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Stark Bank

API-driven corporate banking and payments platform

Compliance AML Specialist - Multiple Teams

Financial Crime & AMLConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSão Paulo, State of São Paulo, BrazilIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Solid experience in Compliance, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, transaction monitoring, financial crime prevention, or related areas.
  • Experience in fintechs, digital banks, payment institutions, acquiring, sub-acquiring, payment methods, or regulated B2B companies.
  • Practical knowledge of applicable anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regulations, including Central Bank rules, know-your-customer, know-your-partner, know-your-employee, politically exposed persons, sanctions, and reporting suspicious transactions.
  • Experience analyzing alerts, investigating atypical transactions, identifying transaction patterns, and assessing risks.
  • Knowledge of transaction-monitoring tools, screening, restricted lists, bureaus, public databases, case management, or anti-fraud solutions.
  • Analytical ability to interpret data, identify improvement opportunities, and turn analyses into practical recommendations.
  • Autonomy to lead projects, structure solutions, and propose process and control improvements.
  • Ability to communicate and collaborate with technical and business teams.

Responsibilities

  • Improve anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing processes and transaction monitoring by identifying opportunities for automation, digitization, and operational efficiency.
  • Develop and improve monitoring rules, scenarios, and parameters to increase suspicious-transaction detection and reduce false positives.
  • Analyze transaction patterns, atypical behavior, and risk indicators to identify improvements to prevention and detection mechanisms.
  • Structure data-based analyses and solutions to support risk identification, alert prioritization, and decision-making.
  • Partner with Data, Engineering, Product, and Operations teams to implement tools, automation, and technology improvements for Compliance.
  • Improve indicators, dashboards, and monitoring models to increase visibility into control effectiveness and operational performance.
  • Investigate atypical transactions, prepare technical analyses, and substantiate decisions related to anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing exposure.
  • Support reviews of policies, procedures, and internal controls to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.
  • Participate in effectiveness testing, audits, and assessments of monitoring mechanisms, and propose continuous improvements.
  • Track regulatory, technological, and market trends related to Compliance, transaction monitoring, and financial crime prevention.

Desired Qualifications

  • Knowledge of SQL and experience with data analysis and visualization tools such as BigQuery, Looker, or Power BI.
  • Experience with statistical modeling, predictive analysis, anomaly detection, or transaction-pattern identification techniques for financial crime prevention.
  • Experience building, calibrating, and validating monitoring models or rules, including assessing effectiveness, precision, and false positives.
  • Experience with process automation, data pipelines, and integration of technology solutions for Compliance.
  • Familiarity with Python or other languages used for data analysis and analytical model development.
  • Experience in digital transformation, process modernization, or implementing data-based solutions in Compliance, Risk, or Fraud Prevention.
  • Knowledge of emerging technologies for detecting suspicious activity, including machine learning and artificial intelligence.

About the Company

Stark Bank

API-driven corporate banking and payments platform

Stark Bank provides API-driven financial infrastructure for mid-to-large Brazilian enterprises and high-growth tech companies. Its platform covers corporate digital accounts, online payment processing, automated recurring charges, bill payments, and receivables via Pix and Boleto, plus corporate cards and digital fixed-income options. The system is API-first, allowing clients to integrate banking functions into their own workflows to automate high-volume transactions and cash management. Differentiators include larger credit lines relative to peers and a focus on Brazil’s crypto and blockchain firms, with a goal to become the backbone of enterprise financial operations in Brazil.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Series B
Total funding
$60.9M
Headquarters
São Paulo, Brazil
Founded
2018

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