Remote KYC Specialist – Up to $100/hr

About the role

We are seeking an experienced KYC Specialist to join our financial‑crime team on a contract basis. The role is fully remote and focuses on adjudicating alerts, reviewing onboarding documentation, and ensuring compliance with AML, sanctions, and fraud regulations.

Key responsibilities

• Adjudicate transaction‑monitoring alerts using alert packets, KYC/CDD profiles, and transaction history.
• Document dispositions and draft SAR narratives as required.
• Review client onboarding and KYC packets for completeness and resolve cross‑document discrepancies.
• Analyze complex beneficial‑ownership structures and apply UBO thresholds.
• Assess sanctions and adverse‑media hits, providing clear rationales for matches or false positives.
• Tri­age supervisory alert queues, adjudicate card fraud disputes, and evaluate flagged communications against trade records.

Required profile

• Minimum 3 years hands‑on experience in AML, financial crime, KYC/CDD, sanctions screening, fraud or transaction surveillance.
• Working knowledge of FinCEN, FATF, OFAC frameworks and SAR/CDD documentation standards.
• Ability to produce clear, defensible written rationales.
• Preferred certifications: CAMS/ACAMS or CFE.

Required skills

• SQL

What we offer

• Hourly rate of $75–$100.
• Flexible 15 hours/week commitment.
• Weekly payments via Stripe Connect.