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Senior Financial Crime Investigator – EU, Spanish & English

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UK
Salary
GBP 31,100–39,350 / yr
Employment
Full Time
Experience
Senior
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23 Nov 2026
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AI Summary

The role, at a glance.

Monzo is seeking a bilingual Senior Financial Crime Investigator to investigate complex and high-risk AML alerts across retail and business banking accounts. The role involves making risk-based decisions, recommending Suspicious Transaction Reports, assessing complex business onboarding cases, and conducting ongoing due diligence. Candidates must be fluent in English and Spanish and bring experience in regulated financial-services financial-crime investigations. This is a UK-based remote role with structured shifts, including either rotating weekend daytime coverage or a weekday late shift. The investigator will also provide financial-crime expertise to operational teams and must complete eight weeks of weekday training at the start of employment.

Role DNA

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Job Complexity

4/5
EasyHard

Pace & Pressure

4/5
RelaxedFast-paced

Autonomy Level

4/5
GuidedFull ownership

Communication Load

5/5
IndependentCollaborative
AI insightThis is a senior regulated-financial-services investigation role requiring sound independent judgement on high-risk AML cases and suspicious activity reporting. The bilingual requirement, shift coverage, and potential impact of risk decisions add complexity and pace.

Salary analysis

Estimated compensation compared with the broader UK market for similar roles.

Estimated job median (per year)Market rate
£35,225
UK market range (per year)£34k–£48k
AI insightThe yearly pay period is inferred from the job context; it was not explicitly stated by the employer. The employer discloses a base range of £31,100–£39,350, with a midpoint of £35,225 per year. The annual period is inferred from the range, UK location, and full-time senior investigator context because the posting does not explicitly state a pay cadence. The separate £2,500 multilingual premium and performance incentives are not included in the base-salary range. Estimated UK market pay for a senior financial-crime investigator is £34,000–£48,000 per year.

Core skills

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Sample interview questions
How do you approach an investigation into a high-risk AML alert?

I begin by reviewing the alert rationale, customer profile, expected activity, transaction history, and linked-party information. I then assess whether the activity is explainable, identify relevant red flags, seek or review supporting evidence, and document a clear risk-based conclusion with an appropriate escalation or reporting recommendation.

What factors would lead you to recommend a Suspicious Transaction Report?

I would recommend a report when the available facts create reasonable grounds for suspicion, such as activity inconsistent with the customer profile, unexplained movement of funds, possible layering, adverse information, or indicators of fraud or illicit proceeds. My recommendation would be evidence-led, timely, and supported by a concise narrative describing the suspicion and relevant transactions.

How would you make a difficult onboarding decision for a complex business applicant?

I would verify the ownership and control structure, understand the business model and source of funds, assess jurisdictional and sector risks, and review screening results. If residual risk could not be adequately mitigated or information remained unreliable, I would recommend declining or escalating the application in line with policy.

How do you maintain quality when working through a high volume of investigations?

I prioritise cases by regulatory risk, potential customer harm, and reporting deadlines while using a consistent investigation framework. I keep detailed case notes, complete quality checks before closure, and escalate promptly when facts exceed my authority or specialist input is needed.

How would you explain a financial-crime decision to a non-specialist operational colleague?

I would explain the decision in plain language, focusing on the relevant risk indicators, the policy or regulatory rationale, and the next action required. I would avoid unnecessary jargon while ensuring the colleague understands both the practical outcome and why consistent controls are important.

This analysis is generated from the job description. Salary estimates, role characteristics and sample answers are guidance, not employer-provided facts.
Opportunity details

About this role.

🚀 We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone.

We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

After starting as a prepaid card, our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well as personal and business bank accounts, we offer joint accounts, accounts for 16-17 year olds, a free kids account and credit cards in the UK, with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save, invest and combine their pensions with us.

With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!

We’re not about selling products – we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ❤️


Remote in the UK 🇬🇧 | 💰 £31,100 – £39,350 (+ £2,500 Multilingual Premium) + Incentive awards tied to your performance + Benefits ✨

Start Date – 4th January 2027

**Please only apply for this role if you are fluent in both English and Spanish, applications that are not fluent in both languages will not be progressed.**

Shift Options Available:

  • Option 1 (Core Day Shift): 8.5-hour shifts scheduled between 07:00 and 18:30 (includes a 1-in-4 weekend rotation, with time off in lieu during the week)

  • Option 2 (Late Shift): 12:00 – 20:30 (Monday to Friday, no weekends)

We’re hiring for opportunities in our Retail and Business Banking team.

👋 Hey there! We’re Monzo, the bank that’s making money work for everyone. We’re all about waving goodbye to old-school banking and creating magical moments for our customers. This is an exciting time to join us as we continue to grow, and in this role as a Senior Investigator you’ll play a key part in supporting our customers.

🔑 You’ll play a key role by…

  • Investigating complex or high-risk anti-money laundering alerts on business or retail accounts.
  • Responsible for recommending Suspicious Transaction Reports (STR) be by Monzo Bank EU.
  • Making business onboarding decisions in high-risk or complex cases.
  • Conducting ongoing due diligence on high-risk business accounts.
  • Providing financial crime expertise and support to other operational teams across the business.

🤩We’d love to hear from you if…

  • You have strong English written and verbal communication skills.
  • You are Fluent in Spanish both written and verbal communication skills.
  • You have strong experience of conducting high-risk business banking screening or complex business financial crime investigations.
  • You have experience making independent, risk-based financial crime decisions in a regulated financial services firm.
  • You have knowledge of the current financial crime landscape in the UK and the EU, and associated financial crime risks.

The working hours to be covered by the team are stated above. The start for the role will be in January 2027 and you must be able to commit to the first 8 weeks of training Monday to Friday 9am-5.30pm. No holidays/time off will be authorised during this period.

🙌 What’s in it for you

💰£31,100 – £39,350 (+ £2,500 Multilingual Premium) + Incentive awards tied to your performance

🎂 We guarantee to approve time off on your birthday if it falls on a day you’re scheduled to work and it’s outside of your training period.

📍 This role is remote based in the UK.

📚£1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences.

🏡 We will set you up to work from home; all employees are given Macbooks and for fully remote workers we will provide extra support for your work-from-home setup.

➕ Plus lots more! Read our full list of benefits.

🌈 Ready to join the Monzo adventure?

Apply now and help us make money work for everyone in the EU!

The application journey has 4 key steps

  • Application questions
  • Call with a Recruiter
  • Take home task to assess your financial crime knowledge
  • Interview to discuss your previous experience and technical knowledge and values & language assessment

We want you to feel confident and put your best foot forward during the interview process. We’ve put together a prep guide here with tips on how to prepare for your interview – please take a look!

This process should take around 2-3 weeks – your schedule is really important to us, so we promise to be as flexible as possible!

We have some guidelines on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ace an application and interview at Monzo. You can read them here.


Equal opportunities for everyone

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we’re making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we’re embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog, 2026 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2025 Gender Pay Gap Report.

We’re an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, family or parental status, national origin, or veteran, neurodiversity or disability status.

If you have a preferred name, please use it to apply. We don’t need full or birth names at application stage 😊

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