Complex Investigations Manager

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About the role
Our Financial Crime team blends regulatory expertise with data-driven thinking to make sure our products meet legal and policy requirements and deliver real value to customers. In a fast-moving, digital environment, they stay one step ahead by finding smart, scalable ways to prevent financial crime.
We're looking for an Intelligence Manager to reinforce our first line of defence (1LoD) FinCrime framework in Brazil and focus on complex investigations (AML, sanctions, and organised fraud).
You'll act as the core investigative expert for the Brazilian market, bringing your senior expertise to secure our operations and conduct deep-dive analyses.
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What you'll be doing
Conducting in-depth, intelligence-led investigations into high-risk money laundering, sanctions, fraud, and organised crime cases involving customers in Brazil
Identifying emerging ML/TF typologies across PIX, credit, retail, and business products, translating findings into actionable insights and control enhancements
Ensuring timely and accurate reporting to COAF and supporting MLROs with defensible SAR narratives and documentation aligned with BCB requirements
Escalating systemic gaps identified through investigations, raising risk incidents, and coordinating remediation with FinCrime Product and Data teams
Contributing to FinCrime governance forums (CRC, ERC, ExCo), providing data-backed updates on investigations, risk trends, and control effectiveness
Acting as an interface between CIU, global FIU, compliance assurance, and external regulators during inspections or information requests
What you'll need
7+ years of experience leading complex AML and fraud investigations within a financial institution or fintech, including exposure to layering, scams, synthetic identities, and organised crime
A solid understanding of BCB and COAF frameworks, including SAR requirements, sanctions, and fraud-reporting obligations
Experience identifying systemic gaps, raising risk incidents, and designing remediation plans across AML and fraud controls
Expertise in reading and interpreting transaction data (PIX, credit, card, business), using Looker, SQL, or equivalent tools to detect typologies and outliers
The ability to prepare clear, defensible reports and narratives for regulatory filings and internal governance forums
To be able to explain complex AML/fraud findings to non-technical audiences, senior management, and regulators
Nice to have
The ability to perform deep data exploration using SQL, Python, or visualisation tools (Looker, Power BI) to detect typologies or anomalies
Confidence presenting findings, risk summaries, and recommendations to senior management, committees, or regulators
An interest in coaching junior investigators and supporting FinCrime capability growth in Brazil
Prior exposure to regulatory inspections or audits, including BCB or internal audit follow-ups, with experience presenting control evidence
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