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# Financial Crimes Analyst II, Third Party Partnerships at Lead

- **Company:** Lead
- **Location:** United States
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2025-11-21
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-06
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/leadbank/54596ef8-9bdf-48da-896c-026ac33b4153

## Job description

## About Lead Bank

Lead is a banking infrastructure platform trusted by the most innovative companies to power complex financial products. We enable fintechs to offer compliant, programmable services like payments, lending, and digital assets at scale. Banking has moved beyond traditional institutions and is now embedded directly into everyday experiences, meaning companies need modern infrastructure that is safe, secure, and operationally sound.

Today, Lead is one of the only API-first, developer-focused partner banks with the financial, regulatory, and legal expertise required to help fintechs succeed. We operate offices in San Francisco, Sunnyvale, and New York City, and an FDIC-insured bank in Kansas City.

Financial Crimes Team at Lead

The Financial Crimes team safeguards Lead, its partners, and the broader financial system from illicit activity. They own Lead’s BSA/AML, sanctions, and fraud programs, collaborate with the Legal, Risk, and Compliance teams to detect threats and strengthen controls, and interface with regulators. Ensuring that all parties involved meet the highest standards of financial integrity is foundational to the company’s success. Their essential work is what enables Lead to say "yes" to the most innovative fintech partners. This is a collaborative, growth-mindset, and deadline-driven environment that requires the confidence to navigate constantly evolving challenges with autonomy and analytical precision.

Role Description:

The Financial Crimes Analyst II independently manages assigned monitoring and oversight activities for third party partners. This role performs partner testing, risk reviews, enhanced due diligence, and ongoing program management while serving as a knowledgeable point of contact for assigned partners.

The Analyst II is expected to recognize trends, identify control gaps, communicate findings clearly, and recommend appropriate escalation or remediation.

In this role you will:

- Independently manage ongoing program management activities for assigned third party partners.
- Conduct partner onboarding risk reviews, periodic testing, enhanced due diligence, annual document refreshes, and risk assessments.
- Review partner policies, procedures, AML/CFT documentation, audit materials, training records, and monitoring results.
- Evaluate alerts, unusual activity referrals, sanctions screening reports, fraud metrics, AML metrics, CIP/KYC testing, and related partner data.
- Conduct portfolio reviews to identify recurring issues, emerging risks, product trends, and control weaknesses.
- Serve as a subject matter resource to partner compliance teams and internal stakeholders.
- Prepare written findings, management summaries, testing results, and remediation recommendations.
- Participate in and facilitate partner meetings and ongoing program management discussions.
- Escalate significant deficiencies, unexplained activity, overdue remediation, or other matters requiring management attention.
- Contribute to process improvements, training materials, and team knowledge sharing.
- Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

- 2-4 years of experience in banking BSA/AML, fintech compliance, payments risk, fraud investigations, partner oversight, or a related field.
- Experience reviewing financial crime programs, policies, procedures, risk assessments, or testing results.
- Working knowledge of BSA/AML, CIP/KYC, EDD, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and suspicious activity reporting concepts.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with internal stakeholders and external fintech partners.
- Ability to work autonomously while exercising sound judgment and escalating appropriately.
- Experience with BaaS, embedded finance, payments, lending, cards, or digital asset products is preferred.
- CAMS, CAFP, CFE, or another relevant certification is preferred.

What we offer:

- At Lead, we design our benefits to support company culture and principles, to foster an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to create the conditions for our team to give their best in both work and life
- Competitive compensation, including opportunities for equity grants and cash bonus, based on experience, geographic location, and role
- Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, 401k Matching, and other wellness benefits, including FSA, HSA and HRA
- Paid parental leave
- Flexible vacation policy, including PTO and paid holidays
- A fun and challenging team environment in a dynamic industry with ample opportunities for career growth

*Lead Bank is proud to have an inclusive culture committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity in all employment decisions regardless of race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, veteran status or any other legally protected status.

*Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

**Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. Pay is based on a number of factors and may vary depending on geographical market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Zone 1: $89,000 - $105,000 (SF/Bay Area, NYC, Seattle)

Zone 2: $73,000 - $86,000 (Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, Denver, Boston, Washington DC, San Diego, Philadelphia, Portland, Sacramento, Miami)

Zone 3: $71,000 - $83,000 (Other US Metros)

## About Lead

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Lead is a state-chartered, FDIC-insured bank that provides programmable financial services and Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) APIs, enabling fintechs and crypto companies to embed compliant banking products into their own platforms.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series B)
- **Headquarters**: Sunnyvale, California, USA
- **Founded**: 1928 (original bank), relaunched as a fintech-focused BaaS platform
- **Founders**: Jacqueline Reses (CEO), Erica Khalili (CLO/Risk Officer), and a team of fintech and banking veterans

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Financial Services / Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS)
- **Target Customers**: B2B — specifically Fintech companies, crypto platforms, and other businesses that want to embed financial services (lending, payments, card issuing, deposits) into their own products
- **Mission/Purpose**: “Define what’s possible in banking” by combining regulatory expertise with modern technology to support builders and innovators

