Senior Financial Crime Investigator - Business Banking
MonzoRemote (UK)£29k – £37kPosted 21 March 2026
Job Description
🚀 We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone.
We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.
After starting as a prepaid card, our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well as personal and business bank accounts, we offer joint accounts , accounts for 16-17 year olds , a free kids account and credit cards in the UK, with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save , invest and combine their pensions with us.
With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature, combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service, we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!
We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ❤️
UK Remote | 💰£29,450 - £37,250 + Benefits | Hear from the team ✨
Start Dates: Tuesday 26th May Monday 22nd June. ( Please note: We are currently prioritising placements for our May intake; June start dates will be confirmed once the initial cohort is finalised )
Please reference any literature that you may refer to, as applications that are highly plagiarised and not your own work. e.g. ChatGPT, will be declined. We have some guidelines on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ace an application and interview at Monzo. You can read them here.
⭐Our Financial Crime Customer Operations Team: The Shield of Monzo
Our Financial Crime Customer Operations team is the frontline defence in protecting Monzo and our customers from the complex threats of economic crime, including sophisticated fraud schemes and global money laundering networks. We are not just a compliance function; we are a critical operational hub focused on safeguarding financial integrity.
At Monzo, our operational teams are structured into specialised 'Pillars', each focusing on a specific business area, set of risks, and unique typologies. This allows us to build deep, world-class subject matter expertise where it matters most.
The FinCrime Business Banking Pillar
In the FinCrime Business Banking Pillar, you will be integral to protecting the entire lifecycle of our business customers from high-growth startups to established SMEs. Our mission within this pillar is to ensure Monzo's business ecosystem remains transparent and trusted. This involves:
Conducting rigorous checks during onboarding and throughout the customer relationship.
Unravelling suspicious activity across a spectrum of financial crime typologies.
Reporting, exiting accounts, and implementing controls when significant risk is identified.
The Role: FinCrime Business Banking Senior Investigator
As a FinCrime Business Banking Senior Investigator, you will play a pivotal role within our financial crime operations. Your main focus will be completing some of our higher risk, high complexity financial crime tasks on our business accounts, while supporting our Team Managers and coaching our Investigators to achieve our quality and productivity goals.
This is a high-impact role where your expertise will directly contribute to Monzo's safety and reputation, and the broader fight against illicit finance.
🔑You’ll play a key role by...
Taking ownership of the most complex FinCrime Business Banking tasks, including Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) for high-risk businesses, Complex Customer Reviews (e.g, in sensitive areas like Sexual Services flags), and multi-jurisdictional money muling investigations.
Writing, reviewing, and submitting high-quality Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to the National Crime Agency (NCA), ensuring they meet the highest legal and evidential standards.
Maintaining a regular schedule on core investigative tasks to sustain your competency levels, directly support the domain’s Service Level Agreements, and remain connected to frontline challenges.
Actively coaching Investigators on complex financial crime typologies, best practice, and perform ... (truncated, view full listing at source)
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