Senior Compliance Analyst
About Verto
At Verto, we're on a mission to democratise global finance and empower businesses in Emerging Markets to reach the world. Founded by British-Nigerian entrepreneurs Ola Oyetayo and Anthony Oduu, our roots in Africa provided a firsthand understanding of the significant challenges businesses face with cross-border payments, ranging from illiquid currencies and high fees to slow transactions. This deep-rooted insight is why Africa remains a core focus, as we're committed to bridging the gap between emerging and developed markets and fostering global economic growth.
What started as an FX solution for the Nigerian Naira has evolved into a market-leading platform, enabling thousands of businesses to seamlessly transfer billions of dollars annually. We believe that where you do business shouldn’t determine your success or ability to scale. We're creating equal access to the easy payment and liquidity solutions that are already a given in developed markets.
We're not alone in realising this crucial need; we're backed by world-class investors including Y-Combinator, Quona, and MEVP. With Verto receiving the Milken-Motsepe Prize, appearing on CNBCs list of fastest growing UK companies, the Deloitte Fast 50 and Sifted’s fastest-growing UK tech companies, we are building a seamless cross-border payment future.
Join us as we continue to grow and transform global finance.
Role Overview
We are hiring for a Senior Compliance Analyst to help with carrying out duties to ensure we are adhering and keeping up with all our regulatory requirements, including fincrime, customer due diligence, transaction monitoring and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) risk assessment.
What You’ll Be Doing
Financial crime investigations: commence investigation of all cases within SLA, conduct investigations and record in line with regulatory requirements and Verto’s procedures
Transaction monitoring: review alerts, review rules and Investigate customer transactions as part of periodic and event-triggered customer KYC reviews
Draft Suspicious Activity Report: Escalate confirmed suspicious transactions to MLRO/DMLRO for review
Develop Compliance Procedures: Understand business risk appetite with compliance and fincrime requirements to develop appropriate frameworks, to include identification of system development requirements and operational process changes
Governance: Ensure all financial crime policies and procedures are in line with regulation and up to date, flagging any anomalies in current processes
Request For Information Handling: Responses to Banking partners around transactional queries, providing detailed and articulate responses within agreed SLAs.
Responding to & handling Fraud alerts & Indemnities.
Work closely with Verto’s Customer Success team to ensure that responses and updates are provided in a timely, clear and concise manner.
Ownership and management of the Compliance inbox - linking to Jira tickets where appropriate.
What You Need
Minimum 2 years of experience in financial crime analysis or compliance role
Strong knowledge of AML (Anti-Money Laundering) and KYC (Know Your Customer) processes.
Proficiency in financial crime monitoring tools and systems.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Excellent communication and reporting abilities.
Certification in financial crime prevention (e.g., CAMS, ICA) is desirable but not mandatory.
Knowledge and expertise regulations; including Sanctions, fraud, AML controls
Able to deal with sensitive and confidential information
Able to manage and prioritise multiple tasks to completion and on time
Knowledge and understanding of the payments industry and electronic money institutions
Excellent people and relationship building skills, across all seniority levels
Analytical, logical and data-driven approach to problem solving
Initiative-driven individuals who can identify gaps and inefficiencies and self-motivate to enhance processes.
Proficiency in Jira - desirable
Familiarity with CIFAS
Life At Verto
Perks
Insurance paid by the company
Health and wellness benefits (with specific added benefits depending on the location of the role)
Yearly salary review based on inflation, personal and business performance
Access to entire Udemy’s library
Budget for professional development courses
Work-From-Anywhere policy for certain durations
Integration programme (opportunity to work from our global offices)
Regular team social events
Pension scheme (depending on the role location)
Flexible work arrangements
Exposure to work with globally distributed teams
Location specific benefits like car lease policy, cycle to work, gym membership, etc.
You’ll Fit Right In If You
Love asking “why?”
Value solving problems over just completing tasks
Understand sync vs. async communication practices
Thrive in ambiguity and change
Actively seek feedback
Prioritise impact over activity
Are fun to work with - we love good humour!
Culture
Mission-Driven Impact Work: Be at the forefront of simplifying cross-border payments, directly contributing to a borderless future for global businesses, particularly in emerging markets.
High Performance & Ownership: We empower you to take risks, be results-driven, and take ownership. Act fast, deliver impactful results, and make the impossible possible. We set you up for success.
Collaborative & Supportive Environment: We work "as one," sharing successes and failures openly. We foster a transparent, supportive atmosphere where everyone does their best. A community of colleagues from varied backgrounds, who care deeply about their craft, collaborate with purpose, and enjoy the journey together.
Industry Competitive Compensation & Benefits: We compensate our employees in recognition of the great value they bring to the business; our compensation and benefits package are competitive in the industry across all our geographies. This includes performance based salary reviews, comprehensive health and wellness benefits, generous paid time off and flexible working arrangements to support your career and life.
Our Core Values: Our core values mirror the focus we have, energy we bring to work and shared expectations within the team.
Champion the Mission: We are driven by curiosity and belief to solve cross-border payments pain points globally.
Be the Best: We are open, take appropriate risks, adopt a results-driven approach, and are the best at what we do.
Work as One: We are transparent with sharing failures and mistakes as well as successes.
Go the Extra Mile: We deliver beyond what is possible. We make impossible possible.
Customer First: We are creative in solving existing problems and bold in designing a new and better experience for customers.
Run with It: We are determined, seek challenges, take ownership of tasks, act fast and deliver results.
Diversity & Inclusion at Verto
Verto is an equal opportunities employer and we value diversity. Anyone seeking employment at Verto is considered based on Merit, Competence, Qualifications and their Talent. We are proud to be a truly international team and we do not discriminate in our hiring process.