Financial Crime Officer

The role

As a Financial Crime Officer in the second line Compliance team, you will strengthen defences by filing Suspicious Activity Reports and improving policies. You will collaborate with Operations, Product, Legal, and Risk teams to uphold standards.

What you will do

• Report directly to the Head of Compliance
• Conduct comprehensive Enhanced Due Diligence reviews on high-risk customers
• Manage Suspicious Activity Reports to the National Crime Agency and Financial Intelligence Units
• Oversee regulatory policy monitoring and change management
• Advise relevant teams on required process adjustments regarding AML, CTF, and sanctions regulations
• Help develop internal KYC and KYB tools
• Drive process improvements and automation within the financial crime control environment
• Perform second-line oversight and quality assurance of first-line controls, alert handling, case management, and EDD outputs
• Collaborate across functions including Legal, Risk and Operations

Required qualifications

• 5–6 years of relevant experience in Compliance, Financial Crime, AML & CTF roles
• University degree in Law, Finance, Business Administration, Accounting, Economics or a related field
• Strong knowledge of UK and EU AML regulations, e.g. FCA, JMLSG guidance, MLRs, POCA, FATF and Basel standards
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

• professional certifications such as CAMS, ICA Advanced AML, CFCS
• strong data or analytical skills (e.g. SQL, Excel)

Benefits

• flexible working hours
• Physical and mental health support through Wellhub including free access to over 1,500 gyms in the UK, 1-1 therapy, meditation sessions, digital fitness and nutrition apps
• extended and improved maternity and paternity leave choices
• Cycle-to-Work Scheme
• Health and Life Insurance
• Pension Scheme
• 25 days of Annual Leave (+ Bank Holidays)
• Office snacks every day

About the company

Teya is building a financial platform for local businesses across Europe. The company aims to provide simple tools, thoughtful design and real human support to small businesses.