Senior Financial Crime Investigator, Business Banking (Fintech)

Location: Fully remote, based within the UK.

Salary: £31,100–£39,350 plus performance-tied incentive awards.

Company

hirify.global is a UK digital bank offering personal and business accounts, savings, investments, pensions, credit cards, and financial education.

What you will do

• Own complex financial crime investigations for business banking customers, including enhanced due diligence for high-risk businesses, complex customer reviews, and multi-jurisdictional money muling investigations.
• Write, review, and submit high-quality Suspicious Activity Reports to the National Crime Agency.
• Maintain a regular schedule of core investigative tasks while supporting service-level agreements and frontline risk management.
• Coach investigators on financial crime typologies, best practices, and performance improvement.
• Work with Operations Analysts to identify emerging trends and update operational guidance across the domain.

Requirements

• Deep KYB and AML expertise, including significant experience conducting end-to-end business due diligence, enhanced due diligence, and complex investigations within a regulated financial setting.
• Strong research skills, including the ability to use open-source intelligence and analysis to corroborate customer profiles and transactional activity.
• Strong understanding of UK and international financial crime trends affecting business accounts and the UK Suspicious Activity Report regime.
• Ability to work flexibly in a fast-paced environment and adapt to shifting priorities, new guidance, and process changes at short notice.
• Impact-driven approach to detecting and preventing financial crime and protecting customers.

Nice to have

• Experience mentoring peers.
• A track record of escalating process improvements.
• A relevant qualification such as ICA or ACAMS.

Culture & Benefits

• Fully remote work from within the UK.
• 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 9:00am–5:30pm, plus one full weekend every four weeks with two days in lieu.
• No time off can be approved during the first six weeks because of Monday–Friday training from 9:00am–5:30pm.
• £1,000 annual budget for books, training courses, and conferences.
• MacBook and additional support for the home working environment.
• Birthday time off is guaranteed when the birthday falls on a scheduled workday outside the training period.

Hiring process

• Application questions reviewed by the hiring team.
• 30-minute recruiter video call assessing skills fit.
• 60-minute hiring manager video interview covering values and technical questions.
• The process is expected to take approximately three to four weeks.