What is the role about? 

At Bitvavo we are expanding our Financial Crime department therefore we are on the lookout for a new Financial Crime Officer to join our team.

The #1 goal of this role is to ensure Bitvavo’s high-quality standards are maintained in your investigation. You prevent Bitvavo from being used by criminal elements, money laundering activities, and terrorist financing. Your knowledge and investigation experience helps Bitvavo to manage risks prudently. You work in a uniform manner according to the Bitvavo quality standards and follow instructions carefully.

How will you make an impact?

The main objective of the role is to ensure that the Business operates within the risk appetite established by the Management Board through your integrity investigations. Day in and day out you assess and manage operational risks. Your responsibilities:

• Acting with a mindset to constantly improve with regard to the existing internal first-line processes
• Reviewing/identifying suspicious transactional activities, reporting and escalating to the relevant departments
• Analyzing customer behavior, recognizing trends, and turning them into signal patterns
• Collaborating with other team members to establish and maintain best practices, policies, and procedures and keep abreast of regulatory developments
  

How will you be successful?

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in AML / TF / KYC either in the financial or fintech industry. We are open to different seniority levels (including Senior profiles), which will be discussed further during the interview process
• Working experience in the Dutch market is a pre-requisite
• Ability to apply your knowledge of external regulations to achieve the organisation's goals while maintaining an independent position
• Eagerness to work in a fast-paced industry and company that grows at a rapid tempo
• Ability to deal with challenges, communicate on them and do your best to create opportunities out of them
• Entrepreneurial mindset and problem-solving skills
• Fluency in Dutch is mandatory for this role

Bitvavo does not accept resumes from staffing, search, or recruitment firms without a signed agreement. If you send us a resume without such an agreement, we may contact the candidate directly without any obligation whatsoever and no fee of any kind will be paid should we hire the candidate.