Financial Crimes Compliance Data Analyst

Job Description: At Remitly, we believe everyone deserves the freedom to access, move, and manage their money wherever life takes them. Since 2011, we’ve tirelessly delivered on our promise to customers sending money globally, providing secure, simple, and reliable ways to manage their money, ensuring true peace of mind. Whether it’s supporting loved ones back home, growing a business across continents, or pursuing new opportunities abroad, we’re not just here to move money, we’re here to move our global customers forward. We’re looking for builders, reimaginers, and global thinkers who want to work at the intersection of technology, trust, and transformation. If that’s you and you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career—we invite you to join over 2,800 passionate Remitlians worldwide who are united by our vision to transform lives with trusted financial services that transcend borders. About the Role: Our Risk and Compliance teams are a cornerstone of our business. We are seeking a seasoned Financial Crimes Analyst to lead sophisticated data analytics for ongoing and enhancing AI-powered detection systems. This role is pivotal in identifying and mitigating complex financial crimes, including money laundering, fraud, and sanctions violations. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in financial crime analytics and a strong proficiency in leveraging AI and machine learning tools to detect and prevent illicit activities. As an online money transmitter, Remitly is growing while maintaining high customer service, performance and compliance standards. Remitly is a licensed financial services company in several jurisdictions. Each of these jurisdictions requires, among other items, that Remitly maintain a comprehensive Anti-Money Laundering/Counter-Terrorist Financing transaction monitoring program.  The ideal applicant for this role will have an excellent level of compliance and analytical experience identifying trends and patterns and being comfortable with different tasks and projects will be a key part of the role. This role is based in our office in Manila .   You Will: Work within a compliance focused function within the Fin Crimes Compliance team. This function will assist by reviewing and testing existing transaction monitoring inputs for effectiveness, analyzing unusual activity within customer profiles that may be related to money laundering or fraud and leverage this information for evaluating existing Transaction Monitoring features. Identify customer-related trends, patterns and issues associated with money laundering, terrorist financing and other unwanted and fraudulent  transaction activity. Oversee and refine AI-driven transaction monitoring systems to identify suspicious activities, utilizing both vendor and in-house platforms Lead in-depth analyses of high-risk transactions and customer behaviors, employing tools to uncover hidden patterns and anomalies. Collaborate with Identity & Trust teams to…