AFC Analyst – Italian market

N26 Inc.; Madrid (IA); On-site; USD 57,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal development budget

Work from home budget

Discounts for fitness & wellness

Language apps & public transportation

Job summary

N26 Inc. seeks an AFC Analyst (Italian fluent) for its AFC Operations Department to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and company policies. You will support AML, terrorism financing, sanctions, KYC, and fraud tasks while detecting money laundering patterns.

Your duties include reviewing investigations, improving processes, and drafting SAR/STR reports to authorities. Strong English and Italian skills are essential for this fast-paced role in Madrid.

Qualifications

• Must have strong AML/CTF knowledge.
• Experience with SAR/STR reporting and FIU liaison is desirable.
• Fluency in English and Italian is required.

Responsibilities

• Review and improve investigations of complex Financial Crime cases.
• Suggest improvements to processes and internal controls.
• Draft Suspicious Activity Reports and requests to authorities.
• Support monitoring systems enhancements and data analysis.

Skills

Detail oriented

Hands-on

Autonomy

Analytical mindset

Willingness to learn

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Office

G Suite

Salesforce

Job description

About the opportunity

We are looking for a dynamic AFC Analyst (Italian fluent) to join our AFC Operations Department to ensure compliance with applicable regulations and relevant company policies related to Anti-Financial Crime. Our target in AFC is to lead and shape the industry by creating a culture of compliance within N26 that authorities, customers and stakeholders can trust. This role is crucial to achieve this goal.

In this role, you will:

As AFC Analyst, you will support all Anti-Financial Crime tasks including AML, terrorism financing, sanctions, KYC, and fraud. You'll detect Money Laundering typologies and Financial Crime patterns, while handling external and internal requests to detect potential financial crime.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Review and improve the investigation/assessments escalated by the Investigators, ensuring quality Investigations of complex Financial Crime escalations or cases of suspicious activities identified.
• Ensuring quality and suggesting better ways of working when difficulties are identified and /or for gaining efficiency.
• Enhancing our analysis, and expanding the processes in our procedures and rulebook, as well as identifying improvements related to our internal transaction monitoring systems.
• Draft and submit Suspicious Activity Reports/Authority requests to UIF and the corresponding authorities, prior escalation to the Associate/TL.

What you need to be successful:

Background:

• Min. 3 years with relevant banking experience in Anti Financial Crime (money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, tax evasion).
• Solid knowledge of European AML/CTF directives, as well as local regulatory frameworks.
• Direct experience handling SAR/STR reporting and communication with local Financial Intelligence Units.
• Fluency in English is required, along with professional fluency in Italian.
• Bachelor's degree (ideally in law, business or finance) is preferred.
• Advanced use of MS Office (G suits) skills for Excel and Word. Salesforce experience is a plus.
• Knowledge of European and Italian regulations on Financial Crime (AML, terrorism financing, fraud, and tax evasion).
• Deliver with quality and keep confidentiality.
• Maintain an analytical mindset, willingness of thinking out of the box and appetite for learning.

Skills:

• You are detail oriented, diligent and reliable.
• You have a hands-on mentality and take on ownership.
• You should enjoy a fast paced working environment, show high willingness to learn and work autonomously to grasp new topics.

Traits:

• Actively help yourself (and others) be successful.
• Continuously learn and challenge the status quo.
• Think globally, act locally.
• Strong bias for action.
• Give and receive open, direct and timely feedback.
• Respect and follow internal escalation rules

What's in it for you:

• Accelerate your career growth by joining one of Europe's most talked about disruptors.
• Employee benefits that range from a competitive personal development budget, work from home budget, discounts to fitness & wellness memberships, language apps and public transportation.
• As an N26 employee you will have access to a Premium subscription on your personal N26 bank account. As well as subscriptions for friends and family members.
• Vacation days vary depending on your location of work. Additional day of annual leave for each year of service.
• A high degree of autonomy and access to cutting edge technologies - all while working with a friendly team of peers of diverse nationalities, life experiences and family statuses.
• A relocation package with visa support for those who need it.

Who we are

N26 has reimagined banking for today's digital world. Technology and design empower everything we do and it's how we are building the global banking platform the world loves to use.

We've eliminated physical branches, paperwork, and hidden fees for an elegant digital experience and supreme savings. Giving people the power to live and bank their way is what gets us out of bed in the morning and inspires the work that we do.

Founded in 2013, N26 now has 7 million customers in 24 markets. We employ more than 1,500 employees across 3 office locations in Berlin, Vienna and Barcelona. Besides the main offices, N26 also has local offices in Paris, Madrid, Milan, and São Paolo.

N26 is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.