Payments Compliance Analyst

Corpay is currently looking to hire a new Payments Compliance Analyst within the Cross Border Division. This position falls under our Corporate Payments line of business based in London, Moorgate.

Sitting within the Compliance function you will be responsible for the review, monitoring, and investigation of payment activity to ensure compliance with applicable AML, CTF, and sanctions regulations. The role has a strong focus on transaction monitoring, live payments screening, and sanctions screening, working closely with internal stakeholders, local banks, and regulators as required.

You will be supporting the effective identification, escalation, and reporting of financial crime risks arising from payment activity, while ensuring timely and accurate responses to regulatory and banking enquiries. You will report directly to the Compliance Manager EMEA and regularly collaborate with the wider global legal and compliance teams.

How We Work:

As a Payments Compliance Analyst, you will be expected to work in a hybrid office environment. Corpay will set you up for success by providing:

• Assigned workspace in our designated London, Moorgate office location
• Company-issued equipment
• Formal, hands-on training
• Support and collaboration from a dedicated results-focused Compliance team

Role Responsibilities:

• Payments & Transaction Monitoring: Perform transaction monitoring and live payments screening to identify potential AML, CTF, fraud, or sanctions risks.
• Review payment activity against customer profiles, expected behaviour, and known risk indicators.
• Identify, investigate, and appropriately escalate unusual or suspicious payment activity in line with internal procedures.
• Sanctions & Screening: Conduct real-time and post-event sanctions screening of payments and counterparties.
• Assess alerts generated by screening systems and determine appropriate outcomes, including escalation where required.
• Bank & Third-Party Engagement: Review and respond to local bank RFIs (Requests for Information) relating to payments, customers, or transactions.
• Liaise with internal teams to gather information required to address banking queries and mitigate escalation risk.
• RBR / Risk-Based Reviews: Support risk-based reviews (RBR) of payment activity and customers, applying a proportionate, risk-based approach.
• Investigations & Projects: Support and conduct ad hoc investigations and reviews as directed by the Manager and Compliance Director.
• Contribute to project work related to payments controls, monitoring enhancements, or regulatory initiatives.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Experience in payments compliance, transaction monitoring, or financial crime operations.
• Strong understanding of AML, CTF, and sanctions risks associated with payment activity.
• Experience preparing or supporting SAR filings.
• University degree preferred or equivalent work experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and ability to liaise with other departments.
• Experience working alongside C-suite executives and global teams.
• Ability to identify trends and inconsistencies, including but not limited to interpreting alerts, assessing risk scores and entity types, knowledge of commonly known high-risk industries, red flags and typologies.
• Strong writing, research, and investigation skills; capability to document relevant information clearly, structured, and comprehensively.
• Fluent in English (written and oral); any other language, such as Spanish and/or Italian is a plus.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to work as a strong team player in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.

Why Join Us:

• We offer a flexible, hybrid work setup based in our UK offices.
• Competitive salary and benefits, including bonus, pension, health insurance, and life insurance.
• The chance to shape the digital innovation strategy in the UK and contribute to our broader Cross Border expansion.
• A collaborative, execution-focused team culture with strong cross-functional support.
• The opportunity to make a real impact in a fast-scaling B2B fintech company.

Benefits & Perks:

• Competitive base salary, with bonus.
• Education assistance, certification reimbursement (e.g., PMP/PRINCE2/Agile), and professional development.
• Pension, health and life insurance.
• Welfare program.
• Virtual fitness classes offered company-wide.
• Employee discounts with major providers (i.e. wireless, gym, car rental, etc.).
• Philanthropic support with both local and national organizations.
• Fun culture with company-wide contests and prizes.

Our Company & Purpose:

Corpay is a global leader in business payments, laser focused on developing smarter ways for businesses to pay their expenses. Since 2000, Corpay has developed innovative digital solutions that help businesses better track, manage, and pay their expenses. Today, Corpay is an S&P 500 company with hundreds of thousands of customers using our products in over 100 countries. Companies of all sizes, industries and geographies rely on our product portfolio to manage spending more quickly, efficiently and securely than ever before.

We embrace a culture grounded in five key values: integrity, collaboration, innovation, execution and people. These values offer you the opportunity to ‘thrive & grow’ through career development, volunteer, community, and wellness initiatives. This allows you to create a balance between professional goals and personal achievement.

Corpay is also committed to building and nurturing a culture of diversity, inclusion, equality, and belonging by:

• Welcoming people of different backgrounds, cultures, ethnicities, genders, and sexual orientations;
• Empowering our people to share their experiences and ideas through open forums and individual conversations;
• Valuing each person’s unique perspectives and individual contributions.

Embracing diversity enables our people to “make the difference” as Corpay and its more than 10,000 employees continue to shape the future of global payments.