Depending on your background, this may also include mentoring and upskilling more junior investigators, contributing to quality calibration across the team, and representing Financial Crime in cross-functional forums where investigative judgement needs a seat at the table.

Who you are

You've built real depth in AML or financial crime investigations within fintech, banking, payments, or a regulatory/investigative body, or as an investigator in law enforcement — candidates coming from a law enforcement investigative background, or with experience across both fintech and traditional banking, are especially encouraged to apply.

A track record of real, demonstrable impact: cases you've resolved, gaps you've closed, or frameworks you've shaped that changed outcomes beyond a single case.

• Strong hands-on experience conducting end-to-end transaction monitoring, event-driven investigations, and complex case escalations.
• Proven ability to assess suspicious activity and draft clear, well-supported Suspicious Activity Reports in line with regulatory expectations.
• Solid understanding of AML and financial crime regulations applicable to the US and/or EU, including sanctions and PEP frameworks, and EU AML Directives/MLRO responsibilities.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and complex judgement calls — high-risk cases rarely come with a clean playbook, and you're willing to make and defend a reasoned call rather than waiting for certainty.
• You think beyond the case in front of you — spotting connections, patterns, and systemic gaps a narrower investigation would miss, and you share what you find rather than leaving it in your own case notes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, with the ability to document and explain investigative decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment with evolving financial crime risks and shifting operational priorities.
• A bias toward influence, not just execution — you'd rather fix the rule than keep catching the same exception by hand.
• Comfort working with transaction monitoring or screening systems at a level where you can meaningfully inform tuning, testing, or rule design — not just work the alerts they generate.
• An analytical mindset, comfortable working with large datasets to spot patterns; familiarity with SQL is a plus.

Awesome to have

• CAMS, ICA, or equivalent AML certification.
• A university degree in Finance, Law, Business, Criminology, Criminal Justice, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience (including law enforcement or investigative service).
• Experience supporting or overseeing outsourced investigation or transaction monitoring teams.
• Exposure to a range of product types — from traditional banking products (lending, deposits, credit) to emerging products like crypto and investments — and/or AML regulatory reporting experience in the EU/UK.
• Additional languages (German, Swedish, and/or French).
• Genuine enthusiasm for AI-powered tooling in an investigative or compliance context — comfort adopting new tools and using AI-assisted analysis (e.g., case triage, summarization, pattern/typology detection) to work smarter across case volumes.
• A specific example of impact you're proud of — a case, a rule change, a gap you closed — that we can dig into together in conversation.

Please include a CV in English.

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