Financial Crimes Audit Team Lead overseeing audit engagements addressing key risks and compliance. Ensuring effective oversight of financial crimes - related regulations and practices.
About the role
- AML Compliance Associate at Mercuryo handling suspicious activity reports and ensuring compliance with regulations. Collaborating with various teams in the fintech industry to address compliance matters.
Responsibilities
- Lead the end-to-end process of reviewing, deciding on and filing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) in compliance with local and international regulatory requirements.
- Maintain and update SAR procedures to reflect the latest regulatory changes and internal compliance policies.
- Ensure the SAR register is updated correctly.
- Prepare reports and deliver insights on SAR trends, emerging risks, and regulatory updates to senior management.
- Serve as the main point of contact with law enforcement agencies regarding SAR-related inquiries and investigations.
- Track and manage audit outcomes and actions.
- Support ad-hoc projects such as quality-assurance reviews and post-mortems on closed cases.
- Identify trends and emerging financial crime typologies.
- Produce monthly SAR metrics and concise narrative insights.
- Ensure follow up Actions required for SARs are maintained, including keeping an eye on timelines, the timely exit or block of users and other corrective actions.
- Collaborate with the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), compliance, risk management, and operational teams to ensure timely identification, investigation, and reporting of suspicious activities.
- Monitor and analyze unusual or suspicious transactions and activities flagged by the anti-money laundering (AML) and fraud detection teams.
Requirements
- A University Degree in Humanities, Economics, Law or Business.
- Comfortable with Excel (formulas, pivot tables).
- Meticulous note-taker, deadline-driven, and unafraid to ask “why?” when something looks off.
- An obvious interest in working in financial services - specifically e-money, payment services, crypto, or a retail banking environment.
- You have a natural hunger for knowledge, and a willingness to learn about Compliance.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities at once with multiple deadlines.
- The ability to build strong relationships, make impactful contributions and influence business strategy.
- Strong communicator – you’re not afraid to reach out to all stakeholders across the organisation to get information.
- You’re solutions orientated, and a problem solver at heart – you find issues and recommend how to fix or improve them.
- Organised and detail orientated.
- Excellent written and oral language skills in English and Croatian; Spanish is a plus.
Benefits
- 22 days annual leave with an additional 6 company days, plus bank holidays.
- Comprehensive health insurance plans.
- Extensive benefits program.
- Flexible work schedule and remote work options.
- Modern offices and co-working spaces across 6 countries.
- Working equipment.
- Professional development and training opportunities.
- Opportunity to shape the initiatives you’re working on.
- Diverse and friendly team.
Job title
Job type
Experience level
Salary
Not specified
Degree requirement
Location requirements
Compliance Lead managing AML/CTF compliance for Volt in Australia. Support regulatory frameworks and maintain compliance with local legislation.
GFC Investigator at Bank of America conducting end - to - end investigations related to AML and fraud. Focus on suspicious activity reporting and compliance risk management.
AML Analyst conducting investigations and preparing regulatory submissions within a leading payments platform company. Monitoring transactions for fraud and anomalies in compliance with regulations.
Compliance Analyst role focused on LDA/FT/FPADM at Stefanini. Ensuring legal compliance and risk management in financial operations.
Head of KYC High Risk Refresh managing operations and compliance initiatives at Barclays. Drive improvements and collaborate with stakeholders to support bank’s objectives.
AML Compliance Executive analyzing suspicious transactions for OpenPayd's payment platform. Conducting investigations and ensuring compliance with AML regulations in a dynamic fintech environment.
KYC Specialist responsible for corporate KYC requests and compliance at Logifuture. Maintaining accurate records and ensuring smooth onboarding experiences with a focus on regulatory compliance.
AML Senior Investigator I supporting various AML processes including suspicious activity investigations. Collaborating with supervisors and conducting reviews for high - risk typologies while working primarily from home.
Senior Compliance Analyst assisting with compliance and regulatory services for ACA Group. Analyzing client issues and ensuring adherence to federal securities laws with a focus on development.