BSA OPERATIONS MANAGER
Company: Catena
Location: New York (Remote)
Type: Full-time
Remote: Yes
Posted: 2026-08-20
About this role
ABOUT THE ROLE
The BSA Operations Manager runs the day-to-day engine of CTB’s BSA/AML and Sanctions program. Reporting to the Chief Compliance Officer / BSA Officer, the Manager owns customer onboarding, transaction monitoring, screening, investigations, and regulatory reporting, and grows the analyst team as the Trust Bank scales. This is a chance to build a financial-crimes function from the ground up at the intersection of AI, stablecoins, and regulated banking.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Own client onboarding: run know-your-business onboarding and due diligence for new clients.
- Run ongoing monitoring: manage risk-based CDD refresh and transaction monitoring across fiat and digital assets.
- Operate sanctions and risk screening within the Trust Bank’s compliance gate, along with the resulting reporting.
- Investigate suspicious activity and own regulatory reporting and record-keeping, plus management and Board reporting for the areas you own.
- Maintain funds-transfer and Travel Rule compliance across all transaction types.
- Design and deliver BSA/AML and Sanctions training to the team, and support the BSA Officer in developing training for Management and the Board.
- Supervise and grow the BSA/AML analyst team and support independent testing and examinations.
WHAT YOU’LL BRING
- 7+ years of hands-on BSA/AML/Sanctions experience at a bank, trust company, or regulated fintech, with direct ownership of CIP/CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, OFAC screening, and SAR investigation and filing.
- Strong command of the Bank Secrecy Act, FinCEN regulations, OFAC sanctions requirements, and funds-transfer and Travel Rule recordkeeping.
- Experience operating or tuning transaction monitoring and sanctions screening systems and managing alert and case workflows.
- Clear writing, examination-ready documentation, and sharp investigative judgment.
- Comfort in ambiguous, build-from-scratch environments, with a desire to help define the process, not just run it.
**NICE ...