AML Senior Analyst

About Remote

Remote is solving modern organizations’ biggest challenge – navigating global employment compliantly with ease. We make it possible for businesses of all sizes to recruit, pay, and manage international teams. With our core values at heart and future focused work culture, our team works tirelessly on ambitious problems, asynchronously, around the world. You can find Remoters working from 6 different continents (Antarctica left to go!) and all of our positions are fully remote.

With Innovation as one of the core values, we have built Automation and AI capabilities into the requirements for every role.

We encourage every member of the Remote team to bring their talents, experiences and culture to the table to help us build the best-in-class HR platform.

If you are energetic, curious, motivated and ambitious, be part of our world. Apply now and define the future of work!

What this job can offer you

This is an exciting opportunity to join Remote during a pivotal phase of growth, as part of our Risk Operations - part of our broader Payments & Risk organisation. You will help setup sound procedures for vetting our customers globally.

Not only will you have the responsibility to introduce and implement innovative anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-financing terrorism (CFT) solutions for our platform, you will play a key role in tackling fraud and driving continuous improvement. You will be working as part of a regulated Payment Institution, and will step into a crucial role that helps customers have a smooth onboarding experience, while ensuring that Remote meets all of its regulatory obligations.

What you bring

Several years of experience in operational risk, compliance, KYC/AML, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening with a financial services company or other fintech company

Proven ability to lead on KYB casework, sanctions environment, and fraud continuous improvement, including familiarity with relevant compliance tools with ability to face off to vendors

Able to lead projects independently, eager to learn and develop new skills, comfortable taking on projects proactively

Relevant AML certification preferable, e.g. ACAMS

Demonstrates strong automation and AI capabilities

Key Responsibilities

Review, and take decisions on KYB cases for our regulated payments entity. Conduct enhanced KYB investigations, and create internal reports and recommendations as necessary

Act as the first line escalation point for the team of KYB analysts working for the Dutch payments entity. Summarize, and escalate high risk cases to the entity’s Compliance Officer and MLRO

Lead transaction monitoring and investigations, including using monitoring tools, to monitor, detect, prevent and report on possible money laundering, terrorism financing, corruption and other suspicious activity

Lead continuous improvement around tooling, SOPs and policies

Conduct stakeholder engagement to raise the profile of Compliance

Prepare data-driven internal management reports

In general be ready to lead aspects of the wider team with projects and tasks to transform and improve compliance policies and processes

Practicals

You'll report to: Senior Manager, Compliance

Team: Risk Operations - Compliance

Location: For this position we welcome everyone to apply, but we will prioritize applications from the Netherlands.

Start date: As soon as possible

Application process

Interview with recruiter

Interview with future manager

Interview with team members (no managers present)

Bar Raiser Interview

Prior employment verification check

Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay along with competitive benefits in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to or encourage cheap-labor practices and therefore we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.

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