AML Analyst - Financial Crime Investigations

AML Analyst - Financial Crime Investigations Team

At SumUp our vision is to be a global leader in the FinTech industry and build a world where small businesses can be successful doing what they love. To get there, we are putting together a team that is passionate about what they do, committed to one another and to our merchants.

Our SumUp office in Vilnius is currently hiring for the position of AML Analyst - Financial Crime Investigations to join our AML Financial Crime Investigations Team.

 

The Financial Crime Compliance Team is perfect for those ones who are excited by the potential to work with different products and teams and have a desire and hunger to constantly improve and innovate in AML Compliance solutions. We have passion for our business and the enablement of its growth in a manner that is compliant and reduces risk.

 

What you’ll do:

  • Investigate potentially suspicious financial activity across multiple geographies;
  • Report suspicious financial activity to the authorities;
  • Liaise with official authorities for their investigations;
  • Provide Quality Assurance reviews on other team member’s work;
  • Respond and remediate issues identified by the Compliance, Support, Risk, and Onboarding teams within SumUp;
  • Refine and update training materials accordingly + assist with the drafting and maintenance of processes for AML related tasks;
  • Point of contact for the team prior to escalation to Team Lead or MLRO;
  • Assist in projects, monitoring, and investigations, as directed by the AML Team Leader, Head of Transaction Monitoring & MLROs.

 

You’ll be great for this role if:

  • You have strong analytical skills & confident evidence-based thinking;
  • You have excellent written and verbal communication skills in English;
  • You are a proactive team player with an ability to take initiative and assume responsibility;
  • You are able to identify, escalate and communicate issues to management in an effective and professional manner;
  • Demonstrable understanding of KYC, CDD and EDD procedures, including the review of identification documents and PEPs and sanctions screening;
  • Previous experience of working with compliance, financial crime or fraud detection tools (eg: BVD, Thomson Reuters, Threatmetrix, LexisNexis), as well as Jira and Confluence;
  • Experience filing SARs / STRs is a plus

 

Why SumUp?

  • A truly empowering Agile environment where you will make a difference and learn a lot.
  • An amazing team and work environment that works with passion and purpose to achieve incredible results.
  • Be a part of a truly global team: SumUpers come from over 50 different countries around the world! (The GRC Team has nearly 80 members over 3 continents).
  • Learning and development opportunities in other areas than AML and KYC in the future
  • You’ll be part of a company that lives and breathes to empower small merchants around the world.

 

Salary: €23,000 - €33,000 per annum

 

About SumUp

We believe in the everyday hero.

Small business owners are at the heart of all we do, so we're creating tools that help them run their business. With a founders mentality and a 'team-first attitude' our diverse teams across Europe, South America, and the United States work together to ensure that the small business owners we partner with can be successful doing what they love. We do so with genuine care for our merchants and love for our products.

 

SumUp is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer that proudly pursues and hires a diverse workforce. SumUp does not make hiring or employment decisions on the basis of race, colour, religion or religious belief, ethnic or national origin, nationality, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other basis protected by applicable laws or prohibited by Company policy. SumUp also strives for a healthy and safe workplace and strictly prohibits harassment of any kind.

SumUp will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. 

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