Financial Crime Advisory Officer (Fintech)

Location: London, England, United Kingdom. Hybrid work with a mix of remote and office work from Monday to Friday; occasional attendance at the London office is required.

Company

hirify.global is a fully regulated UK fintech bank focused on making everyday banking simpler, fairer, and more transparent.

What you will do

• Provide second-line financial crime advice, constructive challenge, and oversight to the first line of defence.
• Manage financial crime compliance and system monitoring programmes in line with UK regulatory requirements and internal standards.
• Maintain policies, standards, and procedures aligned with the FCA handbook, POCA, TACT, and JMLSG guidance.
• Support business-wide, country, and thematic risk assessments, and progress remediation actions from reviews and audits.
• Produce management information, dashboards, gap analyses, assurance papers, and briefings for senior stakeholders and executive committees.
• Conduct horizon scanning and support financial crime communications, training, and awareness across the bank.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of financial crime regulation, legislation, and best practice, including the FCA handbook, POCA, TACT, and JMLSG guidance.
• At least two years of relevant experience in a second-line financial crime compliance team.
• Experience managing compliance monitoring, risk assessments, policy updates, remediation actions, and regulatory gap analysis.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Experience with data and reporting tools such as Lightdash and Excel.
• AML or Financial Crime qualification such as ICA or ACAMS is preferred.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid policy with flexibility to use the London office and remote work.
• 25 days of annual leave, 8 bank holidays, a hirify.global bank holiday, birthday leave, and 3 personal days.
• Vitality healthcare for the employee and immediate family, mental health support, and enhanced parental leave.
• Workplace pension with a 5% employee contribution and 3% employer top-up.
• MacBook, home-office setup support, modern Farringdon office, Cycle to Work scheme, and Electric Car scheme.
• Employer-sponsored volunteering time and opportunities for growth in a high-growth start-up.

Hiring process

• 30-minute people screen with talent acquisition.
• One-hour technical interview.
• 45-minute final interview, conducted face to face or via Google Hangouts.