Financial Crime Analyst - Screening

About the role

Modulr is the payments automation platform that streamlines money movement with accuracy, control and reliability - built to scale. Shaping the future of finance operations, Modulr automates payment and reconciliation workflows to remove manual work, lower operational costs and reduce errors. Processing more than £150B annually and trusted by over 6,000 businesses - from SMEs to Enterprise - Modulr provides the dependable foundations to run finance operations efficiently and grow confidently. As a regulated platform with 99.9% uptime Modulr provides control and confidence over how money moves in and out of the business, including payroll, supplier payments, spend management and payment collection. Modulr values Building the extraordinary; going that extra mile. Owning the opportunity; be passionate and proud of the time you invest. Move at pace; reach goals faster whilst supported on your career journey. Achieve it together, working collaboratively and being a Modulite. The first line Risk & Compliance function executes processes to mitigate financial crime risks to Modulr relating to Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing, Fraud, Sanctions, Anti-bribery & Corruption. This role is focussed on the screening of customers and transactions for risks associated to PEP's, sanctions, adverse media, fitness/probity, and other warnings from regulators, ensuring that any such risks are identified and mitigating actions taken in line with Modulr's regulatory obligations and AML Policy. As we are a small team, this is a hands-on role; you will need to be comfortable handling complex cases and using your own initiative to solve problems and drive continuous improvements in the team's processes. This is an opportunity to be a part of our Amsterdam team, as we continue our growth into Europe while working closely with stakeholder in our other offices in Edinburgh and London. The key tasks of your role will include: Investigating both customer and transaction related alerts generated from our diverse customer base. Reporting suspicious activity internally to the Compliance Officer. Supporting financial crime prevention across the wider business and Modulr partnerships and ensuring Modulr's agents, distributors and outsourced service providers are also performing screening to the required standard. Support with external reporting to enforcement agencies such as FIU NL / DNB where required and in line with Modulr's regulatory responsibilities. Analysis and insight into current trends, themes, and overall control effectiveness. Stakeholder Engagement (Internal and External). About You A (high-level) understanding of local regulations such as the Wet ter voorkoming van witwassen en financieren van terrorisme (Wwft), Sanctiewet 1970 and Wet op het financieel toezicht (Wft). This knowledge is important to ensure compliance with Dutch financial laws and to effectively manage regulatory risks (together with 2nd line team). Be a subject matter expert in Screening in the EU. You are passionate about protecting the business, whilst also supporting rapid growth. You love rolling up your sleeves and doing whatever is required to achieve the goals of the compliance team and wider business. You are excited about the prospect of supporting the lead analyst in improving and evolving existing compliance processes to ensure the compliance programme continues to be aligned to the business's growth plans. You are structured and organised and able to handle the competing pressures of compliance tasks and investigations from several different workstreams. You are comfortable working in an early-stage business, where time is critical, and things change frequently. You are analytical and inquisitive by nature. You can structure investigations in a clear and concise manner. You have an inquisitive mind and proactive approach to problem solving and issue resolution. You enjoy self-leading and working independently when required in a fast-paced, constantly changing environment. You enjoy sharing your knowledge and sharing your ideas about how we can improve. You have a strong interest in FinTech and financial crime prevention within this sector. Skills and experience we are interested in: Strong awareness of current Money Laundering Modus Operandi and ability to identify these through transactional analysis. Experience working as part of a Screening and/or Transaction Monitoring Unit within financial services. Experience of completing as well and peer reviewing Unusual Activity/Transaction Reports (UAR/UTRs) Awareness of the

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Financial Crime Analyst - Screening Amsterdam, Netherlands Full-time Are you curious, excited by experimentation and always looking for a better way of doing things? Do you want to keep learning and developing whilst getting hands-on, payment-building experience? Do you want the opportunity to play an important role in a rapidly growing and exciting Fintech business?

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