Job Description

Our Purpose

We work to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. We cultivate a for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences enable us to be a better team \xe2\x80\x93 one that makes better decisions, drives innovation and delivers better business results.

Title and Summary

Crypto Analyst - SCI0127

At Mastercard, our industry expertise is enhanced by our commitment to being a force for good in the world and to doing well by doing good. Mastercard relies on our global workforce to help us achieve our goal of building a sustainable, inclusive global economy.
CipherTrace, a Mastercard company creates blockchain intelligence solutions that safeguard the crypto economy by identifying high-risk transactions from darknet vendors, terrorists, and other bad actors who seek to de-stabilize the ecosystem and exploit crypto adopters, financial institutions, and other crypto users.
CipherTrace was named one of the top-two companies in the cryptocurrency forensics by CB Insights in 2019. Our cryptocurrency intelligence solutions are used by the largest exchanges, banks and law enforcement globally to keep criminals and purveyors of fraud off their payment networks.
If leading the way in the new frontier of financial crime inspires you, we want you on our team.

Role
As a cryptocurrency analyst you will be primarily responsible for conducting complex investigations into incidents of money laundering, asset recovery, fraud and other financial crimes involving the illicit use of cryptocurrency. You\xe2\x80\x99ll track crypto funds flows, analyze large data sets, identify financial crime methodologies, identify trends and emerging threats, and typologies; work with law enforcement and collaborate internally to investigate some of the most high-profile crypto hacks and crimes.

All About You:
You are inspired and excited about driving efforts to fight financial crime and safeguard the crypto economy and have a;
Post secondary degree in Science or related field
Solid understanding of blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies
Related experience in conducting comprehensive, high quality end-to-end complex investigations to identify financial crime patterns and typologies
the skills to complete investigations in a timely manner by carrying out comprehensive analysis of information across multiple blockchains to timely fulfill time-sensitive filing obligations
Interest and ability to analyze current and emerging trends involving cryptocurrency and other digital assets
A knack for delivering written and verbal reports on investigation findings, to include briefings to clients, as well as internal departments regarding current and emerging threats with cryptocurrency.
A desire to partner with internal stakeholders and external partners in thinking and acting critically to identify opportunities for collaboration, raise awareness of investigative findings, and develop recommendations to mitigate risk.
Ability to easily take technical information and articulate it in an easy-to-understand manner in both written and spoken environments. Must have Crypto/Blockchain investigation experience and
Training on blockchain analytic tool(s).
Having a strong command of an additional language like Mandarin or Bahasa would be beneficial for effective communication with stakeholders in the region.

Nice to have:
Relevant AML/Fraud certifications e.g. Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), etc.
Experience transacting with DEXs and/or DeFi protocols
Experience with Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript
Experience with smart contracts, writing or auditing Solidity

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

Abide by Mastercard\xe2\x80\x99s security policies and practices;

Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;

Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and

Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard\xe2\x80\x99s guidelines.

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