Onboarding Analyst
atWintermute
May 18
About Wintermute Wintermute is a leading market maker of digital assets globally. We manage hundreds of millions in assets and trade more than $3B+/day across dozens of different trading platforms. Culturally, we combine 1) the best-in-class trading and technology professionalism coming from team’s expertise in top tier HFTs from traditional markets and 2) technology startup culture, as we are moving very fast and empowering people to act like owners. Wintermute provides liquidity algorithmically across most vested exchanges in crypto, across CeFi and DeFi, on-screen and OTC, as well as supporting high profile blockchain projects. At Wintermute, we believe in the decentralization of finance and we believe that trading companies of the future are technology companies, not financial services providers.Wintermute is a proprietary trading business. We are a Series B highly profitable startup backed by Lightspeed, Pantera Capital, Sino Global Capital, Blockchain.com Ventures, Avon Ventures by Fidelity Investments, DeFi Alliance and other top tier investors. Learn more about our team and culture on our website and Evgeny’s post here. Working at Wintermute We are looking for an Algorithmic Trader with strong coding skills (Python) and a curiosity about hft, market making and crypto trading. At Wintermute, you will be responsible for your own “desk” right from the start. You will have the opportunity to develop your own product (trading algorithms, trading strategies), while also getting advice and guidance from very experienced traders and developers, including the founders/management team. You will get a lot of independence and responsibility right away, and you'll learn at an unprecedented speed! No legacy systems, no corporate bureaucracy, no multiple levels of approvals. It is up to you to make an impact. You will act like an owner and your incentives (incl. equity) will be completely aligned with those of the company!
About WintermuteAt Wintermute our mission is to enable, empower and advance the truly decentralized world for more transparent and efficient markets and products. We do this by providing liquidity algorithmically across most trading venues in crypto, supporting all major centralized and decentralized trading venues, AMMs, RFQs, aggregators and chains. Wintermute’s customer-facing business includes various OTC products such as electronic trading API and single-dealer platform for a wide range of counterparties from crypto native whales to large traditional finance institutions. Wintermute is also providing liquidity for blockchain projects where we support most of the world’s largest and most prominent launches. In addition to providing the best in class liquidity products, Wintermute is actively participating in the building and development of the blockchain ecosystem through investments from Wintermute Ventures, partnerships and co-development with upcoming protocols and incubation of own projects.Wintermute is a hyper-growth highly profitable business with a very ambitious vision and roadmap. We manage billions of dollars in assets and trade more than $5B/day. We are backed by Lightspeed, Pantera Capital, Sino Global Capital, Blockchain.com Ventures, Avon Ventures by Fidelity Investments, DeFi Alliance and other top tier investors. We are run as a technology company, not a financial service provider, and we build our culture around core values of ambition, collaboration, entrepreneurship, transparency and meritocracy. Nature of the RoleWe are a hyper-growth startup in one of the most dynamic industries today. We are looking for an experienced Onboarding Specialist who has in-depth expertise of customer KYC/AML due diligence processes using risk-based approach, and be well versed with both legal entities and individuals onboarding across various jurisdictions. As an Onboarding Specialist you will contribute to both the Operations and Compliance function, where you will be reporting to the MLRO on the oversight of AML/KYC activities.
Key Responsibilities
- Onboarding new counterparties in a timely manner
- Conduct reviews of counterparties’ documentations, and ensure that information obtained is consistent with the Firm’s AML/CTF procedures
- Complete periodic KYC reviews and refresh of onboarding documentations as necessary
- Assist in the management, maintenance and review of appropriate onboarding documentations
- Complete risk assessments for both new and existing counterparties, identifying any potential AML/CTF concerns and escalating this to the MLRO when necessary
- Perform various screenings/checks, including wallet screening, Politically Exposed Persons (PEP), Sanctions and Adverse Media checks
- Analyse counterparty data and generate insights for the business development
- Work with trading and business operations, product and compliance teams to optimize and automate processes and improve counterparty experience
Other Responsibilities
- Investigating and analysing automated transaction monitoring alerts maintained by the Firm to determine whether such transactions may be AML/CTF–related
- As part of the broader Compliance team, provide Compliance support as necessary, by assisting with other compliance projects as assigned
Hard Skills Requirements
- At least 2+ years of financial crime experience. Experience with Elliptic and/or Chainalysis would be a plus.
- Knowledge of UK’s Anti-Money Laundering Regulations and applicable sanctions regime including but not limited to the UN, EU, OFAC and HMT.
- First hand experience running very efficient compliance processes at scale (B2B) including using automation, external tools, etc. Proven ability to see the bigger picture, commercial strategy, understand new functional areas quickly, have a cross-functional mindset
- Strong interest and curiosity in algorithmic trading and decentralized finance
Other Requirements
- Owner mentality: you focus on protecting the company from compliance risk while being driven by the best for the company in terms of growth and commercial success
- Proven ability to be both a strategic thinker and excellent at execution and being hands-on; drive to do whatever it takes to get things done
- Sharing Wintermute culture values: determination/ambition and humility; drive to action, ability to both influence others and listen/ learn from others
- Like meritocracy and being ready to be judged by what you deliver (vs pedigree or former experience)
- Have an entrepreneurial mindset; prepared to work non-standard working hours as and if required
- Like working in the team environment, working from our London office.
Wintermute Offer
- A unique opportunity to join one of the fastest growing fintech companies globally and to take on personal ownership and accountability
- Very interesting projects in the most dynamic industry: a level of learning and responsibilities that is hard for any law firm or traditional trading company/bank/hedge fund to match
- Great company culture: informal, non-hierarchical, ambitious, highly professional yet dynamic, collaborative, entrepreneurial.
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