Anti-Money Laundering Specialist

About This Role

This role is for an Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Specialist responsible for conducting customer due diligence (CDD), Know Your Customer (KYC) reviews, sanctions and PEP screening, risk assessments, and ongoing monitoring activities. The specialist supports the onboarding and maintenance of merchants, ensuring compliance with applicable AML, CTF, sanctions, and internal regulatory requirements. The role involves close collaboration with Sales, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and other stakeholders to ensure customer onboarding decisions align with regulatory obligations, internal policies, and the organization's risk appetite.

Responsibilities

• Perform sanctions, PEP, adverse media, and watchlist screening
• Investigate potential matches and determine appropriate escalation actions
• Assess customer risk factors and assign AML risk ratings according to established methodologies
• Identify potential red flags related to money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, and sanctions evasion
• Review alerts generated through AML monitoring tools
• Conduct periodic customer reviews and trigger event reviews
• Support remediation and refresh exercises for existing customer portfolios
• Escalate suspicious activities or unusual findings to Compliance as required
• Partner with Sales, Onboarding, Compliance, Risk, Legal, and other business functions
• Provide guidance on AML/KYC requirements and documentation standards
• Support process improvements and contribute to the development of AML procedures and controls
• Participate in training and knowledge-sharing initiatives

Requirements

• Experience within payments, banking, fintech, acquiring, or financial services
• Strong analytical and investigative skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications

Nice to have:

• Experience in AML

Important Details

• Work model: hybrid, three days a week in the office

About the Company

Planet is a leading technology company transforming payments by putting customer experience first. It offers integrated solutions that include payment processing, VAT refunds, dynamic currency conversion, and management services for merchants in the Retail and Hospitality sectors worldwide. With strong private equity investors, Advent International and Eurazeo, the company has grown significantly, expanding its services and global presence.