Financial Crimes Expert (French Speaking)

• Madrid, Spain
• Full-time

Description

At ThetaRay, our purpose is to make the world a safer place by protecting the integrity of the global financial system.

We do this by putting AI at the core of both our technology and our way of working. Our AI-driven solutions help banks and fintech companies worldwide detect and stop serious financial crime, from human trafficking and terrorist financing to sophisticated money laundering, while advanced technology, automation, and AI-driven tools help our teams collaborate smarter, move faster, and continuously improve how we build, deliver, and innovate.

About the role:

We are looking for a Financial Crime Expert to turn expertise, initiative, and bold thinking into real impact on the next generation of AI-driven financial crime detection.



In this role, you will deploy our transaction monitoring, screening and customer risk assessment (CRA) solutions for financial institutions worldwide — investigating analysis results, prioritizing alerts, summarizing complex cases into clear reports, and working directly with customer analysts to strengthen how they detect money laundering and other financial crime.



If you combine deep expertise in financial crime and AML/CFT compliance with hands-on experience in transaction monitoring and customer risk assessment, and if you are motivated by turning complex investigative work into sharper, faster detection for the world's leading financial institutions, ThetaRay could be your next challenge.

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with customers as part of a dedicated project team.
• Connect between data risks and regulatory requirements.
• Review analysis results and identify trends in the data to enhance the overall investigative process.
• Actively participate in project meetings, both internally and with customers, contributing valuable insights related to risks and regulatory aspects, especially as they relate to AML and customer risk analysis solutions.
• Thoroughly review alerts and cases and actively contribute to the development of sampling methodologies to ensure the accuracy and reliability of results.
• Summarize and present important cases to the customer, providing clear and concise insights and recommendations.
• Gather feedback from the compliance and business teams to inform and guide the development of future steps and projects.
• Take an active role in training customer analysts and provide support by demonstrating how to effectively use ThetaRay’s CRA solutions to perform deep investigations of suspicious cases.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• 5 years of hands-on experience, preferably within a bank, with a focus on AML & sanctions analysis and investigation.
• In-depth knowledge of Financial Crimes and compliance principles, regulations, and practices.
• Familiarity with AML & sanctions use cases and the ability to connect ThetaRay's capabilities with customer needs and challenges.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex data sets.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate effectively with internal teams and customers.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to review and evaluate specific cases thoroughly.
• Demonstrated experience in generating reports and presentations to convey complex information.
• Professional fluency in French and English is required