Financial Crime Controller

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We are looking for a detail-oriented and structured Financial Crime Control Officer to join our Anti-Fraud & Financial Crime team. In this role, you will be responsible for strengthening governance frameworks, ensuring robust documentation, and supporting the organization in meeting regulatory and audit requirements.

You will play a key role in ensuring that financial crime prevention processes are clearly defined, thoroughly documented, consistently implemented, while also supporting investigative efforts.

The position also requires the ability to perform data analysis and produce reports to support decision-making, monitoring, and audit activities, including the preparation of recurring reports assessing the effectiveness of fraud and AML controls.

This role is part of the Bank’s First Line of Defense, playing a key role in ensuring that fraud prevention and AML processes are effectively governed, controlled, and compliant with regulatory expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and continuously improve governance frameworks for fraud prevention and AML processes.
• Document and maintain policies, procedures, and controls, ensuring clarity, consistency, and accessibility across the organization.
• Ensure documentation meets internal standards and external regulatory expectations.
• Document relevant fraud cases in detail, with a strong focus on lessons learned and control improvements.
• Document incidents related to anti-fraud and AML tools, including root cause analysis and impact assessment.
• Produce recurring reports assessing the effectiveness of fraud and AML controls, combining both descriptive insights and quantitative analysis to support risk evaluation.
• Coordinate and support internal and external audits, including preparation of documentation, evidence gathering, and follow-up on findings.
• Monitor and track audit findings, remediation actions, and control improvements, ensuring timely closure.
• Perform data analysis and produce weekly & monthly KPI reports to support monitoring activities, audits, and regulatory requests.
• Support investigations of complex cases of fraud and/or money laundering.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, incorporating feedback from audits, regulators, and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of experience in financial crime prevention, AML, risk, or compliance within a bank, or fintech.
• Understanding of fraud prevention and/or AML processes and controls.
• Experience with process documentation, policy writing, and governance frameworks.
• Data analysis skills, including the ability to work with datasets and produce reports (e.g., SQL, Excel).
• Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to present clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Experience with dashboards or reporting tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau).
• Team-oriented mindset with strong collaboration skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience interacting with regulators (e.g., FINMA or other European regulators).
• Certification in AML and/or fraud prevention, such as ACAMS or similar.

Language Requirements

• Fluent English (mandatory)
• French and/or German (strong plus)

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