# Senior Crypto Threat Analyst - Sanctions

**Company:** [Elliptic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/elliptic)
**Location:** London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Washington
**Role:** Other
**Salary:** $175k – $215k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** sanctions compliance, ofac, open-source intelligence, blockchain analytics, cryptoassets, on-chain analytics, corporate registries, adverse media, AI Tools, Automation, monitoring frameworks, alerting systems, investigation playbooks, osint, blockchain architecture
**Posted:** 2026-08-07

> Leads sanctions intelligence on cryptoasset exposure, sanctioned entities, and evasion networks while shaping monitoring frameworks and analytical outputs. Requires significant sanctions, financial crime, intelligence, law-enforcement, or crypto experience, plus expertise in global regimes, blockchain analytics, OSINT, and AI-enabled research.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Serve as the subject matter expert on global cryptoasset sanctions regimes.
- Own and document coverage frameworks for global sanctions designation regimes.
- Lead investigations into cryptoasset exposure to sanctioned entities, state-linked actors, high-risk jurisdictions, and evasion networks.
- Define and evolve sanctions monitoring operating models.
- Identify and remediate coverage gaps across regimes and designating authorities.
- Coach and mentor junior Intelligence colleagues.
- Collaborate with Product, Engineering, and Customer teams to translate sanctions intelligence into platform capabilities.
- Produce intelligence reports, briefings, blogs, whitepapers, and client-facing content.
- Represent sanctions intelligence at industry events, client briefings, and regulatory engagements.

## Requirements
- Significant professional experience as an intelligence analyst, investigator, or compliance specialist in sanctions compliance, financial crime, law enforcement, or crypto.
- Independent subject matter expertise in global sanctions regimes, including OFAC, UK, EU, and UN frameworks.
- Experience designing or improving monitoring and alerting frameworks, triage processes, or investigation playbooks.
- Ability to identify systemic coverage risks and drive durable remediation, including process improvement and automation planning.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Proficiency with blockchain analytics tools, open-source intelligence, corporate registries, and adverse media sources.
- Demonstrated ability to apply AI tools to intelligence analysis, research workflows, pattern identification, OSINT processing, and drafting written outputs.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience researching sanctions-evasion typologies involving state-linked actors, procurement networks, critical technology supply chains, or high-risk financial intermediaries.
- Experience with automated sanctions-list monitoring, cross-referencing tools, or detection-logic design.
- Technical understanding of cryptoassets, blockchain architecture, and on-chain analytics methodologies.

## Benefits and Compensation
- Hybrid working, with the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year.
- $650 remote-work budget.
- $1,000 annual Learning & Development budget.
- 25 days of annual leave plus 8 US public holidays.
- Birthday leave.
- 16 weeks of fully paid enhanced parental leave for eligible employees.
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage with generous premium contributions.
- 401(k) company match.
- Mental health support through Spill.

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