At Franklin Templeton were advancing our industry forward by developing new and innovative ways to help our clients achieve their investment goals. Our dynamic and diversified firm spans asset management wealth management and fintech offering many ways to help investors make progress toward their goals. Our talented teams working around the globe bring expertise thats both broad and unique. From our welcoming inclusive and flexible culture to our global and diverse business we provide opportunities to help you reach your potential while helping our clients reach theirs.

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About the Department

The Financial Crime Compliance team is part of the Global Compliance department. Global Compliance has more than 100 compliance professionals located in in various countries worldwide. Our team helps mitigate compliance risks facing the company including material loss financial loss or loss of reputation as well as the possibility of regulatory sanctions that Franklin Templeton may suffer as a result of its failure to comply with laws regulations rules industry standards and codes of conduct applicable to its activities.

Franklin Templeton is firmly committed to international efforts to combat money laundering and the funding of terrorist and criminal activities. We make every effort to remain in full compliance with all applicable anti-money laundering (AML) and anti-terrorist financing (ATF) laws rules and standards adopted in the jurisdictions in which we do business. The Financial Crime Compliance team addresses Anti-Money Laundering Anti-Corruption & Bribery Human Slavery/Trafficking Sanctions and other illicit financing risks.

The Senior Compliance Analyst is responsible under the direct supervision of his or her manager for all aspects of financial crime matters and projects focusing on our FinTech and Digital Assets business from a global perspective. He/she will independently perform compliance monitoring activities and perform other ongoing responsibilities described below. This position will have coverage over products and entities registered in multiple global jurisdictions.

How You Will Add Value

• Review triage and investigate alerts from blockchain analytics tools (e.g. sanctions exposure highrisk indicators) activity connected to Franklin Templeton and digital product offerings; maintain complete case files related to investigations.

• Participate in Know-Your-Customer (KYC) and enhanced due diligence for crypto native and FinTech companies seeking to open accounts in Franklin Templeton Products including verification of licensing/registration beneficial ownership sanctions checks negativenews screening and Travel Rule practices.

• Support the designated AML Officer/MLRO in review escalation and reporting of suspicious activity; prepare clear investigative narratives and recommendations. This includes coordinating with regional teams to ensure timely filings and proper recordkeeping.

• Assist with the design maintenance and continuous improvement of AML sanctions and anticorruption policies and procedures specific to digital and tokenized assets; contribute to control testing and monitoring.

• Assess financialcrime risks for new digital products tokenization initiatives wallets counterparties vendors and systems; advise on control design and residual risk.

• Liaise with Business Legal Technology Operations Transfer Agent Depositary bank and other stakeholders to resolve onboarding and ongoing duediligence matters.

• Propose enhancements based on regulatory developments (e.g. EU AML/CFT and sanctions U.S. GENIUS Act FATF guidance MiCA Travel Rule New York Department of Financial Services etc.) and recent enforcement actions.

• Contribute to periodic AML/financialcrime risk assessments covering digitalrelated activities and service providers.

• Support responses to regulatory surveys inquiries or reviews and liaise with internal and external auditors for digitalrelated scope items.

• Assist with the development and delivery of targeted training for local staff and global stakeholders on digital typologies controls and procedures.

• Participate in Financial Crime projects and crossfunctional initiatives to enhance efficiency and effectiveness across traditional and digitalasset workflows.

What Will Help You Be Successful in This Role

Established relevant experience in AML/financialcrime compliance with 2 years focused on crypto/virtual assets at a financial institution FinTech VASP or blockchainanalytics provider.

• Demonstrated experience reviewing walletscreening alerts and conducting onchain investigations including risk rating and escalation.

• Familiarity of AI application to financial crime processes such as KYC transaction monitoring etc. Experience with using AI agents a plus.

• Strong knowledge of AML/CFT sanctions and anticorruption requirements applicable to virtual assets (e.g. EU regulations and guidance FATF standards MiCA Travel Rule New York Department of Financial Services etc.) and the ability to translate them into operational controls.

• Ability to understand and assess complex crypto native business models and structures (exchanges custodians funds OTC brokers stablecoins DeFi protocols tokenized funds).

• Strong analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to deliver viable solutions in timesensitive environments and write clear investigative narratives.

• Collaborative mindset with strong projectmanagement and stakeholderengagement skills across global teams.

• Proficient in MS Office (Word Excel PowerPoint); familiarity with data tools for analytics and reporting is a plus.

• Position located in Ireland with option of remote work or hybrid with commute to Dublin office; limited travel outside of Ireland may be an option depending on business needs.

Experience our welcoming culture and reach your professional and personal potential!

Building teams with diverse skills backgrounds and experiences has always been important to us. Fostering an inclusive culture where employees feel safe to share their opinions is not only beneficial for our people but also drives innovation and enables us to deliver better client outcomes. So regardless of your interests lifestyle or background theres a place for you at Franklin Templeton. We provide you with tools resources and learning opportunities to help you excel in your career and personal life.

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We want our employees to thrive. By joining us you will become a part of a culture that focuses on employee well-being and provides multidimensional support for a positive and healthy lifestyle. We understand that benefits are at the core of employee well-being and may vary depending on individual needs. Whether you need support for maintaining your physical and mental health saving for lifes adventures taking care of your family members or making a positive impact in your community we aim to have you covered.

Learn more about the wide range of benefits we offer at Franklin Templeton

*Please note: the above benefits and their design & application will vary country-to-country. Also the benefits offered to temporary employees can vary depending on the country. More information can be obtained when speaking with Franklin Templeton HR.

Franklin Templeton is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and existing employees and we evaluate qualified applicants without regard to ancestry age color disability genetic information gender gender identity or gender expression marital status medical condition military or veteran status national origin race religion sex sexual orientation and any other basis protected by federal state or local law ordinance or regulation.

As part of our commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment we welcome applicants with flexible working arrangements in their current roles or those seeking a flexible working pattern. We encourage you to communicate any preferences for flexible working so that we can consider this during our hiring process. Additionally returners individuals who have taken a break from work are also encouraged to explore our job opportunities.

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