AML Investigations Specialist (Fintech)

Location: São Paulo, Brazil. Work model: currently fully remote, with a future transition to a hybrid setup.

Company

hirify.global is a Series C fintech building AI-powered financial services and crypto-enabled cross-border money movement for immigrant communities in the US.

What you will do

• Review and disposition transaction monitoring and screening alerts within SLA.
• Conduct end-to-end AML, sanctions, fraud, and financial crime investigations across onboarding, transaction monitoring, and post-transaction reviews.
• Analyze customer activity, transaction behavior, device intelligence, payment flows, blockchain data where applicable, and external intelligence.
• Perform Enhanced Due Diligence and adverse media research, escalate suspicious activity, and prepare investigative summaries and SAR recommendations.
• Identify emerging money laundering, fraud, sanctions evasion, mule account, and synthetic identity patterns.
• Improve detection and operating procedures with Product, Data, Risk, Fraud, and Compliance Operations, including responsible use of AI.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in AML investigations, transaction monitoring, fraud investigations, sanctions compliance, or financial crime operations.
• Experience in a fintech, payments company, digital bank, crypto platform, or other fast-paced financial institution is strongly preferred.
• Strong understanding of AML/BSA concepts, customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and suspicious activity investigations.
• Strong analytical and investigative skills, including the ability to connect multiple data points into clear, evidence-based conclusions.
• Strong written communication skills for investigative case documentation.
• Experience writing procedures, case templates, internal memos, or similar operational documentation.
• Ability to work with large datasets, multiple systems, and evolving investigative tools.
• Curiosity, proactivity, comfort with ambiguity, sound risk judgment, ownership, attention to detail, and a continuous improvement mindset.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Nice to have

• CAMS or an equivalent financial crime certification.
• Experience with cross-border payments, remittances, fintech, digital wallets, cryptocurrency, or embedded finance.
• Experience using AI assistants or LLMs for research, investigations, documentation, or operational workflows.
• Spanish proficiency, data analytics, prompt engineering, workflow automation, low-code/no-code tools, or case management platforms.
• Experience working with Product, Engineering, or Data Science teams, supporting regulatory examinations, or responding to law enforcement requests.

Culture & Benefits

• Currently fully remote, with a future transition to a hybrid setup.
• Competitive salary, initial stock options grant, and annual performance bonus.
• Health, dental, and vision plans.
• Continuous learning opportunities, unlimited PTO, and paid parental leave.
• Growth opportunities in a dynamic entrepreneurial environment.