About this role

▸about Elliptic — company background

Do you want to be at the forefront of combating crypto-enabled terrorism financing? Are you excited about leading the intelligence research that helps financial institutions and governments disrupt illicit financial networks? Are you looking for a values-led company that trusts you to own your domain and make a real impact?

The impact you will have:

As a key contributor to our global intelligence team, you will act as a CTF Subject Matter Expert, leading complex, in-depth investigations into the use of cryptoassets by terrorist actors and facilitation networks. You will validate exposure and attribution confidence, improve workflows, and translate findings into actionable intelligence outputs.

Your work will directly enhance Elliptic’s industry-leading intelligence dataset and product capabilities, helping our private and public-sector customers and partners strengthen CTF controls, manage risk, and take defensible decisions. Your insights will inform strategic client conversations, shape impactful research and publications, and reinforce Elliptic’s reputation as a trusted authority in the crypto and financial intelligence space. Your expertise will play a vital role in advancing financial integrity on a truly global scale.

What you will do:

Lead CTF-focused research and investigations into cryptoasset activity linked to terrorist organisations, facilitators, propaganda and fundraising ecosystems, and operational support networks including identifying typologies

Build and maintain a comprehensive picture of evolving CTF trends and ensure Elliptic’s intelligence reflects the full range of terrorist actors and facilitators using crypto

Work across multiple jurisdictions and designation regimes (e.g., UN, US, UK, EU and relevant domestic CT frameworks), ensuring our intelligence outputs align to different legal definitions, evidentiary expectations, and customer obligations.

Collaborate with the global intelligence team to identify and integrate new entities, wallet clusters, and illicit behaviors into Elliptic’s dataset, keeping it robust, actionable, and defensible.

Represent Elliptic’s CTF intelligence capabilities in client briefings, training sessions, and industry forums, communicating complex findings clearly to audiences including compliance teams, regulators, and public-sector partners.