Anchorage Digital

Member of KYC Operations, Onboarding

Job Description

Posted on: 
April 6, 2025

At Anchorage Digital, we are building the world’s most advanced digital asset platform for institutions to participate in crypto.

Anchorage Digital is a crypto platform that enables institutions to participate in digital assets through custody, staking, trading, governance, settlement, and the industry's leading security infrastructure. Home to Anchorage Digital Bank N.A., the only federally chartered crypto bank in the U.S., Anchorage Digital also serves institutions through Anchorage Digital Singapore, Porto by Anchorage Digital, and other offerings.

The company is funded by leading institutions including Andreessen Horowitz, GIC, Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Visa, with its Series D valuation over $3 billion. Founded in 2017 in San Francisco, California, Anchorage Digital has offices in New York, New York; Porto, Portugal; Singapore; and Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Learn more at anchorage.com, on X @Anchorage, and on LinkedIn. 

The Member of KYC Operations, Onboarding will be a part of a team continuously enhancing a program based on industry developments. This role is crucial in ensuring the execution of KYC due diligence is timely and promotes a positive client experience, while also maintaining quality in line with regulatory standards which is key in the Anchorage Digital's BSA/AML Compliance Framework.

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Technical Skills:

  • Perform client KYC reviews for new prospects and clients independently based on established policies and procedures.
  • Develop an in depth knowledge and understanding of institutional KYC requirements to be able to appropriately apply to traditional and crypto native client types.
  • Complexity and Impact of Work:

  • Lead and own your process from start to finish to be able to identify gaps and navigate roadblocks with ease.
  • Manage competing priorities and projects while maintaining strict deadlines.
  • Organizational Knowledge:

  • Collaborate with team members and key stakeholders to understand prioritization and track pipeline
  • Deliver KYC reviews in a timely manner
  • Communication and Influence

  • Listen and observe leadership, teammates, and other villagers to learn how all of processes connect and come together to support a larger mission.
  • Contribute and participate in calls across groups and take the initiative to collaborate with various teams.
  • You may be a fit for this role if you have:

  • You have experience performing due diligence reviews for institutional client types such as, Investment Managers, Funds, Money Service Businesses, Banks, Operating Companies,etc.
  • Demonstrated ability to compile AML/Non-AML due diligence through a variety of public research.
  • Experience in cross-team project management and facilitation
  • A high attention to detail
  • Worked in a client facing role providing support and guidance to clients or middle office teams.
  • The ability to problem solve or navigate roadblocks
  • Although not a requirement, bonus points if:

  • Have experience and understanding of crypto native institutions
  • A passion for building a early stage startups
  • Are proficient in multiple jurisdictions, such as familiarity with requirements under the Montetary Authority of Singapore
  • You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)