At TrueLayer, we’re building the future of payments. We’re on a mission to take on outdated payment methods with a solution designed for today’s online, on-demand economy. By removing friction at the heart of commerce — the payment — we’re making it faster, safer, and smarter for everyone.
To date, we’ve raised $300 million from world-renowned investors including Stripe, Tiger Global, Addition, and Tencent. With offices in London, Milan, and Dublin, we’re trusted by industry leaders like RyanAir and Just Eat Takeaway. But this is just the beginning.
We’re reimagining how the world pays, invests, shops, and saves. We’re transforming payments for industries like e-Commerce and iGaming, redefining what’s possible with technology and innovation. Now, we’re looking for people who are ready to help us build a brand that changes an industry.
We’re looking for a Financial Crime Investigations Analyst to join TrueLayer’s Investigations team. This role sits at the heart of our first line of defence against financial crime, and is perfect for someone with foundational experience in AML and fraud investigations who’s ready to take on more ownership and analytical responsibility.
You'll work across transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, fraud investigations, and support in shaping and enhancing our financial crime systems. You’ll collaborate closely with experienced team members, cross-functional stakeholders, and external bodies such as law enforcement to identify, investigate, and escalate suspicious activity.
What we expect from you as an Investigation Analyst:- Review transaction monitoring alerts to identify suspicious or potentially fraudulent activity across a variety of products and customer types.
- Conduct investigations into AML and fraud alerts, documenting findings with clear risk-based recommendations.
- Review and assess sanctions screening hits, escalating true positives where needed.
- Contribute to the refinement of transaction monitoring scenarios, helping to reduce false positives and improve detection accuracy.
- Support the submission of SARs to the relevant Financial Intelligence Units, ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
- Identify and communicate emerging financial crime typologies or trends, supporting the team in adapting monitoring approaches.
- Respond to requests from law enforcement, preparing and reviewing information before submission.
- Help assess the financial crime risks of new products and services and propose mitigation strategies.
- Work towards KPIs and support in collating data for internal MI and regulatory reporting.
- Contribute to continuous improvement by sharing feedback on systems, processes, and alerts handling.
- Experience working in a financial crime prevention role, such as AML, fraud investigations, or transaction monitoring.
- Understanding of AML/CTF laws, sanctions frameworks, and common typologies.
- Familiarity with a variety of legal entity types and customer profiles.
- Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data and draw conclusions.
- Excellent written communication, with the ability to articulate investigative findings clearly and concisely.
- Comfortable with cross-functional collaboration and able to escalate appropriately when needed.
- Curious, proactive, and eager to grow your expertise in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience conducting transaction monitoring reviews in high-risk industries such as eCommerce or iGaming.
- Familiarity with SAR drafting and submission.
Understanding of UK and EU AML/CTF legislation (global knowledge is a bonus). - Exposure to SQL, Excel, or data visualisation tools for investigation or reporting purposes.
A recognised financial crime or AML qualification.
Experience in a fintech, technology firm, or regulated financial services environment.
Don’t meet all the requirements?
Multiple studies have shown that women and people of underrepresented groups are sometimes less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single requirement. At Truelayer, we are committed to building a diverse workforce, so if you are excited about this role and have the essential skills, but not the entire checklist - we’d still love to hear from you!
BenefitsWhat you can expect from us:
- Meaningful equity in the company 💰
- Flexible hours and hybrid working - we offer a hybrid approach to work of 3 days per week remote working 🏡 and 2 days per week in our new offices in London 🇬🇧 Milan 🇮🇹 and Dublin 🇮🇪 - This is more flexible in our Dublin office due to our WeWork space.
- Need to collect the kids from childcare? Love a workout in the gym first thing? No worries, we trust you to do your best work within our hybrid framework 🧘
- A one-off remote-working budget to help you set up your home office 💺
- 24 days holiday as standard ✈️ with flexible bank holidays, so you can take those days whenever you like 🌍
- 12 fully-paid wellbeing days a year and your birthday off (on top of the holiday allowance) 🕊️
- 2 volunteering days to support causes important to you
- Life Cover as part of our benefits package, offering financial protection and peace of mind for you and your loved ones 🛟
- 90 day ‘work from abroad’ policy 👩💻☀️
- Generous parental leave, above and beyond statutory requirements and with no minimum tenure 👪
- Competitive pension contribution at 4% & 4% 🧓
- Private health insurance from the day you start 🧑⚕️
- Membership of mental wellbeing platform Spill and premium Calm subscription
- A €1000 budget to spend on learning & development each year 📚
- Free lunch from Just Eat Pay 🥙 (If you choose to work from the office on Tuesdays and Wednesdays)
At TrueLayer, we don’t just do inclusion and diversity. We embrace people that have different opinions, perspectives and personalities. Because we believe that by seeing the world from all sorts of angles, we can make life better for all the people who live in it. We strongly encourage applications from underrepresented groups (e.g. people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from all socio-economic backgrounds). If you’d like to discuss alternative working patterns, please let us know.
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