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KYC Specialist Fully Remote

Mercor

Job Location:

San Francisco, CA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer

Posted: 2 September 2026 (Yesterday)

Application Deadline: 30 November 2026

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About the job

Mercor connects elite creative and technical talent with leading AI research labs. Headquartered in San Francisco our investors include Benchmark General Catalyst Peter Thiel Adam DAngelo Larry Summers and Jack Dorsey.

Position: Financial Crime AML & KYC Analyst
Type: Contract
Compensation: $75$100/hour
Location: Remote
Commitment: 15 hours/week

Role Responsibilities

Adjudicate transaction-monitoring alerts using alert packets KYC/CDD profiles and transaction history. Document dispositions and draft SAR narratives as needed.
Review client onboarding and KYC packets for completeness. Identify and document cross-document discrepancies and produce remediation lists.
Resolve complex beneficial-ownership structures. Apply 10%/25% UBO thresholds effectively.
Adjudicate sanctions and adverse-media hits. Provide short rationales for true matches false positives or escalations.
Triage supervisory alert queues. Adjudicate card fraud and disputes. Assess flagged communications against trade records.

Qualifications

Must-Have

3 years hands-on in AML financial-crime KYC/CDD sanctions screening fraud/disputes or transaction surveillance.
Working knowledge of FinCEN FATF OFAC frameworks and SAR/CDD documentation standards.
Ability to write clear defensible rationales.

Preferred

CAMS/ACAMS or CFE certification.
Experience in enhanced due diligence entity unwinding SQL or transaction analytics.
Background in fintech or payments.

Assessment

A timed exercise involving a mock alert packet disposition and SAR narrative a KYC packet discrepancy and remediation list and a batch of sanctions hits adjudication with rationale.

Application Process (Takes 2030 mins to complete)