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About the role
Transaction Monitoring and Financial Crime Investigations: Review and disposition transaction-monitoring alerts; investigate unusual or potentially suspicious activity; and prepare well-supported SAR recommendations and escalation memos. Review sanctions, PEP, and other high-risk escalations, maintaining clear and audit-ready case documentation.
What they're looking for
- This is a hands-on role. You’ll be responsible for AML investigations and suspicious activity reporting and collaborate with risk, operations, and product teams to embed compliance into everyday processes
- 3-5 years in US financial crime or compliance operations at a fintech, bank, MSB, payments company, or a consultancy's practice
- Hands-on alert disposition experience: transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, or KYC/CDD case review
- Knowledge and ability to drive US consumer protection rules across the product offering
More about this role
ARQ is one of the fastest-growing fintechs in the world. Our mission is to redefine how people interact with money across borders, building the infrastructure to move value seamlessly. We’re still early in our journey, which means every person who joins shapes the future of our product, culture, and growth. If you’re excited by big challenges, global impact, and the chance to grow fast with a world-class team, ARQ is the place to do it.
As part of our Compliance Operations team, you’ll lead key workstreams within the day-to-day U.S. compliance program across BSA/AML, consumer financial protection, and applicable banking, payments and card-network requirements. You’ll monitor regulatory developments, translate requirements into practical controls, manage investigations, and serve as a key liaison with regulators, auditors, and banking partners
This is a hands-on role. You’ll be responsible for AML investigations and suspicious activity reporting and collaborate with risk, operations, and product teams to embed compliance into everyday processes.
Transaction Monitoring and Financial Crime Investigations: Review and disposition transaction-monitoring alerts; investigate unusual or...
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