Onboarding & KYC Officer, Bitgo
$130-160k
+Equity
Digital asset financial services for instuitutions
Job no longer available
Digital asset financial services for instuitutions
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$130-160k
+Equity
201-500 employees
Company mission
BitGo's mission is to deliver trust in digital assets.
Role
Who you are
- 7+ years of relevant experience in a compliance, operations or risk management position
- Knowledge of BSA, AML and KYC policies and procedures
- Solid understand of the various institutional client types (i.e. Funds, FIs, PE/VC, etc.) and their legal structures (i.e. LLC, GP, Trust, PIC, etc.)
- Bachelor's degree or an advanced degree or certification or relevant experience in the field
- Considerable project management and remediation project experience
- Attention to detail, strong judgment, ethics and decision making skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently with minor supervision
- Organizational and time management skills
- Ability to work in a highly collaborative startup FinTech environment
What the job involves
- Lead onboarding reviews of prospective clients and ensure that all of the information/documentation have been collected and are accurate
- Research and document any issues identified during the client onboarding process
- Analyze client information across multiple systems and processes
- Conduct enhanced due diligence reviews on escalated items when appropriate
- Perform a quality assurance function as it relates to alert disposition of new clients
- Identify operational efficiencies and reduce account opening lead times
- Support all aspects of the Periodic KYC program
- Identify and resolve or escalate, as appropriate, any issues in relation to the onboarding or KYC refresh process
- You will report to the Deputy BSA Officer
Our take
The digital asset industry is maturing, with asset companies looking to shore up their positions by adding secure custody capabilities. This is good news for BitGo, an independent, regulated cryptocurrency custodian company providing security, custody, and liquidity solutions.
BitGo’s flagship multi-signature wallet solution helps its clients mitigate risk and optimize capital efficiency. The company has subsequently expanded to also cover a number of areas that are critical for any holder of major crypto assets - like portfolio and tax management. In this, BitGo was smart to focus exclusively on institutional clients: there’s huge appetite among larger players to expedite the mainstreaming of crypto, and they’ll need precisely BitGo’s tools to get there.
BitGo was in talks to be acquired by PayPal, and most recently Galaxy Digital, which speaks to a strong institutional confidence in the crypto wave. In spite of a rocky 2024 for the digital assets (which now sees BitGo suing Galaxy Digital for pulling out of the acquisition deal), BitGo has manoeuvred itself into a central position to capitalise on what, now, seems a near-inevitable period of mass adoption. Exemplifying this, the BitGo Ventures wing of the company was launched in 2024 to partner with and invest in cutting-edge blockchain and fintech startups, whilst the company saw revenue rocket to $4.19 billion in H1 2025. It's now gearing up for an IPO bid, which is fitting considering its growth.
Exemplifying this, the BitGo Ventures wing of the company was launched in 2024 to partner with and invest in cutting-edge blockchain and fintech startups, whilst the company saw revenue rocket to $4.19 billion in H1 2025. It's now gearing up for an IPO bid, which is fitting considering its growth
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Insights
-26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2023
$100m
SERIES C
Oct 2018
$16m
SERIES B
Total funding: $170.5m
Company benefits
- Company-paid medical, dental, and vision plans
- Catered lunches, fresh snacks, and gourmet coffee
- Commuting made easy with company-paid Caltrain passes
- Competitive compensation, stock options, and 401k plan
- Top-end computer equipment to power your work
- Flexible vacation time
- Remote/hybrid friendly with physical location workspaces
Company HQ
Evergreen Park, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Mike Belshe
(CEO)Previously Director of Engineering at Good Technology, who went on to found Cookout Software - and then move to Google as a Software Engineer/Development Manager when the latter company bought out the startup. Has served as BitGo CEO for over a decade.
Ben Davenport
(Advisor)Has spent time as a Software Engineer at Microsoft, Google, and Facebook, and worked on algorithm development at Hudson River Trading. Additionally co-founded and led Beluga, a mobile group messaging solution that was ultimately bought by Facebook, and became Facebook Messenger.
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