Senior AML Officer

Senior AML Officer – Ireland

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About the team

SumUp's Governance, Risk and Compliance team sits at the heart of how we operate responsibly across our global markets. The team is responsible for protecting the integrity of our financial crime framework across multiple regulated entities, and Ireland sits at the heart of that mission. As a Senior AML Officer embedded in our Irish regulated entity, you'll play a critical role in keeping our AML/CTF programme robust, practical, and fit for a fast-growing fintech, working closely with the local Head of AML and global operational teams to ensure our financial crime controls are effective, well-evidenced, and continuously improving. This is a role with real impact : you'll be the person who spots risk, makes sound judgments on complex cases, advises on control gaps, and helps translate regulatory expectations into day-to-day controls that actually work.

What you'll do

Review and assess complex transaction monitoring alerts and high-risk escalations, making well-reasoned decisions under scrutiny

Supporting suspicious activity reporting and maintaining the AML/CTF programme for the Irish regulated entity

Monitor AML/CTF regulatory developments and help translate them into practical controls and programme enhancements

Work closely with operational AML and KYC teams to support the effective running of key financial crime controls

Contribute to the preparation of regulatory reporting and internal governance materials for the Central Bank of Ireland

You'll be great for this role if…

Experience working in an AML or financial crime role within the Irish financial services sector, ideally in fintech, payments, e-money, or banking

Good knowledge of Irish AML/CTF regulations, including suspicious activity reporting frameworks and Central Bank of Ireland expectations

Solid analytical judgement when reviewing CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring alerts, and high-risk cases, with the confidence to escal