Senior Financial Crimes Analyst

Uphold Inc.

Senior Financial Crimes Analyst investigating financial crimes for Uphold's European compliance team. Focused on money laundering and terrorist financing compliance within the financial services industry.

Posted 5/17/2026full-timeRemote • 🇵🇹 PortugalSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Investigating attempted money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes.
Reviewing, preparing, and filing SARs with the Portuguese FIU.
Helping improve transaction monitoring rules and suspicious activity escalation procedures.
Identifying trends with the aim to prevent future malicious activity.
Following industry developments and new AML/CTF rules and regulations.

Requirements

What you’ll need

2-5 years experience in a Senior AML/CTF compliance role within the financial services industry.
Previous experience investigating, preparing, and filing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) with the Portuguese FIU.
Sound understanding of applicable international and domestic regulations pertaining to money laundering and terrorism financing.
Fluent in Portuguese and English, with good communication/interpersonal skills – written and verbal.
Detail oriented.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Annual bonus program based on individual, team and company performance.
Generous PTO, healthcare, and employee assistance programs.
Engaging events and celebrations.
Well-stocked office kitchen with a foodie culture.

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Hard Skills & Tools

investigating financial crimespreparing SARsfiling SARstransaction monitoringsuspicious activity escalationtrend identification

Soft Skills

communication skillsinterpersonal skillsdetail oriented