[11/10/2025] Financial Crime Monitoring Junior Associate

Job Description Job Title - Financial Crime Monitoring Junior Associate Location: Delhi Experience: 3+ years About Tazapay Tazapay is a cross-border payment service provider offering local collections via various payment methods, virtual accounts, and cards in over 70 markets. Merchants can expand globally without setting up local entities while benefiting from Tazapay's robust compliance framework, reducing transaction costs, improving FX transparency, and increasing authorization rates. We are a licensed company backed by leading investors. Learn more at www.tazapay.com. What's exciting waiting for you This is a fantastic opportunity to join a fast-growing fintech and contribute to the development of a strong compliance framework from the ground up. As a Financial Crime Junior Assosicate, you will play a crucial role in ensuring customer onboarding, due diligence, and AML compliance processes are executed efficiently and in line with regulatory expectations. Are you ready for the ride Find what interesting things you could do with us. Job Description: About the Role: We are looking for a Financial Crime Monitoring Junior Associate to join our fast-growing FinTech compliance team. In this role, you'll be responsible for reviewing transaction monitoring alerts, investigating suspicious activity, and supporting ongoing enhancement of AML controls across our digital payments and cross-border transactions. This is an excellent opportunity to be part of an innovative, technology-driven compliance environment where you'll collaborate with product, operations, and risk teams to ensure that our financial ecosystem remains safe, compliant, and trusted. Key Responsibilities: - Review and investigate transaction monitoring alerts generated from payments, wallets, and virtual asset transactions. - Conduct end-to-end investigations gathering data, assessing patterns, and identifying potential financial crime or AML risks. - Escalate Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs/STRs) in accordance with internal procedures and applicable regulations. - Support rule tuning, threshold calibration, and typology analysis to improve detection efficiency and reduce false positives. - Work closely with Product, Risk, and Engineering teams to align AML controls with new products and payment features. - Assist in maintaining internal investigation logs, case documentation, and compliance reports. - Stay informed on emerging trends in digital payments, crypto monitoring, sanctions, and regulatory developments. - Participate in quality assurance reviews and support continuous improvement initiatives within the FCC function. Key Skills & Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Finance, Commerce, Law, Economics, or related field. - 3+ years of experience in AML / Transaction Monitoring / Financial Crime roles, ideally in FinTech, PSP, or Digital Banking. - Working knowledge of AML/CFT regulations (FATF, OFAC, EU, MAS, or local regulatory frameworks). - Experience using monitoring systems such as Actimize, Elliptic, ComplyAdvantage, or equivalent. - Strong analytical and problem-solving skills; comfortable interpreting large data sets and transactional patterns. - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong attention to detail. - Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, agile environment with cross-functional teams. Preferred Qualifications: - CAMS / ICA / CFCS or equivalent AML certification. - Hands-on experience in crypto or digital asset monitoring. - Understanding of regtech tools, data analytics, or case management systems. - Exposure to cross-border payments, merchant acquiring, or alternative payments ecosystems. Join our team and let's groove together to the rhythm of innovation and opportunity Your Buddy Tazapay