Our Purpose
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Title and Summary
Senior Analyst, Compliance Quality Assurance - Crypto & Digital Assets
Who is Mastercard?
Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential. Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.
Overview
The Global Compliance team at Mastercard maintains robust programs to meet regulatory obligations and uphold Mastercard’s high standards of integrity. Within Global Compliance, the Legal Compliance Risk Management (LCRM) team operates an independent Quality Assurance function, testing critical compliance processes for accuracy, timeliness, and adherence to Mastercard policies and regulatory requirements. These include customer onboarding, due diligence refreshes, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and other key controls.
We are seeking a Senior Analyst, Compliance Quality Assurance - Crypto & Digital Assets to join the LCRM team. In this role, you will evaluate the effectiveness of compliance controls, with a focus on digital asset and
cryptocurrency-related risk areas. You will apply rigorous QA testing to assess whether controls supporting Mastercard’s digital asset products and third-party relationships are designed and operating effectively. This role is ideal for a compliance professional with strong QA or audit experience and both knowledge of and experience with digital asset financial crime compliance risks and controls.
Role
• Conduct QA reviews across financial crime and crypto/digital asset-related compliance processes.
• Assess control design and effectiveness against Mastercard policies and regulatory standards.
• Identify control gaps and recommend practical improvements.
• Prepare concise QA documentation, reports, and workpapers.
• Track remediation actions and monitor QA metrics to identify trends.
• Apply compliance QA methodologies to assess emerging risks in digital asset products, services, and third-party relationships.
• Contribute to the evolution of QA testing approaches by incorporating crypto-specific risk indicators, typologies, and control expectations.
• Collaborate with Compliance teams to share findings and support enhancements.
• Leverage AI tools and techniques to enhance QA testing efficiency, identify patterns, and drive continuous process improvements.
• Support audits, exams, and inquiries with QA results and documentation.
All About You
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required; advanced degree or ACAMS certification preferred.
• 3–5 years of experience in compliance, audit, or QA/testing roles.
• Experience with AML, KYC/KYB, sanctions, or financial crime compliance controls.
• Strong knowledge of BSA/AML, OFAC, and related regulatory standards.
• Demonstrated understanding of crypto and digital asset compliance risks and controls; direct crypto compliance experience preferred.
• Experience applying AI or automation tools to improve compliance testing processes, with a focus on efficiency, accuracy, and insight generation.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Self-motivated, organized, and able to manage multiple priorities independently.
• Adaptable and eager to learn in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office; experience with data analysis, automation, or blockchain analytics tools, and familiarity with emerging technologies in digital assets and compliance is a plus.
Corporate Security Responsibility
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position must:
• Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices.
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed.
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach.
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
Corporate Security Responsibility
All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:
Abide by Mastercard’s security policies and practices;
Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard’s guidelines.
