Digital Assets & Financial Crime Lead NEW

Twickenham, London
Ackerman Pierce
Digital Assets & Financial Crime LeadLocation: Twickenham (Fully Office Based)Contract Type: Fixed-Term Contract (2 Years)Reporting to: Corporate Investigations ManagerAbout the RoleWe are seeking an experienced and analytical Digital Assets & Financial Crime Lead to join our Corporate Investigations team on a two-year fixed-term contract. This is a specialist role focused on cryptocurrency, digital assets, blockchain intelligence, and associated financial crime risks.You will act as the organisation’s subject matter expert, providing high-quality analysis and insight to support due diligence enquiries, enhanced due diligence reviews, and corporate investigations. Working closely with investigative teams, you will translate complex blockchain and cryptocurrency findings into clear, defensible, and commercially relevant intelligence for clients.Alongside casework, you will play a key role in developing internal expertise through training, mentoring, guidance materials, and the ongoing development of crypto-related investigative capabilities and services.Key Responsibilities

• Act as the organisation’s lead specialist for cryptocurrency, digital assets, blockchain intelligence, and related financial crime risks.
• Conduct and support cryptocurrency-related due diligence, enhanced due diligence, and corporate investigations.
• Identify and assess blockchain-related risk indicators, including wallet activity, sanctions exposure, fraud typologies, source of funds and source of wealth concerns, and high-risk associations.
• Produce clear, proportionate, and commercially focused analysis for client reports.
• Advise investigation teams on appropriate research methodologies, investigative approaches, and specialist tools.
• Monitor developments in cryptocurrency regulation, sanctions, blockchain analytics, digital asset markets, and emerging financial crime trends.
• Review and quality assure crypto-related findings to ensure accuracy, defensibility, and alignment with client requirements.

Corporate Investigations & Due Diligence

• Deliver enhanced due diligence analysis covering corporate structures, beneficial ownership, reputational risks, sanctions exposure, litigation history, and governance integrity.
• Support corporate investigations by identifying red flags, evidential gaps, and risk-relevant findings.
• Contribute to robust, evidence-based client reporting and investigative outcomes.

Capability Development & Training

• Develop internal guidance, typologies, best-practice resources, and investigative frameworks.
• Train and mentor colleagues on cryptocurrency fundamentals, blockchain tracing concepts, investigative techniques, and risk indicators.
• Create client-facing training materials and technical content for delivery by senior managers.
• Support the development of crypto-related services, methodologies, and client propositions.
• Manage specialist research accounts, subscriptions, and investigative resources used across the team.

About You

• Strong practical knowledge of cryptocurrency, digital assets, blockchain intelligence, and associated financial crime risks.
• Experience conducting or supporting due diligence, enhanced due diligence, corporate investigations, intelligence analysis, or financial crime investigations.
• Ability to identify and assess crypto-related risk indicators, including sanctions exposure, fraud typologies, wallet activity, source of funds/source of wealth concerns, and high-risk links.
• Excellent analytical and investigative skills, with a methodical and evidence-based approach.
• Strong report-writing abilities, capable of translating complex technical findings into clear and commercially relevant insights.
• Experience advising colleagues and stakeholders on investigative approaches, research methods, and analytical tools.
• Confident communicator with the ability to train, mentor, and present to a variety of audiences.
• Highly organised, self-motivated, and capable of managing multiple priorities effectively.
• Demonstrable commitment to confidentiality, integrity, ethical research practices, and attention to detail.

Desirable Skills & Experience

• Experience using blockchain analytics platforms, open-source intelligence (OSINT) tools, or specialist investigative systems.
• Experience developing investigative guidance, typologies, checklists, or best-practice frameworks.
• Experience creating and delivering training content for internal teams or external clients.
• Knowledge of emerging cryptocurrency regulation, sanctions developments, fraud trends, and digital asset market activity.

Why Choose Ackerman Pierce?Ackerman Pierce calls upon over 15 years’ worth of experience in recruiting directly into the Social Work Sector. We can offer a unique experience within recruitment where you have your own personal consultant, a DBS and Compliance service with a quick and easy registration process. We pride ourselves on a guaranteed weekly payment process.To discuss this vacancy further or any other opportunities, please contact Elise Revett or email in your updated CV to us at Ackerman Pierce.