FinCrime Escalations Specialist: AML & Sanctions

Revolut; Finland; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Revolut is seeking a FinCrime Escalations Officer to ensure effective and compliant suspicious activity reporting across branches in Europe. You will act as the escalation point for cases, submit SARs, and support the MLRO in AML/CFT matters while monitoring trends and maintaining documentation.

You will collaborate with authorities, translate regulatory requirements into operational guidance, and prepare management dashboards with clear summaries for stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience as a compliance/FinCrime officer in a major financial institution.
• Experience in FinCrime operations acting as the escalation point.
• Deep knowledge of AML and sanctions regulations.
• Experience using internal and external systems and databases to conduct investigations.
• The ability to review policies and procedures and advise if changes are required.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the escalation point for suspicious activity cases, managing queries requiring a second line of defence review.
• Ensuring accurate and timely SARs are submitted according to local requirements.
• Supporting the MLRO in day-to-day AML/CFT, sanctions, and financial crime matters.
• Monitoring and detecting rare or new patterns, and reporting emerging trends in suspicious activity.
• Developing, improving, and maintaining internal policies, procedures, guidance, and escalation frameworks.
• Helping to ensure that internal processes are aligned with legal and regulatory requirements.
• Collaborating with relevant authorities, including responding to requests for information and supporting external reporting processes and audits.
• Supporting management reporting by preparing metrics, dashboards, summaries, and thematic analysis for key stakeholders.
• Supporting internal training and awareness by translating regulatory requirements into workable operational guidance.
• Maintaining high documentation standards, ensuring that investigations, decisions, and escalations are clearly recorded and defensible.

Skills

AML knowledge

FinCrime ops

Policy review

Data analysis

Regulatory reporting

Management briefing

Payment systems

English Finnish

Tools

XML

SQL

Job description

Revolut is seeking a FinCrime Escalations Officer to ensure effective and compliant suspicious activity reporting across branches in Europe. You will act as the escalation point for cases, submit SARs, and support the MLRO in AML/CFT matters while monitoring trends and maintaining documentation.

You will collaborate with authorities, translate regulatory requirements into operational guidance, and prepare management dashboards with clear summaries for stakeholders.