Financial crime analyst

About Plasma
Plasma is a

purpose built blockchain

for stablecoin payments, engineered for scale, speed, and security. We rebuilt the stack from first principles to support the next generation of real financial applications.

The network is fast, reliable, and fully EVM compatible using Reth as the execution layer. We created Plasma BFT, our own high performance consensus protocol, and reached the cost efficiency and predictability required for real economic activity at scale.

We believe stable coins will

reshape global finance

and expand access to a more open financial system. But they need purpose built infrastructure that reflects how stable coins move, settle, and operate. That is what we are building.

We are redefining how money moves.

Team Culture
At Plasma, you join a team that is rewriting how the world interacts with money. We hire people who are relentless about their craft and expect that same standard from everyone around them.
This is where you will do the hardest and most meaningful work of your career. We work with

trust, clarity, and ambition

. Everyone owns their craft, moves with urgency, and contributes beyond their lane. We back each other, we debate hard, and we hold a high bar for what great looks like.
Plasma is built for people who thrive on challenge and want to leave a mark.

What you will do

Manage and coordinate

end-to-end CDD reviews: gather documentation, verify identity, assess risk, and ensure compliance with Global AML/CFT requirements (including AMLD5/6).

Translate regulatory requirements into operational processes

: clarify obligations, identify gaps, and help define internal controls and standards aligned with best-practice.

Drive high-quality CDD decisions:

evaluate customer risk profiles, identify red flags, escalate appropriately, and document clear rationales for approvals or rejections.

Support ongoing monitoring and periodic reviews:

ensure customer files remain up to date, risk scores are recalibrated, and enhanced due diligence (EDD) is triggered where required.

Detect and report suspicious activity

including the predicate offenses to money laundering and terrorist financing.

Review system-generated alerts

for potential ML/TF or sanctions hits, conducting thorough research, and deciding whether to clear or escalate cases.

Review and analyze unusual transaction patterns

and escalating high-risk cases appropriately.

Escalate any red flags and potential risks

to the escalation team;

Handle

sensitive or confidential

information.

Use blockchain analysis tools

and OSINT techniques to gather evidence from multiple sources.

Keep up to date with regulatory and industry developments

, especially those relevant to crypto and fintech.

Collaborate with Product, Ops, and Engineering

to design scalable, automation-ready workflows and data requirements.

Assist in regulatory exam preparation

and reporting by producing clear, audit-ready artefacts that meet Italian (UIF, Banca d’Italia) and other regulatory expectations.
Operate with ownership in a fast-moving environment:

prioritise the highest-impact cases, unblock others through guidance, and maintain consistently high standards of rigour and documentation.
Who you are

A compliance professional with

minimum of 5+ years of experience

in CDD, AML/CTF investigations, Sanctions Screening, preferably in a law enforcement, banking, or PSP/crypto/fintech environment.

Deep practical experience in financial and economic crime sanctions

compliance within EU & Global (including UAE), comfortable navigating regulatory detail and applying it thoughtfully in real workflows.

Risk-minded and detail-oriented

: you think in terms of customer risk profiles, regulatory obligations, adversarial behaviour, and audit-ready documentation.

Pragmatic and product-aware

: you balance compliance integrity with operational efficiency, automation opportunities, and user experience.

Clear communicator:

you are fluent in both Italian and English and can articulate complex regulatory expectations simply and provide crisp written justifications for decisions.

Comfortable working cross-functionally

and engaging with leadership, reporting into our

Money Laundering Reporting Officer

and collaborating closely…