AML Operations Specialist – Financial Crime Unit
PwC
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Gdańsk • 🇵🇱 Poland
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About the role
- Review and validate KYC profiles and alerts to ensure compliance with AML regulations, identifying signs of money laundering, suspicious activity, or high-risk clients
- Mentor Analysts through AML-focused training, task prioritization, and quality oversight to strengthen financial crime controls
- Analyze client documentation to verify identity, ownership, and source of funds for AML risk assessment
- Conduct research using internal systems and external sources (e.g. sanctions lists, adverse media) to build KYC profiles and assign AML risk ratings
- Support AML-related client projects in Poland and abroad, including investigations and regulatory remediation
- Assist the Team Leader with daily operations, process monitoring, and escalation of suspicious cases
Requirements
- Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience in AML processes including a minimum of 6 months in a quality control role
- Fluent in Dutch and English, enabling effective communication in international environments
- Demonstrated analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and risk awareness
- Proven ability to meet deadlines and deliver results in a fast-paced, target-driven setting
- Holds a university degree, preferably in finance, law, economics, or a related field
- Comfortable working independently within project teams, showing initiative and ownership of tasks
- Nice to have: AML certification, Proficiency in other European languages
Benefits
- Work flexibility - hybrid working model, flexible start of the day, workation, sabbatical leave
- Development and upskilling - our full support during onboarding process, mentoring from experienced colleagues, training sessions, workshops, certification co/financed by PwC (Internal AML Certification, ACAMS) and conversations with native speaker
- Medical and wellbeing program - medical care package, mindfulness, psychological support, education through dedicated webinars and workshops, financial and legal counseling
- Possibility to create your individual benefits package (a.o. lunch pass, insurance packages, concierge, veterinary package for a pet, massages) and access to a cafeteria - vouchers, discounts on IT equipment and car purchase
- 3 paid hours for volunteering per month
- Additional paid Birthday Day off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
AML processesKYC profilesrisk assessmentquality controlanalytical thinkingproblem-solvingdocumentation verificationtask prioritizationprocess monitoring
Soft skills
attention to detailrisk awarenesseffective communicationinitiativeownership of tasksability to meet deadlinesadaptability in fast-paced environments
Certifications
AML certification