AML Investigators

Alexander Barnes have partnered with a high-growth, regulated fintech, and we're hiring AML Financial Crime Investigators to join their financial crime team. We're looking for investigation specialists: people who live and breathe transaction monitoring, case investigation, and regulatory reporting, and who can be trusted with the highest-risk, most complex cases.

What you'll do

• Lead and own end-to-end AML and financial crime investigations, from initial alert through to final disposition.
• Assess customer behaviour, transactional activity, and supporting documentation to identify and mitigate risk across a fast-scaling product portfolio.
• Apply expert judgement to complex, high-risk cases and deciding when escalation, enhanced due diligence, or regulatory (SAR) reporting is required.
• Act as a key point of accountability for investigative quality, working closely with outsourced partners to maintain strong standards and escalation management.
• Continuously strengthen investigative controls, transaction monitoring quality, and the wider financial crime framework as the business scales into new markets.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing, system improvements, and emerging risk analysis across the function.

What you'll bring

• 5+ years of experience in AML or financial crime investigations within fintech, banking, or payments, or a similarly regulated environment.
• Strong hands-on experience conducting end-to-end transaction monitoring, event-driven investigations, and complex case escalations.
• Proven ability to assess suspicious activity and draft clear, well-supported SARs in line with regulatory expectations.
• Solid understanding of AML and financial crime regulations applicable to the US and/or EU, including sanctions and PEP frameworks.
• Sound judgement, critical thinking, and investigative rigor when working independently on high-risk cases.
• Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment with evolving financial crime risks and shifting operational priorities.

Nice to have

• CAMS, ICA, or equivalent AML certification.
• Experience supporting or overseeing outsourced investigation or transaction monitoring teams.
• Exposure to AML or financial crime risk within crypto, investments, or emerging financial products.
• Familiarity with German AML regulations and professional proficiency in German.
• Experience supporting system testing, tuning, or optimization of transaction monitoring or screening tools.

Why you should apply

This is real ownership, involved in high-risk case investigations, outsourced partner oversight, and a financial crime framework you'll help shape as the business scales globally. You'll work directly with stakeholders across the wider compliance function, with visibility beyond a typical investigator role.

What you'll gain

The business is growing fast, and so are the people in it, strong performers have moved into new specialisms and expanded remits this year alone. You'd be joining a company with genuine room to build deep AML investigative expertise and heavily investing in AI.

If AML and financial crime investigation is genuinely your area of depth, we'd like to hear from you.