FinCrime Risk Manager (AML/CTF)

TL;DR

FinCrime Risk Manager (AML/CTF) (AML/CTF): Designing and implementing robust AML controls and providing AML advisory across products, jurisdictions, and markets with an accent on 1LOD risk advisory, control testing/QA, and scalable control frameworks. Focus on validating control effectiveness, supporting audits and regulatory engagements, and improving customer outcomes by identifying and remediating control issues.

Location: Tokyo (Remote: Japan)

Company

Revolut is a global financial super app building products for spending, saving, investing, exchanging, and travel.

What you will do

• Design and implement AML controls aligned with regulatory requirements and scalable across global markets
• Provide AML advisory for new products, jurisdictions, and features to ensure risks are understood and mitigated early
• Support audit and regulatory engagements by clearly articulating local control frameworks
• Perform control testing and QA to validate design and operating effectiveness of key AML controls
• Partner with Product, Operations, and Compliance to ensure AML controls are effective, measurable, and customer-centric
• Maintain AML MI dashboards and documentation to support internal governance and external transparency

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience as an anti-money laundering SME in a risk advisory or control team within the first line of defence
• Track record of AML advisory across retail and business banking or fintech products
• In-depth knowledge of AML typologies, regulatory requirements, and control frameworks
• Experience conducting risk assessments, identifying control gaps, and driving remediation
• Understanding of modern financial products, including crypto and investment products, and their associated risks
• Impeccable communication skills and ability to engage stakeholders across disciplines

Nice to have

• Familiarity with transaction monitoring, rule logic, or model tuning

Culture & Benefits

• Work in a Financial Crime Operations team focused on preventing financial crime and protecting customer trust
• Collaborate across Product, Operations, and Compliance to keep AML controls customer-centric
• Remote work available from Japan

Hiring process

• Apply via official Revolut career channels
• Interviews and evaluations based on AML advisory/control experience and stakeholder communication