Financial Crime and Fraud Analyst (Fintech)

TL;DR

Financial Crime and Fraud Analyst (Fintech): Detecting, investigating, and reporting suspicious financial activities to protect the platform and customers with an accent on transaction monitoring and regulatory reporting. Focus on conducting thorough investigations, preparing SARs, and optimizing fraud detection rules.

Location: Remote (Must be based in Colombia)

Company

Morse (a product by Avian Labs Inc.) is a blockchain-powered money transfer service enabling effortless and instantaneous global payments in over 150 countries.

What you will do

• Monitor and analyze transactions and customer behavior to identify suspicious activity using automated and manual techniques.
• Conduct thorough investigations into system-generated alerts and escalate confirmed suspicions.
• Prepare and submit Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to the relevant Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU).
• Perform enhanced due diligence (EDD) on high-risk customers.
• Support the development, tuning, and testing of fraud detection rules to reduce false positives.
• Collaborate with internal teams to gather intelligence and assist with regulatory examinations and audits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Criminology, Law, or a related discipline.
• Fluency in English and Spanish.
• 2-3 years of experience in financial crime, fraud, or AML/CFT roles within financial services or fintech.
• Strong knowledge of AML/CFT regulations, fraud typologies, and sanctions regimes.
• Hands-on experience with transaction monitoring systems.
• Excellent analytical skills and experience drafting internal investigation reports and SARs.

Nice to have

• Professional certifications such as ICA, CAMS, or CFE.
• Familiarity with cryptocurrency and digital asset-related financial crime risks.