Marqeta is hiring a Senior **Anti-Money Laundering (AML)**Analyst to join the global Financial Crime Compliance Team. You will be responsible for two core components of the corporate AML compliance function. The first component is partner bank and internal audit responses. You will be responsible for the planning, execution and collection of responses from senior management to bank and internal auditors. The second component is the successful delivery of complex projects focused on enhancing our Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Sanctions processes and controls.

You will work with some of the world’s most innovative companies as they partner with Marqeta to bring their payments business ideas to life.

This role can be performed in a hybrid work model (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday onsite) from our Warsaw office. We’d love for you to join us in Warsaw.

What You’ll Do

• Work with diverse internal and external teams to understand payment card programs, with a specific emphasis on financial crimes concerns, such as AML and Sanctions Compliance for unique market segments

• Lead end-to-end management of AML- focused projects for internal and external stakeholders.

• Assist in periodic reviews, and updates of AML policies and risk assessments

• Efficiently research of publicly available data set that may yield additional context and expertly communicate the findings of analysis, research and information sharing formal and informal briefings and written reports

• Provide audit support to AML and Sanctions senior leadership by tracking response delivery, response sufficiency and collecting supporting documentation

• Participate in project definition and idea generation, work on collaborative projects with partners across the globe with a focus on the Financial Crime Compliance risk mitigation

• Effectively communicate and present findings to the management team to strengthen business decisions

• Act as a primary point of contact and support level with Financial Crime Compliance regulatory reviews, audits and core business initiatives

What We’re Looking For

• Five years related industry experience in AML audit preferably within a payments, fintech, or banking environments with exposure to US, Canada and the EU

• Significant exposure to The Bank Secrecy Act (BSA -USA), FATF Recommendations (Global) and EU AML Directives (EU)

• Prior experience as a project manager creating reports and powerpoint presentations within a compliance space

• A superior eye for detail and a high degree of personal ownership over projects and initiatives

• A high degree of motivation, intellectual curiosity and accountability

• In-depth knowledge of AML audit, audit methodologies and remediation

• Highly effective verbal and written communication (English) and presentation skills with all levels of the organization and customers

• Strong interpersonal and collaborative skills to build partnerships and alliances internally and with external partners at all levels of the organization

• High proficiency in drafting reports, creating persuasive presentations and interpreting data

Nice-To-Haves

• Prior experience as a global bank auditor or examiner with the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (UKNF), European Banking Authority (EBA) or US Financial Regulator (FDIC, OCC, ect.)

• Exposure to public speaking and prior experience presenting to senior executives

• Prior exposure within the AML and Counter-Terrorist Financing (CTF) space in developing AML strategies, developing KPI’s/KRI’s, and measuring

Your Manager

• Thai Trower
• Vice President, Global Financial Crime Compliance

Recruiter

• Agata Wojciechowska

Compensation and Benefits

When determining salaries, we consider several factors including, but not limited to, skills, prior experience, and work location. The new-hire base salary range for this position, reflected in PLN, is: 156,000-195,000. The bonus target for this position is 10% of the applicable base salary, subject to the plan terms and meeting eligibility requirements.

Along with monetary compensation, Marqeta offers:

• Monthly stipend for your home office equipment and connectivity

• Annual development stipend to support your growth and development

• Pension Scheme provided by Allianz

• Employee health through Luxmed with employee cover paid at 100% by Marqeta

• Four floating holidays as additional paid days off to your annual leave entitlement

• In-office amenities including: drinks and snacks, wellness room, dedicated barista, community events onsite

• Multi Sport Plus membership offerings

About Marqeta

Marqeta is on a mission to change the way money moves. We’re one of the earliest enablers of embedded finance, a market opportunity sized up in the trillions. Our card issuing platform provides unprecedented flexibility and control for companies to issue cards, authorize transactions, and manage payment operations in real time. Marqeta is powering the most well known brands in the new economy (Block, Cash App, Affirm, Instacart, Doordash, Uber, Walmart, etc). You don’t need to be a Payments expert to join the Marqeta Team, let us help you with that. This is the opportunity of a lifetime to work with innovators around the world and unlock equitable financial access for all.

Marqeta’s Values

– Solve for the Customer: With a deep understanding of our customers' business and empathy for their needs, we deliver products and services that drive their success. Earning and keeping their trust guides everything we do.

– Do What's Right: Knowing businesses and livelihoods depend on us, we pursue solutions that disrupt responsibly and deliver high-quality results that our customers count on. We own our work from start to finish.

– Simplify and Innovate: We approach challenges with curiosity and take smart risks. Innovation comes from finding better, simpler ways to achieve extraordinary outcomes.

– Win as a Team: We succeed together by embracing diverse perspectives and pushing each other to raise the bar. We lead with humility and set aside hierarchy to work as a team.

– Make it Count: We drive forward with focus and agility. With a sense of urgency and purpose, we get the job done, and done right.

Equal Employment Opportunity, Accommodations and Privacy

Marqeta is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workplace that fosters belonging. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth, or related medical conditions), veteran status or uniformed service member status, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship or immigration status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information (including testing or characteristics) or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Marqeta endeavors to make reasonable accommodations for applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to submit this application, complete any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participate in the employee selection process, please submit this form with your specific accommodation request.

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