Enhanced Due Diligence Specialist (Fintech)

Location: City of London, United Kingdom; hybrid arrangement with a minimum of three office days per week

Company

hirify.global is a FTSE 100 fintech serving more than 1.3 million customers across five continents and handling billions of dollars in transactions.

What you will do

• Lead enhanced due diligence reviews and approvals for Prime institutional and professional applications and other high-risk clients.
• Assess source of wealth, source of funds, beneficial ownership, control structures, client profiles, PEP and sanctions exposure, and adverse media.
• Make clearly documented, evidence-based approval or escalation decisions for complex, novel, and borderline cases.
• Provide specialist financial crime expertise and senior risk judgement to the institutional onboarding team.
• Identify recurring risks and contribute insights to improve processes, training, controls, and quality assurance.
• Build effective working relationships with institutional onboarding, KYC Risk & Assurance, Compliance, and Financial Crime teams.

Requirements

• 4–8 years of financial crime or KYC experience in financial services, with hands-on experience in enhanced due diligence and complex client reviews.
• Strong knowledge of UK AML and financial crime regulation, including JMLSG guidance.
• Experience conducting EDD on institutional, professional, or high-risk clients with complex ownership structures, source of wealth and funds, and PEP and sanctions considerations.
• Ability to exercise qualitative judgement and make well-documented, defensible risk decisions.
• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business, Finance, Economics, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Comfortable working from the London office at least three days per week.

Nice to have

• Relevant AML qualification, such as ICA or ACAMS.

Culture & Benefits

• Outcome-focused environment measured by quality, sound risk decisions, timely onboarding, and continuous improvement.
• Opportunities for professional development and growth within KYC Risk & Assurance.
• Collaborative work with institutional onboarding, Compliance, and Financial Crime specialists.
• Inclusive workplace that values diverse perspectives and backgrounds.