FinCrime Senior Investigator
4 days ago
Barcelona
FinCrime Senior Investigator 📍 Location: Spain (Hybrid) 🏢 Company: Venga Europe S.L. 🕓 Type: Full-time About Us Venga Europe S.L. is a fast-growing crypto-asset service provider based in Spain, currently in the process of obtaining a MiCA license. We operate in a dynamic, highly regulated environment, bridging compliance excellence with technological innovation. Our team is international, ambitious, and focused on building compliant crypto-financial services in Europe. 🔎 Who we´re looking for We are looking for an AML Operations Lead to run Venga’s day-to-day Financial Crime Operations, reporting directly to the MLRO and the CCO. Our new team-member will need to be able to detect, investigate and report on complex money laundering and fraud cases, lead a team of analysts, own investigations, perform on-chain tracing, create Suspicious Activity Reports and drive operational excellence through KPIs, QA, reporting, and continuous system improvements. This is a unique opportunity to sit at the intersection of Compliance, Risk, Operations, and Product, helping shape how Venga detects and mitigates financial crime in a fast-moving crypto environment. 💻 What you´ll be doing • Lead AML & Fraud Operations: detect and investigate complex ML patterns, detect fraud, manage daily queues, priorities, SLAs, escalations, and backlog performance across monitoring, screening, fraud workflows, and investigations., • Investigations (incl. on-chain tracing): conduct and oversee complex cases involving transaction monitoring alerts, sanctions matches, fraud patterns and anomalies, including blockchain tracing ( exposure analysis, typologies, pass-through behavior)., • Draft internal reports on suspicious transactions and reply to third party requirements related to internal investigations on AML and fraud., • Sanctions: be able to identify and update the internal data base on sanctioned jurisdictions and individuals and apply proper controls., • People leadership: coach, train, and develop the team; run calibrations; ensure decision consistency and continuous improvement., • Operational reporting and KPIs: own weekly/monthly reporting to MLRO/CCO and leadership, including trend insights, productivity, quality metrics, and risk themes., • Quality Assurance (QA): build and run a QA framework for alert reviews and investigations (sampling, defect taxonomy, feedback loops, coaching)., • Controls and detection tuning: design and improve operational controls; fine-tune alerting systems (thresholds, rules/scenarios, prioritization, segmentation) to reduce false positives while protecting detection outcomes., • Work with Product and Engineering to improve the AML analytic tools and case management system: translate operational needs into requirements, support testing, validate releases, and measure the impact of changes post-deployment., • Vendor/tooling collaboration (as needed): partner with external tooling providers (screening, TM, blockchain analytics, fraud tools) to improve performance and coverage., • Audit-ready documentation: ensure investigations and operational decisions are fully documented and defensible; support audits/regulatory requests with clear evidence and structured extracts. 👤 Who you are and what you´ll need • 5+ years experience in financial crime operations (AML/CTF, sanctions, transaction monitoring and/or fraud), ideally in fintech, payments, or crypto/virtual assets service providers., • 1–2+ years leading a team (people management, coaching, performance management, queue ownership). • Understanding of regulatory frameworks and industry standards related to anti-financial crime initiatives (e.g., AML, KYC, sanctions). • Proven experience with investigations, ideally including on-chain / blockchain analysis and crypto typologies., • Demonstrated track record in building controls and improving detection systems: rule/scenario tuning, alert optimization, effectiveness testing, and continuous improvement cycles., • Strong analytical mindset and comfort with KPIs, dashboards, and operational metrics., • Strong stakeholder skills and experience working cross-functionally with Product/Tech (requirements, prioritization, rollout validation)., • Excellent written communication: able to produce clear investigative narratives and audit-ready documentation., • Proactive, structured, and comfortable in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities., • Certifications (CAMS/ICA/CFE/CFCS) and experience in sanctions investigations are a plus. 🇪🇸 What we offer • Work directly with the MLRO and CCO at the heart of Venga’s financial crime strategy and execution., • High-impact ownership: lead operations and shape how detection & controls evolve as we scale., • Real exposure to crypto-native risk topics (on-chain investigations, typologies, tooling, evolving EU requirements)., • A strong partnership with Product & Engineering to build a best-in-class monitoring and investigations system., • Competitive compensation and growth opportunities in a fast-scaling international team., • Hybrid work and a culture aligned with “Venga, own-your-time!” (role-dependent). 👉 How to Apply Please send your CV (in English). The process may include an initial screening call, a case study (investigations/controls tuning), and final interviews with the MLRO/CCO.