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Job DescriptionWe’re looking for a Financial Crime Specialist (focused on suspicious activity reporting) to join our team in Budapest, Hungary. This role is a unique opportunity to have an impact on Wise’s mission and grow as a specialist in financial crime. Your mission is to protect our customers and Wise by reporting suspicious activity.
Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia (both written and verbal) is essential for this role, as you'll be working with cases and documentation in the language on a daily basis.
At Wise, you’ll work closely with global teams across Europe, the Americas, and Asia — giving you first hand exposure to international financial crime frameworks, processes, and regulations. It’s a great opportunity to expand your expertise beyond Hungary, learning how different markets approach financial crime risk management and compliance.
You’ll build deep knowledge in financial crime investigations, typologies, and SAR reporting — all while contributing to a fast-growing global fintech that’s making money movement fairer and safer for everyone.
If you’re passionate about financial crime prevention, eager to grow in a dynamic and international environment, and ready to make a real impact — we’d love to have you on our team.
Key responsibilities:
Review and Analyse: review alerts for customer accounts and transaction patterns to detect unusual or suspicious activity. Identify potential red flags related to money laundering, fraud, or other financial crimes.
Prepare Suspicious Activity Reports: draft and submit reports based on findings, ensuring that all necessary details are accurately documented and and captured. Submit the reports to different financial intelligence units in compliance with requirements.
Collaborate: work closely with other operational compliance teams and departments to ensure that suspicious activities are properly investigated, documented and escalated.
Adhere to Regulatory Guidelines: stay up-to-date on financial crime regulations, regional best practices, and connected reporting requirements. Have a good understanding of different customer types, country risks, and typologies across multiple regions.
Maintain Confidentiality: safeguard sensitive information, ensuring all reports and documentation are handled with the highest level of confidentiality and integrity.
Continuous Learning: participate in training and upskilling sessions and remain knowledgeable about emerging trends and tools in financial crime detection.
Develop and maintain: productive and professional working relationships with colleagues, contributing to a positive and collaborative team environment.
- Language: Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia, with excellent writing and speaking abilities. You must be able to communicate clearly and professionally in English as well.
Regulatory and Risk Expertise (operational): prior professional experience working in compliance operations is an advantage.
Experience: demonstrated operational experience in key financial crime disciplines, preferably in transaction monitoring/analysis or suspicious activity reporting within a financial services environment.
Strong attention to detail: ability to handle routine tasks with high accuracy and maintain consistency in work product, even under pressure.
Analytical skills: ability to analyze financial transactions, identify patterns, and make informed and well reasoned decisions based on different risk indicators. You have to demonstrate inquisitive mindset and meticulous attention to detail.
Communication: strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly for writing reports.
Adaptability: ability to effectively adapt to procedural changes in a fast paced environment.
Time management: ability to work effectively under tight deadlines and manage multiple priorities with precision and accuracy.
Ethical integrity: a strong understanding of the importance of confidentiality and the ethical considerations in financial crime investigations.
PS! If you're interested in the position, please apply by submitting your CV in English, as this is our working language.
Additional InformationFor everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.
We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.
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Skills Required
- Fluency in Bahasa Indonesia, both written and verbal
- Clear and professional communication in English
- Operational experience in financial crime disciplines, preferably transaction monitoring or suspicious activity reporting
- Prior professional experience in compliance operations
- Strong attention to detail and accuracy under pressure
- Ability to analyze financial transactions, identify patterns, and assess risk indicators
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, particularly report writing
- Ability to adapt to procedural changes in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and tight deadlines
- Understanding of confidentiality and ethical considerations in financial crime investigations
Wise Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Parental & Family Support — Benefits information highlights up to 18 weeks of fully paid parental leave in many locations, with clear tenure qualifiers in some markets. Feedback suggests these policies are robust and a notable strength.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Company and job-posting materials indicate RSUs are a regular part of compensation, with a shift toward RSUs since 2022. Feedback suggests the equity component is a relatively substantial part of total rewards.
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What We Do
Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money. With Wise Account and Wise Business, people and businesses can hold 40 currencies, move money between countries and spend money abroad. Large companies and banks use Wise technology too; an entirely new network for the world's money. Launched in 2011, Wise is one of the world’s fastest growing, profitable tech companies. In fiscal year 2025, Wise supported around 15.6 million people and businesses, processing over $185 billion in cross-border transactions and saving customers around $2.6 billion.
Why Work With Us
We’re truly global in who we are, how we work, and how we build. Everything we do is centred around creating a world of money that’s fast, easy, fair. And open to all. Everyone who works here owns a piece of Wise, from the work they do, to the stock they hold.
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