Senior BSA/AML Analyst

The Role

LeafLink seeks a highly skilled Senior BSA/AML Analyst with deep expertise in high-risk complexity banking environments. In this role, you will own end to end financial crimes investigations across a diverse cannabis client portfolio, serving as subject matter expert on FinCEN guidance, state-level MRB regulations, and the unique typologies that emerge when embedded banking infrastructure meets federally controlled industries. This is not a routine compliance role – it requires regulatory prowess, business judgement, and the ability to operate with ambiguity.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Monitor and investigate AML alerts generated across multiple program partners.
• Conduct due diligence and ongoing monitoring of cannabis clients, including performing and documenting risk assessments.
• Prepare partner marijuana specific SAR reports in accordance with FinCEN’s guidance in distinguishing limited filings, priority filings, and termination filings.
• Support the development and calibration of transaction monitoring rules tailored to specific typologies.
• Administer the end-to-end Cannabis Related Business (CRB) onboarding and ongoing monitoring, including cannabis specific reviews, license verifications, and beneficial ownership analysis.
• Conduct regular CRB account reviews – validating cash deposits, sales activity, and transaction patterns consistent with licensed operations.
• Support partner bank regulatory examinations and internal/external audits; prepare materials and respond to examiner inquiries.
• Monitor and investigate alerts related to negative news, OFAC and PEP screening, and license violations.

What You’ll Bring to the Team

• 5+ years of BSA/AML compliance experience, fintech and cannabis banking a plus.
• Experience filing marijuana-related SARs under FinCEN’s MRB guidance framework.
• Demonstrated knowledge of BaaS compliance models, including how AML obligations flow between partner programs.
• Experience with AML transaction-monitoring, compliance, and case management platforms (e.g., Abrigo BAM+, LexisNexis, and Salesforce).
• Ability to review state cannabis license data, interpret dispensary, cultivator, processor operational structures, and assess alignment with banking activity.
• CAMS certification is a plus.

LeafLink Perks & Benefits

• Flexible PTO - you’re going to be working hard so enjoy time off with no cap!
• A robust stock option plan to give our employees a direct stake in LeafLink’s success
• 5 Days of Volunteer Time Off (VTO) - giving back is important to us and we want our employees to prioritize cultivating a better community
• Competitive compensation and 401k match
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision)
• Commuter Benefits through our Flexible Spending Account

LeafLink’s employee-centric culture has earned us a coveted spot on BuiltInNYC’s Best Places to Work for in 2021 list. Learn more about LeafLink’s history and the path to our First Billion in Wholesale Cannabis Orders here.