Junior Business Analyst [AML]

The AML & Compliance team at Plata ensures regulatory compliance and manages financial crime risks across all products.

 The team works closely with AML operations, covering transaction monitoring, customer risk assessment, enhanced due diligence, regulatory requests, and ongoing AML controls. The work is highly operational and requires accurate, timely, and well-documented decisions.

 We are looking for a Junior+ Business Analyst to support the AML & Compliance team. In this role, you will analyze operational processes, help identify improvements, translate regulatory and business needs into clear requirements, and work closely with Compliance Officers, Product, Analytics, and Development teams to improve AML workflows.

Challenges that await you:

• Getting up to speed with AML and regulatory processes and learning how they are applied in real operational cases

• Developing a strong understanding of AML operations, including transaction monitoring, customer risk assessments, and enhanced due diligence

• Learning to work with operational metrics and using them to identify process improvements

• Gaining experience in translating regulatory and operational requirements into practical solutions together with product and engineering teams

• Maintaining a balance between compliance needs and client experience metrics, finding solutions that satisfy both regulatory expectations and customer impact

• Growing your skills through close collaboration with AML analysts, Compliance Officers, Product, Analytics, and Engineering teams

What makes you a great fit:

• Interest in AML, compliance, and financial regulations, with motivation to build a career in this area

• Basic SQL knowledge and comfort using data to support analysis and decision-making

• Experience in gathering and documenting business requirements and translating them into clear tasks for development teams, with a basic understanding of service architecture and system interactions

• Strong analytical and structured thinking, with the ability to break complex problems into manageable parts

• Experience working in cross-functional teams, collaborating with product, operations, analytics, and technical teams

• High attention to detail and understanding of the importance of accuracy and proper documentation

• Motivation to find solutions that balance compliance requirements, operational efficiency, and client experience

• B2+ level of English, enabling effective communication with an international team

Your bonus skills:

• Experience working with AML (Anti-Money Laundering) processes and/or banking industry experience

• Experience working with operational dashboards or KPIs (e.g. review times, backlog, approval rates)

• Skills in working with Superset and Tableau

• Understanding of API and Kafka

Our ways of working:

• Innovative Spirit: A commitment to creativity and groundbreaking solutions

• Honest Feedback: valuing open, transparent communication

• Supportive Team: a strong, collaborative community

• Celebrating Achievements: recognizing our wins together

• High-Tech Environment: a team full of smart and revolutionary people who date to challenge the status quo of incumbent finances

Our benefits:

• Relocation support to one of our hubs — Mexico, Cyprus, Serbia, or Georgia — with assistance for the employee and their family

• Flexible work from one of our offices or remote

• Healthcare Coverage

• Education Budget: Language lessons, professional training and certifications

• Wellness Budget: Mental health and fitness activity reimbursements

• Vacation policy: 20 days of annual leave and paid sick leave