FinCrime Operations Analyst - Sanctions

Wise
São Paulo
Workplace: HybridFull timeBRL 7,000 - 7,850 monthlyFunction: Business OperationsSkills: ["Attention to detail","Logical thinking","Communication","Independent judgment","Working under pressure"]

Review sanctions-screening alerts and assess whether potential matches raise sanctions concerns. Follow operational procedures for handling alerts, document decision rationales, and deliver fast, accurate outcomes. Perform investigations using open-source research, request additional information from customers as needed, and escalate cases with potential reporting requirements. Contribute to improving screening risk methodology to reduce false positives and strengthen compliance across cross-border payments.

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FinCrime Operations Analyst - Sanctions

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Job Summary

Review sanctions-screening alerts and assess whether potential matches raise sanctions concerns. Follow operational procedures for handling alerts, document decision rationales, and deliver fast, accurate outcomes. Perform investigations using open-source research, request additional information from customers as needed, and escalate cases with potential reporting requirements. Contribute to improving screening risk methodology to reduce false positives and strengthen compliance across cross-border payments.
Location: São Paulo
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Business Operations
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Follow operational procedures for sanctions alert handling and document decision rationale for all alert types.
  • •Analyze potential matches against sanctions lists from sanctions screening of customers and transactions.
  • •Communicate with customers to gather further information needed to review sanctions list matches.
  • •Escalate alerts that may create potential reporting requirements.
  • •Provide inputs to refine automated sanctions screening risk methodology to reduce false positives and improve compliance and customer experience.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: BRL 7,000 - 7,850 monthly
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:EquityLearning BudgetHealth InsuranceDentalLife InsurancePaid LeaveParental Leave

Key Requirements

  • •Must be eligible to work in Brazil.
  • •Excellent verbal and written English skills.
  • •Strong investigative and research skills using open-source research systems, with meticulous attention to detail.
  • •Strong logical thinking to interpret data, draw conclusions, and make independent judgment calls.
  • •Previous experience or knowledge about sanctions and/or financial crime (including understanding SWIFT payments, trade finance, and cross-border payments).
Experience:SanctionsFinancial crimeOpen-source researchCross-border paymentsTrade financeSWIFT
Skills:Attention to detailLogical thinkingCommunicationIndependent judgmentWorking under pressure
Certifications:ABRACAM (ABT1)
Languages:English
Tech Stack:Open-source research systemsSWIFT

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Wise
Wise (formerly TransferWise) is a London-based fintech that provides low-cost international money transfers, multi-currency accounts and payment infrastructure for individuals and businesses worldwide.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2011
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