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GoFundMe.org

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11 - 50 employees

Founded none

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Charity • Non-profit • Social Impact

GoFundMe. org is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that operates independently from GoFundMe, Inc and the GoFundMe fundraising platform. It focuses on rapidly raising and distributing funds to assist people and communities in times of crisis, such as natural disasters and social injustices. Since its inception in 2017, GoFundMe. org has raised and distributed over $160 million across more than 150 funds, providing over 15,000 grants to meet urgent needs and support critical social change. The organization collaborates with a wide range of community and corporate partners to drive philanthropic priorities and social impact goals, leveraging GoFundMe, Inc’s technology and resources. GoFundMe. org also accepts various forms of donations, including checks, crypto, donor-advised funds, and wire transfers, to maximize its impact.

📋 Description

• Investigate complex money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crime typologies by analyzing customer behavior, transaction activity, payment instruments, devices, and account relationships. • Analyze transactions using internal systems, payment processor tools, and analytical platforms to detect financial crime indicators. • Analyze large and complex datasets to identify emerging financial crime trends, coordinated activity, and opportunities to improve transaction monitoring controls. • Lead investigations into complex donations, fundraisers, organizers, beneficiaries, and donors to identify suspicious, unusual, or potentially high-risk activity. • Assess whether suspicious activity should be escalated internally in accordance with AML/CTF procedures, or reasonably explained and mitigated. • Review investigations completed by Transaction Monitoring Analysts for quality, documentation, and regulatory standards. • Provide coaching, mentorship, and day-to-day guidance to Transaction Monitoring Analysts. • Deliver constructive feedback and identify knowledge gaps or training opportunities. • Drive development and continuous improvement of transaction monitoring rules, procedures, typologies, documentation standards, and quality frameworks. • Prepare investigation documentation for internal review, audit, and regulatory reporting. • Collaborate with internal stakeholders to investigate and mitigate financial crime risks. • Stay informed on emerging financial crime trends, regulatory developments, and industry best practices. • Assist with audits, regulatory reviews, internal reporting, and strategic initiatives. • Lead or co-lead cross-functional initiatives with Product, Legal, Compliance, or Trust & Safety teams. • Serve as a trusted liaison for cross-functional stakeholders. • Review sensitive material, including potentially disturbing images, videos, text, offensive language, violence, exploitation, or self-injury content. • Participate in scheduled weekend and holiday shifts and on-call emergency coverage as required.

🎯 Requirements

• 6+ years of experience in financial crime investigations, transaction monitoring, or payments risk. • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience preferred. • Strong proficiency in data analysis tools such as Looker, SQL, and Excel, and transaction monitoring systems. • Strong understanding of AML and ATF legislation and regulatory expectations. • Experience conducting complex investigations involving money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, or organized financial crime. • Experience reviewing investigations, providing quality assurance, coaching teammates, or acting as a subject matter expert. • Strong analytical and critical thinking skills to identify complex behavioral patterns across multiple data sources. • Excellent written and verbal communication skills for presenting findings to technical and non-technical audiences. • Strong ethical standards and discretion when handling sensitive information. • Ability to anticipate, adapt, and respond to sensitive and evolving situations while balancing competing priorities. • Familiarity with machine learning or AI-driven fraud detection tools and related regulations. • Strong alignment with GoFundMe’s core values. • Professional certifications such as CAMS or equivalent preferred. • Experience with Transaction Monitoring, Regulatory Reporting, Suspicious Transaction Reports, or Financial Intelligence Units preferred. • Fluency with another EU language preferred.

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive pay • Comprehensive healthcare benefits • Financial assistance for hybrid work • Financial assistance for family planning • Generous parental leave • Flexible time-off policies • Mental health and wellness resources • Learning, development, and recognition programs • Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives • Employee resource groups • Volunteering and Gives Back programs • Equity