Senior BSA/AML Analyst
About the role
About LeafLink
LeafLink is the largest unified B2B cannabis platform, providing licensed cannabis businesses a suite of tools to manage their business more effectively, sell or order from their favorite brands and accelerate growth. We are one platform, one solution and we’re defining the way thousands of cannabis brands, distributors, and retailers streamline their operations. With thousands of brands and retailers across 30+ markets in North America, we are setting the industry standard for how cannabis businesses grow together. LeafLink processes more than $5 billion in wholesale cannabis orders annually.
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
- 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 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 BasS compliance models, including how AML obligations flow between partner programs
- Experience with AML transaction monitoring platforms (i.e. Abrigo BAM+, Actimize, Verafin) and cannabis specific compliance tools (i.e. METRC, BioTrack, Shield Assure, RiskScout)
- Ability to review state cannabis license data, interpret dispensary, cultivator, processor operational structures, and assess alignment with banking activity
- CAMS certification a plus
LeafLink Perks & Benefits
- Flexible PTO - you’re going to be working hard so enjoy time off wi