FinCrime Escalations Officer — Remote (Portuguese)

Revolut Ltd; Portugal; Remote; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Financial benefits

Flexible work location

Revolut Metal subscription

Year-round events

Job summary

Revolut Ltd is seeking a FinCrime Escalations Officer (Portuguese speaking) to handle second-line reviews and regulatory inquiries. The role requires English and Portuguese fluency, solid FinCrime experience, and strong analytical skills. You will work with MLROs, monitor patterns, and participate in process improvements.

Remote work from Portugal is supported. The position emphasizes collaboration with regulatory teams, accurate reporting, and proactive risk mitigation within Revolut’s growing

Qualifications

• Fluency in English and Portuguese is required.
• Experience as a Compliance/FinCrime Officer in a major financial institution.
• Experience acting as escalation point in FinCrime operations.
• Deep knowledge of AML and sanctions regulations.
• Proficient with internal/external systems and databases for investigations.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to present summaries and proposed conclusions to management.
• Understanding of payment systems and markets, especially mobile tech.

Responsibilities

• Acting as the escalation point and ensuring high-quality review of cases escalated to second line of defence (sanctions, KYC/KYB, or AML/CTF).
• Supporting responses to regulatory inquiries, other requests from local authorities, and statutory reporting.
• Responding to queries where a second line of defence review is needed.
• Supporting management reporting and other financial crime compliance oversight activities.
• Working with MLRO’s team, escalating significant cases, and reporting trends.
• Monitoring and detecting rare and/or new patterns.
• Participating and collaborating with management as needed in projects, training, and implementation of new processes.
• Reviewing policies and procedures, advising if changes are required.

Skills

Fluent English

Fluent Portuguese

FinCrime officer experience

AML & sanctions knowledge

Investigations/database skills

Analytical problem-solving

Regulatory reporting experience

Communication to management

Payments systems knowledge

Job description

Revolut Ltd is seeking a FinCrime Escalations Officer (Portuguese speaking) to handle second-line reviews and regulatory inquiries. The role requires English and Portuguese fluency, solid FinCrime experience, and strong analytical skills. You will work with MLROs, monitor patterns, and participate in process improvements.

Remote work from Portugal is supported. The position emphasizes collaboration with regulatory teams, accurate reporting, and proactive risk mitigation within Revolut’s growing