Compliance Operations Analyst

Smarkets - Betting Exchange; London; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job description

Smarkets is a betting exchange for sports and political trading that has handled over £29 billion in volume since 2010. We are upending the sports betting industry by growing a platform that offers the best value for bettors, with not only the fairest odds but also the best technology, alongside a superior customer experience.

We are now looking for a Compliance Operations Analyst to grow our compliance team in our London office. Being open-minded, gregarious, having an eye for detail and the ability to root and articulate your opinions in data will allow you to excel at Smarkets. The role of Compliance Operations Analyst is essential in managing risks around our customers, including carrying out checks on customer accounts in line with our SOF/SOW policies and taking the lead on ensuring customer spend is affordable.

In this role, you will act as a subject matter expert on analysis of customer documentation and ensure Smarkets customers are crime-free and gambling affordably. You will have an excellent understanding of our policies on affordability and have a keen understanding of when to escalate customers to the AML team.

About You

• Prior experience conducting customer reviews and analysis, within a complex investigations/crime environment, ideally in the financial services or gambling sector
• Strong understanding of how to identify and verify a customer’s Source of Wealth and Source of Funds
• Good working knowledge of the regulatory frameworks applicable to an online gambling company, including good working knowledge of money laundering and terrorist financing typologies
• Awareness of other policies applicable to customer analysis, such as customer affordability and safer gambling
• Eye for detail and experience conducting analysis on documentary evidence from customers
• Ability to analyse and evaluate complex issues and sound judgement in determining appropriate actions/solutions
• Professional certification from organisations such as the ICA or ACAMS are a plus

Our Values

• Push to win
• Make others better
• Give a shit
• Be a pro
• Bring the energy

Our values are at the heart of everything that we do. We believe these are the fundamentals to ensure we are delivering what’s expected of us in the best way possible for ourselves and for those around us.

We offer a competitive salary package and benefits, along with a dynamic and collaborative work environment. Your work with us will make an impact and your voice will be heard.
We are a diverse team with a strong work ethic and plenty of hunger to win. We have designed our benefits offering around Health, Wealth, Lifestyle and Development.

These include:

• Stock options which vests over 4 years
• Pension scheme - an impressive pension scheme via Aviva. We will match 6% if you choose the same
• Health insurance
• Fresh fruit and snacks provided in the office everyday! (tea, coffee and soft drinks also included)
• We're a member of a cycle to work scheme
• We want to continue to invest in all our employees and do so by providing a £1000 yearly education budget that can be used on courses, conferences, books or training
• 25 days paid holiday + bank holidays to enjoy - you have the choice to carry over 5 days to the next year!
• Flexible working - we want to provide a hybrid model approach to working and provide you with 2 days a week working from home
• 20 days a year of global working - we provide the ability to work from anywhere in the world for up to 20 days a year
• We will provide you lunch everyday in the office - you don't need to worry about what to make or buy for lunch as we have it sorted with top quality food served by our in-house chef Alex!