Quality Control

Ebury is a hyper-growth FinTech firm, named in 2021 as one of the top FinTech's to work for by Glassdoor and AltFi. We offer a range of products including FX risk management, trade finance, currency accounts, international payments and API integration.

Quality Control (QC) Senior Analyst - Transaction Monitoring & Payment Screening reporting directly into the AML & Sanctions Quality Control Manager, will be responsible for the day to day Transaction Monitoring & Payment Screening QC testing against relevant sub-department procedures and minimum standards. The role holder will form part of a new wider team, and will play a role in the embedding of the QC function and its development as processes and systems are refined over time.

**Responsibilities**:

- Responsible for the day to day Transaction Monitoring or Payment Screening Quality Control testing, ensuring quality standards are upheld, procedural adherence, the departmental SLAs are met, and tasks are prioritised appropriately.
- Review investigations and relevant rationales using a variety of tools including internal systems, internet searches and proprietary databases.
- Formalise and document a view (with supporting rationale and noting any errors and discrepancies in relation to the investigation) as to whether the outcome reached by the AML and Sanctions Analyst is correct.
- Providing timely and appropriate feedback to the relevant AML & Sanctions team.
- Opine on alert escalations where required.
- Responsible for the collating of relevant QC MI on the status of the team tasks and identified risks/issues including trend analyses and improvement areas, feeding into key governance committees where appropriate.
- Identify opportunities for enhancements through day to day activities even when QC standards are met, making relevant recommendations to the function's management team.
- Engage with relevant stakeholders including the Line 1 Financial Crime Operations and Transactional Operations teams, Line 2 Financial Crime and Compliance functions, as required.
- Provide advice on draft suspicious activity reports and alerts review prior to their escalation where needed.
- Contribute to the on-going improvement of the AML and Sanctions function's systems and controls including the review and refinement of scenarios, processes and procedures, thresholds and reports derived from Ebury's systems.
- Uphold, transmit and reinforce company's Compliance values

**Requirements**:

- Strong working knowledge of the global legislative and regulatory framework (Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions and Anti-Bribery and Corruption).
- Analytical thinker with at least 1-3 years relevant experience in analysis/investigations including FX Market products, payments and customer Sanctions screening and transaction monitoring.
- In-depth knowledge of red flags and AML and Sanctions typologies relevant to the payments and FX market.
- Motivated and driven, with a strong desire to make Ebury a success.
- Analytical and problem-solving mindset, with the ability to find solutions to problems that are appropriate to the scale of the challenge and take into account impact at a company level
- Good grasp of the concept of continuous improvement.
- Proactive and highly organised, able to work to deadlines, multi-task, and prioritise and re-prioritise workload as needed within a fast-paced and high-pressure environment, in line with business requirements.
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Empathetic, with good interpersonal skills.
- Curious and engaged, proactively seeks new information to expand own knowledge and skills.
- Comfortable working in a high-change environment, with the ability to rapidly adapt to changing products, processes and procedures.

**About Us**

**Ebury is a FinTech success story, positioned among the fastest-growing international companies in its sector.**

Founded in 2009, we are headquartered in London and have more than 1300 staff with a presence in more than 20 countries worldwide. Cultural diversity is part of what makes Ebury a special place to be. From Sao Paulo to Dubai, Bucharest to Toronto, we enjoy sharing team experiences and celebrating success across the Ebury family.

Hard work pays off: in 2019, Ebury received a £350 million investment from Banco Santander and has won internationally recognised awards including Financial Times: 1000 Europe's Fastest-Growing Companies.

None of this would have been possible without our proudest achievement: our great people. Enthusiastic, innovative and collaborative teams, always ready to disrupt and revolutionise the fast-paced FinTech sector.
- We believe in inclusion. We stand against discrimination in all forms and have no tolerance for the intolerance of differences that makes us a modern and successful organisation. At Ebury, you can be whoever you want to be and still feel a sense of belonging no matter your story because we want you and your uniqueness to help write our fut