS for the internet.

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Circle is committed to visibility and stability in everything we do. As we grow as an organization, we’re expanding into some of the world's strongest jurisdictions. Speed and efficiency are motivators for our success and our employees live by our company values:
High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence. We have built a flexible work environment where new ideas are encouraged and everyone is a stakeholder.

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, knowledgeable, and focused Senior Analyst to join the Compliance Operations Shared Services team. In this role, you will provide Quality Control and Assurance for Circle’s Compliance Operations program, working with cross‑functional partners to implement changes within the program. You will need to be solution‑oriented, flexible, agile, and capable of managing your own time and workload. The role requires experience and comfort with change and the ability to identify process‑improvement opportunities and drive toward the highest level of quality.

You will focus on stakeholder management across Compliance operations and related internal partners, ensuring operational excellence and adherence to defined SLAs. You will complete quality reviews within defined deadlines and support the Quality Control & Assurance team in delivering quality reporting. This role is ideal for an experienced analyst who thrives in a fast‑paced and evolving environment. Alignment with Circle’s core values is a must.

• Developing and improving the quality program to ensure quality reviews are completed in the most optimal way possible.
• Performing quality reviews on all AML processes: KYC onboarding, periodic reviews, transaction monitoring alert reviews, investigations, and screening (Sanctions, PEP, negative news) alert reviews, as well as future Compliance Operations processes supported by the Compliance Quality Operations Team.
• Partnering with cross‑functional stakeholders to enable the Compliance Quality program to be agile and accommodate any Compliance or business‑wide program or process changes.
• Driving continual process optimization, including evaluating and leveraging AI‑enabled tools where appropriate.
• Assisting the Manager, Compliance Quality Control and Assurance with ensuring all accountabilities are met and quality reviews are completed within the agreed time frames and SLAs.
• Working in collaboration with Risk, Compliance, outsourced vendors, Training, and Enablement and a range of other stakeholders to create brilliant and effective partnerships.
• Engaging directly with our outsourced partners and vendors to ensure a clear understanding of challenges and process to drive for increased quality performance and output.
• Assisting with scaling the Compliance Quality program.
• Contributing to the effective delivery of Shared Services OKRs for each half.
• Ensuring effective communication and reporting for enhanced visibility across the business on key pieces of work and supporting ad‑hoc projects as required.

• 4+ years experience in financial crimes compliance, with a minimum of 1 year in a quality role.
• Strong organizational, analytical, written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to maintain a strong operational focus with the ability to manage time‑sensitive workflows across competing priorities.
• Proficiency in SQL preferred and experience analyzing large transactional data sets.
• Exceptional attention to detail, with the ability to identify and…