AML Investigations Specialist
HybridMexico City, Mexico City, Mexico
Job Summary
Conduct end-to-end AML, sanctions, fraud, and financial crime investigations across customer onboarding, transaction monitoring, and post-transaction reviews. Analyze customer activity, device intelligence, blockchain flows, and external data to identify suspicious activity, then escalate findings and prepare SAR recommendations. Perform Enhanced Due Diligence on high-risk customers and identify emerging typologies relevant to fintech and cross-border payments. Partner with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to improve monitoring rules, reduce false positives, and leverage AI tools for faster, more accurate investigations. Develop playbooks, SOPs, and QA standards while monitoring metrics to recommend process improvements. Participate in regulatory examinations, audits, and training to build an automated, intelligence-driven Financial Crimes function.
Required Qualifications
- 3–6 years of experience in AML investigations, transaction monitoring, fraud investigations, sanctions compliance, or financial crime operations
- Strong understanding of AML/BSA concepts, customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and suspicious activity investigations
- Excellent analytical and investigative skills with the ability to connect multiple data points into clear, evidence-based conclusions
- Strong written communication skills, particularly for investigative case documentation
- Comfortable working with large datasets, multiple systems, and evolving investigative tools
- Curious, proactive, and comfortable operating with ambiguity while maintaining sound risk judgment
- Demonstrated ownership, attention to detail, and continuous improvement mindset
- Experience with case management platforms
- Advanced English level
Desired Qualifications
- Experience within a fintech, payments company, digital bank, crypto platform, or other fast-paced financial institution
- Experience investigating cross-border payments, remittances, fintech, digital wallets, cryptocurrency, or embedded finance products
- Experience working with AI assistants or LLMs to accelerate research, investigations, documentation, or operational workflows
- Experience using SQL, BI tools, or workflow automation tools
- Experience working directly with Product, Engineering, or Data Science teams
- ACAMS, CFCS, CAMS-Audit, or other relevant financial crime certifications
- Experience supporting regulatory examinations or responding to law enforcement requests
- Passion for using technology to rethink how financial crime investigations are performed
- Spanish proficiency
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