Financial Crime Analyst - Remote Position at Plasma

About the Role

We are seeking a Financial Crime Analyst remote to join our innovative team at Plasma. As a Financial Crime Analyst, you will play a crucial role in managing compliance with global AML/CFT requirements while working in a fast-paced environment that is redefining how money moves. You will be responsible for conducting end-to-end Customer Due Diligence (CDD) reviews, ensuring that our operations align with regulatory standards.

What You'll Do

• Manage and coordinate end-to-end CDD reviews: gather documentation, verify identity, assess risk, and ensure compliance with Global AML/CFT requirements.
• Translate regulatory requirements into operational processes: clarify obligations, identify gaps, and help define internal controls and standards aligned with best practices.
• Drive high-quality CDD decisions: evaluate customer risk profiles, identify red flags, escalate appropriately, and document clear rationales for approvals or rejections.
• Support ongoing monitoring and periodic reviews: ensure customer files remain up to date, risk scores are recalibrated, and enhanced due diligence (EDD) is triggered where required.
• Detect and report suspicious activity including predicate offenses to money laundering and terrorist financing; reviewing system-generated alerts for potential ML/TF or sanctions hits.
• Review and analyze unusual transaction patterns and escalate high-risk cases appropriately.
• Collaborate with Product, Ops, and Engineering to design scalable, automation-ready workflows and data requirements.
• Assist in regulatory exam preparation and reporting by producing clear, audit-ready artifacts that meet Italian and other regulatory expectations.

Requirements

• A compliance professional with a minimum of 5+ years of experience in CDD, AML/CTF investigations, and Sanctions Screening.
• Deep practical experience in financial and economic crime sanctions compliance within EU & Global.
• Risk-minded and detail-oriented: you think in terms of customer risk profiles and regulatory obligations.
• Clear communicator: fluent in both Italian and English.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally and engaging with leadership.

Nice to Have

• Experience working with fintechs, neobanks, or crypto-related financial products.
• Familiarity with blockchain analytics tools (SumSub, Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM).
• Knowledge of sanctions frameworks and high-risk jurisdiction analysis.

What We Offer

• Above market salary plus token compensation.
• Premium health insurance for you and your family fully covered by Plasma.
• Monthly wellness budget for gym, therapy, sauna, massage.
• All the tools and tech you need to operate at your best.