Senior Financial Crimes Specialist

Brisbane | Full-time | High-growth fintech

About Coinstash

Coinstash is one of Australia’s fastest-growing digital currency exchanges, building a trusted, compliant, and customer-first platform for the next generation of investors.

As we scale, we’re strengthening our Financial Crime function to stay ahead of emerging threats and set new standards for compliance in the digital-asset space.

This is a rare opportunity to join a high-growth crypto scaleup where your work protects customers, shapes frameworks, and drives innovation in financial crime prevention.

The Role

We’re looking for a smart, curious, and ambitious Financial Crime professional who wants to level up fast. You’ll lead investigations, talk directly to customers, and design systems that outsmart bad actors before they even know you’re onto them.

This is a hands-on, high-impact role that blends data, investigation, and human intelligence - engaging with customers flagged by our monitoring systems and uncovering what’s really going on. You’ll supervise a small team and help take Coinstash’s financial crime capability to the next level.

If you love the chase, think fast, and want to build something that matters, this is your career-defining move. At Coinstash, hard work is recognised, initiative is rewarded, and performance creates opportunity.

What You’ll Do

• Lead daily financial crime operations - transaction monitoring, fraud detection, sanctions screening, and SMR reporting.
• Conduct complex investigations using internal systems and blockchain analytics tools (e.g. Chainalysis).
• Speak directly with customers flagged by monitoring rulesets, eliciting information with empathy and professionalism.
• Supervise and mentor a small team of analysts.
• Conduct high-risk customer reviews, EDD/OCDD processes, and onboarding checks.
• Advise on AML/CTF and sanctions obligations; contribute to continuous improvement of the AML/CTF Program.
• Partner with Product and Legal to embed financial crime controls into new products.
• Maintain SMR, breach, and incident registers; prepare management reporting on risks and trends.
• Deliver AML/CTF and scam-awareness training to staff and support engagement with AUSTRAC and law enforcement.

About You

• 3-5 years’ experience in AML/CTF, financial crime, or compliance (banking, fintech, or crypto ideal).
• Strong communicator - confident speaking with customers and eliciting information calmly and professionally.
• Proven investigative experience, including SMR preparation and transaction monitoring.
• Familiar with blockchain analytics or similar tools.
• Leadership potential - capable of mentoring and managing junior staff.
• Analytical, curious, and proactive with a bias for action.
• Exposure to upcoming AML/CTF reforms and AUSTRAC typologies highly regarded.

Qualifications (Preferred)

• Degree in Law, Finance, Commerce, or Criminology.
• Professional certifications (ACAMS, ICA, GRC Institute).
• Training in blockchain analytics or cyber-enabled financial crime investigation.

Why Join Coinstash

• Join a fast-scaling crypto firm redefining compliance maturity in digital assets.
• Investigate real-world financial crime - not just paperwork.
• Direct exposure to leadership; your work will make an impact.
• Clear growth path to Financial Crime Manager for high performers.
• Brisbane-based in-person role with ownership, pace, and purpose.