Compliance, Financial Crimes

Job description

WHAT IS KALSHI? Kalshi has defined a new category: prediction markets. Kalshi allows people to trade on the outcome of any events and turn any question about the future into a financial asset. Kalshi fought for years and legalized prediction markets in the US for the first time in history, is currently the fastest growing financial market in America, and has thousands of markets across politics, economics, financials, weather, tech, AI, culture and more. We believe prediction markets have the potential to be the largest financial market because they turn anything into a financial position. - Our vision: well… build the largest financial market on the planet. - Our mission: bring more truth to the world through the power of markets. Our culture is simple: we hire really talented people, work really hard, and enjoy the climb. We are looking for ambitious and exceptional people to join our (relatively small) team to help us build the next generation of financial markets. ROLE ROADMAP As part of Kalshi’s Compliance team, you will help build and own a critical part of our financial crime compliance program. You will be responsible for establishing a robust transaction monitoring program, strengthening our existing AML and KYC controls, and creating the workflows needed to identify, investigate, escalate, and report suspicious activity as Kalshi grows. This is a highly operational role with meaningful program-building responsibility. In the near term, you will develop transaction monitoring policies and procedures, work through historical and ongoing alert activity, support AML audits and partner diligence, and strengthen our KYC and sanctions processes. Over time, you will independently own the day-to-day transaction monitoring, SAR, KYC remediation, and OFAC rescreening functions while evolving the program as Kalshi introduces new payment methods, products, partners, and international capabilities. The ideal candidate combines strong financial crime judgment with an operator’s mindset: someone who can build the program, work through high volumes themselves, make sound escalation decisions, and continuously improve the systems and controls around them. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Build and operate Kalshi’s transaction monitoring program, including alerting frameworks, investigation workflows, escalation standards, policies, procedures, and documentation - Review and disposition transaction monitoring alerts, investigate potentially suspicious activity, and coordinate the preparation and filing of SARs where applicable - Conduct KYC reviews and remediation, including investigating customer risk indicators and resolving escalated onboarding or account issues - Own Kalshi’s ongoing OFAC and sanctions rescreening processes and maintain clear, regulator-ready documentation and audit trails - Perform retrospective reviews of transaction activity and work through existing monitoring and KYC backlogs - Support AML audits, regulatory examinations, and diligence requests from banking, payments, FCM, and other strategic partners - Partner with Product, Engineering, Payments, Compliance, and Operations to improve automation and controls across AML, KYC, fraud, sanctions, and transaction monitoring workflows - Identify emerging financial crime risks associated with new products, payment methods, customer types, and international expansion and translate them into practical controls - Develop metrics and reporting to measure alert volumes, investigation outcomes, turnaround times, KYC remediation, and other indicators of program effectiveness - Support broader market surveillance and DCM compliance initiatives where financial crime and trading activity intersect WHAT YOU BRING - 7–10 years of relevant experience across AML, KYC, fraud, transaction monitoring, financial crimes compliance, or related functions - Significant hands-on experience investigating and dispositioning transaction monitoring alerts and identifying potentially suspicious activity - Strong familiarity with SAR investigation, drafting, escalation, and filing requirements - Experience designing or materially improving AML, KYC, fraud, or transaction monitoring policies, procedures, controls, and workflows - Experience in a regulated fintech, broker-dealer, financial institution, crypto or digital asset company, payments business, exchange, or similarly complex financial environment - Strong working knowledge of KYC/CDD, OFAC and sanctions screening, customer risk assessment, and financial crime typologies - Ability to operate effectively in a high-volume environment without sacrificing investigative rigor or attention to detail - Strong judgment around when to escalate activity — able to distinguish meaningful risk from noise without systematically over-flagging or under-flagging - Comfortable moving between program design and hands-on execution; you are equally willing to write the procedure and work the alerts yourself - Highly organized and able to create structure in an evolving regulatory environment with limited existing infrastructure - Experience with trade surveillance or market surveillance is a plus - CAMS or another relevant financial crime compliance certification is a plus NYC PAY TRANSPARENCY DISCLOSURE: Salary Range: $150,000 to $250,000 annually plus equity and benefits. This range reflects current market data for this role. Kalshi has minimal hierarchy and broad variance in experience levels within each title; if your compensation expectations exceed this range, we encourage you to reach out - we’re always happy to discuss. OUR CULTURE Meritocracy is at our core, and we value people who take ownership and figure (usually hard) things out. We dream big. We love our craft deeply and are proud of what we put out in the world. We are committed to our vision of building something big… but also useful: a product that brings more truth through the power of markets. Kalshians are Kalshi’s most important asset: we pick Kalshians carefully, so we trust them fully on day 1. COMMITMENT TO EQUAL OPPORTUNITY Kalshi is committed to creating a culture of inclusion and belonging, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe it is our collective responsibility to uphold these values and encourage candidates from all backgrounds to join us in our mission. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law. If you are passionate about what you do and want to use your talents to support our mission and values, we’d love to hear from you.