Financial Crime Operations Analyst

About Reap
Reap is a global financial technology company headquartered in Hong Kong with employees across multiple countries. We enable financial connectivity and access for businesses worldwide by combining traditional finance with stablecoins for efficient money movement.
Through our stablecoin-powered corporate cards, payments, and expense management tools, we streamline financial operations and help businesses scale. Our APIs enable businesses to integrate stablecoin-enabled finance into their own products and services, from issuing Visa cards to facilitating cross-border payments.
Backed by leading investors including Index Ventures and HashKey Capital, Reap is building the future of borderless, stablecoin-enabled finance.
About the team
We are looking for a passionate, detail-oriented and proactive Financial Crime Operations Analyst to join our Latam operations team. This role encompasses the full spectrum of financial crime prevention, including client onboarding and KYB screening, AML compliance, and broader financial crime risk management, ensuring we adhere to global regulatory standards.
In this role, you will drive operational excellence by streamlining onboarding and KYB processes, conducting comprehensive CDD and EDD, monitoring transactions for suspicious activities, and escalating potential fraudulent or sanction-related alerts. You will collaborate closely with compliance and regulatory teams to support risk assessments, enhance financial crime frameworks, and identify automation opportunities to streamline workflows.
You'll be a key link between Reap Latam expansion efforts, headquarters operations, and our global compliance framework.
While Reap is headquartered in Hong Kong, and we have team members working remotely in LATAM.
This is a high-impact role for someone who thrives in a fast-paced fintech environment, embraces ambiguity, and takes ownership of both strategy and execution.
What You'll Do
You will own and drive end-to-end onboarding & AML operations across client lifecycle stages. Key responsibilities include:
Onboarding KYC/KYB Reviews:
Conduct and sign off on due diligence for new and existing clients, including assessing complex corporate structures, international UBOs, and business models with higher-risk elements.
Periodic Reviews & Ongoing Monitoring:
Lead ongoing due diligence checks and risk re-rating exercises, ensuring continued alignment with internal AML policies and evolving risk appetite.
Risk-Based Thinking & Data Analysis:
Interpret and leverage data trends to identify potential policy gaps, process inefficiencies, or client behavioral red flags. Collaborate with analytics or product teams to refine rules and controls.
SOP Development, QA Involvement & Project Ownership:
Drive the drafting and enhancement of SOPs, control checklists, and workflows in alignment with global AML/CTF policies. Partner with the QA team to ensure consistency and execution quality. You will also help design and implement the maker-checker (2-eye/4-eye) process, and serve as checker for escalated or sensitive cases.
What We're Looking For
Experience
Minimum 3 years of experience in onboarding operations, due diligence, or transaction monitoring. , ideally with exposure to fintech, payments, EMIs/MSBs, cards, or regulated financial institutions
Proven end-to-end exposure to KYC/KYB and onboarding operations, with a strong track record of delivering high-quality service while meeting strict SLA standards.
AML Knowledge
Familiarity with global AML/CTF standards (e.g., FATF, CNBV, UIF, BCB, and other relevant Regulations in Mexico and Brazil).
Strategic Execution & Maker-Checker Design
Experience implementing or managing 2-eye/4-eye review frameworks, including performing the checker role on risk-sensitive cases.
Experience in detecting and identifying patterns of unusual activity that lead to new types of unusual behavior.
Project Ownership
Strong ownership mindset, with the ability to lead and deliver small-to-medium AML projects and tasks
Comfortable coordinating across teams such as Product, Growth, Legal and Compliance, and Finance Ops
Language Proficiency
Fluent in business English (spoken and written)
Ability to read and speak Portuguese, is a strong advantage (for candidates outside Brazil)
Artificial Intelligence Knowledge
Experience and knowledge using AI tools is a plus