## Products & Services
- **Lend (Lending API)**: Originate secured/unsecured term loans and lines of credit, with disbursement via the platform’s rails.
- **Issue (Card Issuing API)**: Issue debit, prepaid, and credit cards through a card-issuing processor; Lead handles settlement, network oversight, and compliance.
- **Move (Payments API)**: Send and receive payments across domestic (ACH, wires), international, and blockchain (stablecoin) rails.
- **Store (Deposit Accounts API)**: Hold customer funds in FDIC-insured, multi-currency deposit accounts with flexible account structures.
- **Partner Platform**: A unified compliance and oversight portal for partners to manage risk, KYC/KYB, and regulatory reporting.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of **$200M** across 3 rounds:
  - Series B (Oct 2024): **$70M** — led by **Andreessen Horowitz** and **Khosla Ventures**, with participation from 5 other investors
  - Private Equity Round (Aug 2022): **$100M** — 5 investors
  - Debt Financing (Mar 2021): **$30M**
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Andreessen Horowitz, Khosla Ventures, Chainalysis (compliance partner)
- **Growth Signals**:
  - **265 employees**, up **77.2% YoY** (LinkedIn, mid-2025)
  - Headcount growth fueled by hiring from Pinwheel, Square, Stripe, Loop Crypto, and Block
  - Active job postings: 17 roles (quarterly growth +21.4%)
  - Ranked in *Inc.* America’s Best Startup Employers 2025, *Forbes* Best Places to Work 2025
  - Certified as a “Most Loved Workplace” for 2025
  - Won “BaaS Innovation Award” from American Banker (2022, 2023, 2025)
  - Acquired Loop Crypto in Jan 2024 to strengthen stablecoin capabilities

## Competitive Advantages
- **Bank Charter**: One of only a few de-novo banks built in the last two decades in the US — offers the compliance and regulatory infrastructure of a fully chartered, FDIC-insured bank while operating like a modern fintech.
- **Composability by Design**: Its four product pillars (Lend, Issue, Move, Store) can be used individually or together, allowing partners to assemble custom financial products without being locked into a monolithic stack.
- **Stablecoin Expertise**: With the acquisition of Loop Crypto and dedicated stablecoin leadership, Lead is positioned to help partners move money via blockchain rails compliantly.
- **Founder-Led**: Leadership team has deep fintech and banking experience (including building a de-novo bank previously), reducing the risk of regulatory friction for partners.

## Strategic Focus
- **Deepening Stablecoin & Crypto Capabilities**: Recent Chainalysis collaboration to enhance blockchain compliance. Stablecoin payments are a growing priority.
- **Scaling Platform Adoption**: Opening up APIs (additional endpoints in active development) and documentation (e.g., `llms.txt` for AI-readiness) to attract more developer-friendly partners.
- **Winning BaaS Market Share**: Targeting fintechs and crypto companies that are dissatisfied with legacy BaaS providers (a crowded space that includes Synapse, Treasury Prime, etc.).
- **Talent Growth & Culture**: Rapidly scaling headcount while maintaining recognition as a top workplace — key to attracting engineering and compliance talent.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Certified Most Loved Workplace 2025. Operating principles include “Client Obsession,” “Champion Change & Innovation,” “Embrace Divergent Perspectives,” and “Owner Mentality” — indicating a high-trust, empowered environment.
- **Remote/Hybrid Policy**: The company has 7 offices across the US (Sunnyvale HQ, Kansas City, New York, San Francisco, and others) but job postings (e.g., Software Engineer, Technical Account Manager) do not explicitly state remote vs. in-office — likely hybrid or on-site for many roles.
- **Awards & Recognition**: *Inc.* America’s Best Startup Employers, *Forbes* Best Places to Work, *American Banker* BaaS Innovation Award — strong external validation of workplace quality.
- **Team Composition**: 51 technical employees (8% of workforce), heavily skewed toward specialists (103, 15%) and managers (45, 7%). Departments include Finance (98), Technical (51), Operations (21). Deep bench of talent drawn from Block, Stripe, Square, and Yahoo.
- **Perks**: Not explicitly listed on the careers page, but the culture emphasis on “owner mentality” suggests potential for equity, autonomy, and impact. The company is still in growth phase (Series B, recent 77% headcount growth) — likely means high ownership for new hires.
- **Who Should Apply**: Engineers (especially TypeScript, Python, blockchain), Technical Account Managers, Compliance/Risk specialists, and Product Leaders who want to work at the intersection of banking regulation and modern fintech.

## Sources
1. [lead.bank](https://www.lead.bank/)
2. [LinkedIn – Lead](https://www.linkedin.com/company/lead-bank)
3. [Explore Lead – Lead Bank](https://www.lead.bank/explore-lead)
4. [Most Loved Workplace Certified – Lead Bank Blog](https://www.lead.bank/blog-posts/most-loved-workplace-certified)
5. [Lead API Docs – What is Lead](https://docs.lead.bank/get-started/what-is-lead)

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