About This Role
This role is for a Compliance Analyst who will help safeguard the business and clients by fostering a strong culture of compliance. The analyst will use their expertise to ensure internal processes meet regulatory and policy requirements, reinforcing the integrity of business practices, and utilizing AI-enhanced tools to strengthen issue assessment and decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Investigate flagged client accounts by analysing transactions and account activity to identify compliance concerns
- Carry out comprehensive customer reviews and due diligence checks, and make decisions on adherence to internal policy and regulatory requirements
- Assess high-value deposit and withdrawal requests by reviewing transaction histories and applying internal review procedures through AI-powered tools
- Screen clients against PEP lists, global sanctions databases, and adverse media, and decide when a hit is noise versus signal
- Prepare compliance reports that stand up to scrutiny, and support regulatory filings where required
- Work directly with operational and product teams to explain compliance requirements and where their process needs to change
- Spot where a compliance process is weaker than it should be, and help fix it
- Give a clear, defensible answer on complex compliance questions when the rest of the team is unsure
Requirements
- University degree in finance, economics, law, risk management, criminology, business studies, data science, management, or a related field
- 3+ years of compliance experience in financial services, fintech, investment services, or another regulated environment
- Strong knowledge of regulatory requirements and industry standards, with real experience in customer due diligence, transaction reviews, and sanctions screening
- Strong analytical skills for spotting anomalies in transaction data, comfortable in Excel and with complex datasets
- Clear English, meticulous attention to detail, and the judgment to make sound calls on limited information without cutting corners on compliance standards
- Reliable, self-motivated, and adaptable when priorities shift
- Genuine interest in what AI tools can do for compliance work
- Confidence and professionalism to push back on operational or product teams when their plan does not meet the standard
About the Company
Deriv's mission is Trading for Anyone, Anywhere, Anytime, focusing on real money, real regulations, and real consequences across various jurisdictions. The company is building continuous monitoring, automated screening, and audit trails to uphold regulatory scrutiny.
