AML Operations Specialist | Financial Crime Unit

PwC Poland's Financial Crime Unit (FCU) is seeking an AML Operations Specialist to join their 1300-strong team. This role involves reviewing and validating KYC profiles and alerts, ensuring compliance with AML regulations, and identifying suspicious activities. The specialist will also mentor analysts, analyze client documentation for risk assessment, conduct research using internal and external sources, and support AML-related projects. Candidates need a minimum of two years of AML experience, fluency in Dutch and English, and strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Must Have

• Review and validate KYC profiles and alerts
• Ensure compliance with AML regulations
• Identify signs of money laundering, suspicious activity, or high-risk clients
• Mentor Analysts through AML-focused training and quality oversight
• Analyze client documentation for identity, ownership, and source of funds
• Conduct research using internal systems and external sources (sanctions lists, adverse media)
• Build KYC profiles and assign AML risk ratings
• Support AML-related client projects (investigations, regulatory remediation)
• Assist Team Leader with daily operations, process monitoring, and escalation
• Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience in AML processes
• Minimum 6 months in a quality control role
• Fluent in Dutch and English
• Demonstrated analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Attention to detail and risk awareness
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and deliver results
• University degree (preferably finance, law, economics, or related field)
• Comfortable working independently within project teams

Good to Have

• AML certification
• Proficiency in other European languages

Perks & Benefits

• Hybrid working model
• Flexible start of the day
• Workation
• Sabbatical leave
• Full support during onboarding process
• Mentoring from experienced colleagues
• Training sessions and workshops
• Certification co/financed by PwC (Internal AML Certification, ACAMS)
• Conversations with native speaker
• Medical care package
• Mindfulness program
• Psychological support
• Education through dedicated webinars and workshops
• Financial and legal counseling
• Individual benefits package (lunch pass, insurance, concierge, veterinary package, massages)
• Access to a cafeteria (vouchers, discounts on IT equipment and car purchase)
• 3 paid hours for volunteering per month
• Additional paid Birthday Day off
• Friend referral program

PwC Poland’s Financial Crime Unit (FCU) team is composed of 1300 specialists who provide consulting services and operational support to global financial institutions in the area of Anti-Money Laundering, Risk, Regulatory, ESG, and other financial services. We are PwC's multi-competency center, bringing together top experts in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) – an area of financial services that focuses on preventing the introduction of illegal funds into a legitimate financial system. Institutions operating within the modern financial system face many challenges, such as money laundering attempts, the spread of organized crime, and the fight against terrorist financing. These are the institutions that seek assistance from us – PwC Financial Crime Unit.

We are looking for:

AML Operations Specialist

Your future role:

• Review and validate KYC profiles and alerts to ensure compliance with AML regulations, identifying signs of money laundering, suspicious activity, or high-risk clients,
• Mentor Analysts through AML-focused training, task prioritization, and quality oversight to strengthen financial crime controls,
• Analyze client documentation to verify identity, ownership, and source of funds for AML risk assessment,
• Conduct research using internal systems and external sources (e.g. sanctions lists, adverse media) to build KYC profiles and assign AML risk ratings,
• Support AML-related client projects in Poland and abroad, including investigations and regulatory remediation,
• Assist the Team Leader with daily operations, process monitoring, and escalation of suspicious cases.

Apply if you have:

• Minimum 2 years of hands-on experience in AML processes including a minimum of 6 months in a quality control role,
• Fluent in Dutch and English, enabling effective communication in international environments,
• Demonstrated analytical thinking and problem-solving skills, with attention to detail and risk awareness,
• Proven ability to meet deadlines and deliver results in a fast-paced, target-driven setting,
• Holds a university degree, preferably in finance, law, economics, or a related field,
• Comfortable working independently within project teams, showing initiative and ownership of tasks.

Nice to have:

• AML certification,
• Proficiency in other European languages.

By joining us you gain:

• Work flexibility - hybrid working model, flexible start of the day, workation, sabbatical leave,
• Development and upskilling - our full support during onboarding process, mentoring from experienced colleagues, training sessions, workshops, certification co/financed by PwC (Internal AML Certification, ACAMS) and conversations with native speaker,
• Medical and wellbeing program - medical care package, mindfulness, psychological support, education through dedicated webinars and workshops, financial and legal counseling,
• Possibility to create your individual benefits package (a.o. lunch pass, insurance packages, concierge, veterinary package for a pet, massages) and access to a cafeteria - vouchers, discounts on IT equipment and car purchase,
• 3 paid hours for volunteering per month,
• Additional paid Birthday Day off
• And when you start enjoying PwC as much as we do, you may recommend your friend to work with us.

Recruitment process:

• CV verification,
• HC Screening phone call,
• Case study,
• Interview.

If you are interested in this position, please send us your CV in English.

If you have additional questions, please contact us: plfcucareer@pwc.com

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