Senior Financial Crime Intelligence Analyst - Fiat

About us:

BVNK is a next-generation payments platform for global businesses. We bridge the gap between traditional and digital finance to make payments borderless, instant, and secure. Using the BVNK platform, businesses can send and receive payments on all major schemes and blockchain networks, incorporate stablecoins into their payment flows, and settle funds in over 30 markets.

We are a diverse team spread across the UK, Europe, South Africa and APAC, with a shared belief that in the next five years all payment flows will interact with crypto, and BVNK will be at the forefront of this shift. We recently raised 40m in series A funding, and we're looking for smart, ambitious people to help us build the next generation of payments.

We're incredibly honoured to have made Newsweek's list of the top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2 years running in 2023 and 2024. 

We are looking for an experienced analyst to join our fast-growing Financial Crime Intelligence team. This role will report to the Financial Crime Intelligence Lead.

As a Financial Crime Intelligence Senior Analyst, we’ll look to you to deliver best-in-class analysis, and thorough investigations, in respect of complex and varied financial crime threats. You’ll be taking ownership of cases triggered by BVNK’s financial crime systems and controls, focussing primarily on BVNK’s Fiat currency offering, and mitigating financial crime risks for BVNK. While this role focuses on BVNK’s Fiat offering, your cases will inevitably crossover with the world of digital assets and you’ll have the opportunity to support cutting-edge investigations on the blockchain.
This role will require flexible working hours, as the team covers the hours between 06:00 and 20:00 (GMT/BST). For example, we may require this role to start at 11:00 AM GMT/BST, and finish at 20:00 PM GMT/BST. 

We are looking for a team player; someone who is adaptable and enjoys solving complex problems in a constantly changing environment. You must be adept at managing competing priorities, and work well in a highly demanding environment. You will be comfortable delivering high quality investigations at pace, and presenting your findings and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

As a Financial Crime Intelligence Analyst, your day-to-day role will be varied, but will include tasks such as:

• Management of end-to-end financial crime investigations stemming from BVNK’s transaction monitoring system, payment screening tools, blockchain analytics provider, and other triggers,
• Receiving escalations from, and providing coaching to, more junior team members,
• Drafting of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) for submission to the relevant authorities,
• Receiving escalations from junior members of the team, making of sound recommendations, and enacting these recommendations, to mitigate financial crime risks identified as part of your investigations,
• Working closely with colleagues responsible for BVNK’s transaction monitoring systems, identifying and testing changes to the rules in our transaction monitoring system,
• Seeking out and escalating opportunities to enhance BVNK’s control environment,
• Responding to Requests for Information (RFIs) from BVNK’s banking partners,
• Servicing of law enforcement information requests and court orders served on BVNK,
• Development of intelligence received through engagement with law enforcement and the wider industry.

We’d love to hear from you if:

• You have strong experience in financial crime investigations and transaction monitoring, within a regulated institution or digital assets setting,
• You have knowledge and experience of correspondent banking risks,
• You’ve drafted and submitted Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs),
• You’re a motivated and proactive individual contributor, who takes pride in the quality of your work,
• You’re comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving and demanding environment, often with competing priorities,
• You’re happy working with a high degree of autonomy and managing evolving priorities to deliver against the team's strategy.
• You have an interest in digital assets, and are looking for an opportunity to expand your knowledge in this space,
• You have exceptional written and verbal English,

What you can expect from us:

• Fair and competitive salary at every stage of your growth
• Meaningful ownership in the business through our employee option scheme
• Flexible working hours, with hybrid working at its heart
• A culture built on passionate growth minded people
• A flexible approach to holiday
• Opportunities to travel to our offices around the world, in locations such as London and Cape Town, to collaborate with your colleagues 
• An open and creative environment where you can help us define the future of BVNK, it’s culture, and it’s opportunity sets

At BVNK, we are focused on building a diverse and inclusive team. While you may not meet all of our requirements, we’d encourage you to apply if you meet the majority of our expectations. You may be a great fit for this role or another role in our team.