Hybrid Senior FinCrime Analyst

at Swan

• Job title: Senior FinCrime Analyst
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Milan, Italy

About the role

• FinCrime Analyst ensuring compliance and safety in financial operations within the Financial Crime team at Swan. Focusing on regulatory compliance in the Italian market and corporate clients.

Responsibilities

• Analyze escalations from 1st line on customer transaction patterns, with a strong focus on Italian corporate customers, to identify potential money laundering or fraudulent activities.
• Perform sanctions and PEP screenings as well as due diligences when necessary to ensure compliance with international and local (Italian) regulatory requirements.
• Conduct in-depth investigations into suspicious activities and transaction patterns, assessing, drafting and submitting Suspicious Activity Reports (SOS) in line with Italian AML regulations.
• Support the management of fraud-related incidents, including analyzing chargeback cases, unauthorized transfers, and phishing attempts.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of FinCrime procedures, and controls, with particular attention to Italian regulatory expectations.
• Preparation, drafting, and submission of Suspicious Activity Reports (SOS) to the Italian Financial Intelligence Unit (UIF), including operational use of Infostat-UIF, following internal approval processes.
• Support training initiatives to educate teams on emerging FinCrime risks, typologies, and mitigation techniques.

Requirements

• 5 years of experience in financial crime, fraud, or AML within Fintechs, Payment Institutions, EMIs, or traditional banking environments, with focus on corporate clients.
• hands-on experience with the Italian AML framework, including UIF indicators of anomaly and Suspicious Activity Reporting (SOS).
• Familiarity with transaction monitoring tools and AML regulations (e.g. FATF recommendations, EU AML directives, Italian AML Law – D.Lgs. 231/2007) is a must.
• strong analytical skills and a detail-oriented mindset.
• able to work autonomously on complex cases while collaborating effectively with the MLRO and senior stakeholders.
• strong written and verbal communication skills, in both Italian and English.
• Prior experience with Infostat-UIF is considered a strong asset.

Benefits

• 27 days of paid leave.
• access to Moka Care for mental health and wellness.
• Hybrid remote policy: We offer the possibility of working from home for 2 days per week.
• Once a year we gather to reconnect, deep-dive into big topics, and relax.
• diversity and inclusion are important at Swan. We’re working hard to get better every day.