Anti-Financial Crime Analyst

About Railsr

In May 2025, Equals Money and Railsr, two established fintech innovators with complementary strengths, came together. This strategic merger unites Equals’ proven expertise in currency and payments with Railsr’s powerful embedded finance and card-issuing technology. Together, we’ve created a next-generation financial services platform with the scale, infrastructure, and agility to serve customers across industries and borders.

Backed by regulated infrastructure and advanced payments technology, we’re delivering seamless, scalable solutions with the personal service and trusted experience our customers rely on

About the Role 

We’re looking for a proactive, technically capable Financial Crime Analyst to join our team and play a key role in our Group’s efforts to prevent and detect financial crime and identify opportunities to strengthen our controls. This is a hands-on role that blends analytical work with pragmatic operational decision-making. As a crucial member of our team, you will collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to implement robust compliance measures and safeguard our company from potential risks.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Conduct comprehensive financial crime investigations, including anti-money laundering (AML), fraud, and other illicit activities, using various analytical techniques and tools.
• Analyse large volumes of financial data and transaction records to identify patterns, trends, and suspicious activities that may indicate potential financial crimes.

• Stay updated on the latest industry trends, regulatory changes, and emerging risks related to financial crimes, and proactively incorporate this knowledge into our risk management practices.

• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of existing financial crime prevention controls and propose improvements to strengthen the company's risk management framework
• Support Suspicious Activity Report preparation (drafting, gathering evidence etc.)
• Prepare and maintain dashboards and regular Management Information packs for the team and key stakeholders
• Assist in running periodic risk assessments and document control mappings
• Support policy reviews
• Keep up to date with regulatory and guidance changes and share with the team

Essential Skills

• Strong judgement and decision-making skills.
• Prior experience in Anti-Financial Crime roles, 3+ years. 
• Relevant certifications (e.g. CAMS, ICA) are preferred.

• Strong understanding of financial crime regulations, including AML, KYC, CDD, and sanctions compliance.
• Solid knowledge of financial products, transactional structures, and payment systems.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and draw meaningful conclusions from complex data sets.
• Strong attention to detail and a high level of accuracy in data analysis and reporting.
• Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, to present findings and recommendations to diverse audiences.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team to achieve common goals.
• High ethical standards and a commitment to maintaining confidentiality and data security.

What we can offer you:

• Purpose - Help make amazing embedded finance experiences accessible to everyone and transform global financial services.
• Career - Build your career in an innovative, adventurous and inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to make a difference and develop their skills.
• Reward - Competitive remuneration package with generous benefits and the potential to be rewarded with equity.
• People - Work with talented, passionate and supportive people from all over the world in a flexible, hybrid environment with trust and mutual respect at its heart.

Our Values

The environment at Railsr is fast-paced, exciting, and dynamic, underpinned by a clear set of values that drive a healthy and successful culture. 

• Ambition - for our company, colleagues and ourselves and the freedom and expectation to own it.
• Trust - which we give freely and expect in return.
• Curiosity - with our minds open to fresh thinking in the constant pursuit of improvement.
• Customer Obsession - ensuring that everything we do is with the customer in mind, we succeed when they succeed.

If you are eager to join a fast-paced, collaborative and inclusive company and contribute to shaping its future, this is the role for you to make a difference. 

Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging 

Our global team is amazing, with over 150 colleagues spread across multiple countries and more than 15 languages spoken, we empower them to bring great ideas, drive new plans and help make Railsr a fantastic place to work. We’re proud of how well our diverse mix of people collaborate and are fully committed to continuing to make diversity, equity and inclusion part of everything we do. 

Our flat structure encourages open communication, to ensure that all voices, opinions and ideas are heard and considered. At Railsr we’re all striving towards a common goal, and are passionate about creating an inclusive and rewarding working environment where everyone can be their best self.

Railsr is an equal opportunities employer and we actively encourage all applications. Whilst we strive to ensure our recruitment process is fully accessible to all applicants, please do contact us on [email protected] if you would like to discuss any specific requirements.