Fincrime Assurance Associate

About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

Hi, we’re [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]. We’re a fully regulated UK bank that powers the accounts and payments offerings of product-led fintechs and platforms like Uber, Yonder, Prosper, and Sidekick. By doing the heavy lifting behind the scenes, our customers can focus on what they do best - delivering amazing customer experiences.

We’ve grown rapidly since our launch in 2024, and today provide the banking backbone behind products in remittance, payroll, wealth, insurance, proptech, payments, neobanking and more.

We’re moving into card issuing, stablecoin infrastructure, and agentic finance next as we continue to support the next generation of product-led companies.

Our Culture

We believe that smart, motivated, conscientious people thrive in high-trust, high-autonomy environments…

The Team

This role sits within [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]'s first line operations, managing how well our Direct Customers (DCs) meet their financial crime obligations. You'll report directly to our Financial Crime Oversight Manager.

The Opportunity

With a growing number of DC assurance reviews scheduled for 2026 and beyond, we need someone who can take real ownership of the process end to end.

What Success Looks Like

• In your first 6 months, you'll have taken ownership of your review caseload.
• By 12 months, you'll have built genuine, trusted relationships with DCs and internal stakeholders.

To Do This You’ll Own

• The assurance review schedule as the DC book grows.
• The review and closing out post-live conditions for newly onboarded DCs.
• Issuing assurance review requests directly to external DC clients.
• In-depth reviews of DC responses, identifying gaps and weaknesses.
• The production of formal review reports with clear findings.
• Drafting and issuing recommendations to DCs, then tracking and following up.
• The engagement with external stakeholders, including CEOs, MLROs, Compliance Managers.

Your Background

• Experience working in financial crime compliance — ideally in audit, assurance, oversight, or monitoring capacity.
• Experience conducting financial crime audit or assurance reviews on external clients.
• A track record of challenging external parties on control weaknesses.
• Experience with writing reports and recommendations.
• Solid understanding of financial crime controls: AML, sanctions, KYC, transaction monitoring, SARs, QA/QC.
• Confidence managing external relationships at a senior level.
• Strong organisational skills and analytical mindset.
• A love of writing.

What can we offer you?

• Remote-first flexibility: Work from anywhere in the UK
• Work from abroad: Up to 20 days a year
• Time off: 25 days’ holiday, bank holidays and a winter break
• Share options: Own a part of what we’re building together
• Pension: Auto-enrolment into our Penfold scheme
• Insurance: Private medical with Bupa (including family cover) and life insurance with AIG
• Wellbeing: 1:1 coaching and therapy session available through Oliva
• Family leave: Enhanced parental leave with up to 6 months on full pay after two years’ service
• AI tools: Everyone has a Claude subscription on us
• Your setup: We’ll support you in creating a comfortable and effective WFH environment.

How do I apply?

Are we your next move? Apply via the link below, if there's a match our Talent team will reach out to schedule an initial conversation.

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