Senior Financial Crime Investigator, Business Banking, EU, Fluent Spanish and English

Monzo; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 29,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK bank is looking for a Senior Investigator who will investigate complex anti-money laundering alerts and support operational teams. The ideal candidate has strong communication skills in English and Spanish and experience in financial crime investigations. The role is remote, based in the UK, with a salary range of £29,450 to £37,000 plus benefits including a £2,500 multilingual premium and learning budget.

Benefits

£1,000 annual learning budget

Macbook for remote work

Birthday day off

Qualifications

• Strong experience of conducting high-risk business banking screening.
• Experience making independent, risk‑based financial crime decisions.
• Knowledge of the current financial crime landscape in the UK and EU.

Responsibilities

• Investigate complex or high-risk anti‑money laundering alerts.
• Recommend Suspicious Transaction Reports be filed.
• Conduct ongoing due diligence on high-risk business accounts.

Skills

Strong English communication skills

Fluent in Spanish (CEFR C1 level)

Experience in high-risk business banking screening

Experience in financial crime decision-making

Knowledge of financial crime risks in the UK and EU

Job description

We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone.

We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

After starting as a prepaid card, our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well as personal and business bank accounts, we offer joint accounts, accounts for 16-17 year olds, a free kids account and credit cards in the UK, with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save, invest and combine their pensions with us.

With our hot coral cards and get‑paid‑early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!

We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ❤️

Hear from our UK team about what it's like working at Monzo ✨

Remote in the UK | £29,450 - £37,000 (+ £2,500 Multilingual Premium) +Benefits

Hey there! We're Monzo, the bank that's making money work for everyone. We're all about waving goodbye to old-school banking and creating magical moments for our customers. We're expanding in the EU and need awesome Senior Investigators to lead the charge!

You’ll play a key role by:

• Investigating complex or high-risk anti‑money laundering alerts on business accounts.
• Responsible for recommending Suspicious Transaction Reports (STR) be by Monzo Bank EU.
• Making business onboarding decisions in high‑risk or complex cases.
• Conducting ongoing due diligence on high‑risk business accounts.
• Providing financial crime expertise and support to other operational teams across the business.

We’d love to hear from you if…

• You have strong English written and verbal communication skills.
• You are fluent in Spanish both written and verbal communication skills (to at least CEFR C1 level).
• You have strong experience of conducting high‑risk business banking screening or complex business financial crime investigations.
• You have experience making independent, risk‑based financial crime decisions in a regulated financial services firm.
• You have knowledge of the current financial crime landscape in the UK and the EU, and associated financial crime risks.

The working hours to be covered by the team will be 7am - 6.30pm and this will be based on 8.5 hours per day (with a 1 hour lunch included). This will include 1 in 4 weekends. The successful candidate will be required to be flexible in order to meet our customer demand. The start for the role will be Monday 5th January and you must be able to commit to the first 8 weeks. No holidays/time off will be authorised during this period.

What’s in it for you

£29,450 - £37,000 (+ £2,500 Multilingual Premium) + share options.

We guarantee to approve time off on your birthday if it falls on a day you’re scheduled to work and it’s outside of your training period.

This role is remote based in the UK.

£1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences.

We will set you up to work from home; all employees are given Macbooks and for fully remote workers we will provide extra support for your work‑from‑home setup.

Plus lots more! Read our full list of benefits.

Ready to join the Monzo adventure?

Apply now and help us make money work for everyone in the EU!

The application journey has 4 key steps

• Application questions.
• Call with a Recruiter.
• Interview to discuss your previous experience and technical knowledge and values.
• The final step will consist of a Spanish language assessment.

Not ticking every box? That’s totally okay! Studies show that women and people of colour might hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At Monzo, we’re dedicated to creating a diverse and welcoming team. If you’re passionate about this role and keen to learn and grow with us, we encourage you to apply— even if you don’t have everything that’s listed just yet. Drop us your application, we’d love to hear from you!

We have some guidelines on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ace an application and interview at Monzo. You can read them here.

Our average process takes around 2-3 weeks but we will always work around your availability.

We may close the advert should we have sufficient applications so please get your application in as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Equal opportunities for everyone

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we’re making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we’re embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog, 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

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