KYC & Monitoring Analyst (LATAM)
Summary
Execute client risk management, KYC, AML, and fraud prevention for LATAM retail accounts within a global fintech FX trading environment.
About Weltrade
Weltrade is a leading international Fintech company with over two decades of stability and trust in the global FX and online trading industry. Established in 2006, we operate as a truly global, remote-first organization, bringing together high-performing professionals across multiple time zones.
We focus on building scalable trading infrastructure and high-impact commercial ecosystems that drive sustainable client acquisition worldwide. At Weltrade, we value ownership, autonomy, and measurable impact.
About your Role
In this role, you will join the Risk & Financial Crime Operations team, a control-driven group dedicated to protecting the integrity and resilience of Weltrade’s global trading business. Your primary focus will be executing and scaling client risk management, customer due diligence, fraud prevention, and behavioral monitoring controls across the client lifecycle, with particular responsibility for LATAM retail accounts and offshore corporate structures. Your biggest challenge will be to maintain regulator-ready risk processes while navigating complex customer profiles, payment activity, fraud signals, and shifting operational demands across an international brokerage business. You will directly contribute to Weltrade’s mission of delivering secure, transparent, and trusted trading services by strengthening customer risk governance, improving operational resilience, and ensuring effective oversight of client onboarding and ongoing monitoring. We are seeking a self-sufficient specialist who can structure complex risk cases, apply sound judgment, and operate with precision in an autonomous, high-impact environment.
You Have
- 2–4+ years of hands-on experience: Proven experience in KYC, AML, client risk, fraud prevention, or financial crime operations within a regulated financial environment.
- Customer Risk & EDD expertise: Hands-on experience executing risk-based onboarding, customer risk assessments, Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), PEP/DPIP reviews, sanctions screening, adverse media investigations, and Source of Funds/Source of Wealth verification.
- Regulatory & brokerage knowledge: Practical experience applying risk and financial crime controls within Forex, CFD, multi-asset brokerage, FinTech, EMI, or banking environments, with familiarity with FSC Mauritius, FSCA South Africa, and/or Saint Lucia regulatory frameworks.
- Fraud & transaction monitoring: Proven experience reviewing behavioral risk and transaction monitoring alerts, investigating suspicious activity, assessing payment-related risks, and preparing case files for SAR/STR reporting.
- LATAM & language capability: Native or bilingual Spanish and professional English, with hands-on experience assessing LATAM customer profiles, payment activity, or offshore structures, including UBO verification to natural persons.
Good to Have
- Professional certification: CAMS, ICA, CFCS, ACAMS, or an equivalent financial crime qualification.
- RegTech expertise: Hands-on experience with platforms such as Sumsub, ComplyAdvantage, World-Check, ShuftiPro, SEON, Sardine, Jumio, or Trulioo.
- Scale & build experience: Previous experience scaling risk operations within a high-growth, remote-first FinTech environment.
What We Offer
- Remote-First Flexibility: We operate fully remotely and offer a global and cross-functional environment.
- Ownership & Impact: A chance to own your ideas and make a measurable impact on Weltrade's global growth.
- Wellbeing: A balanced leave allowance (paid vacation, sick leave, public holidays, etc.) and a supportive culture that values every employee.
Recruitment Process
Application Review → HR Interview → Technical Interview → Final Interview → Offer
Weltrade is a leading international Fintech company with over two decades of stability and trust in the global FX and online trading industry. Established in 2006, we operate as a truly global, remote-first organization, bringing together high-performing professionals across multiple time zones.
We focus on building scalable trading infrastructure and high-impact commercial ecosystems that drive sustainable client acquisition worldwide. At Weltrade, we value ownership, autonomy, and measurable impact.
About your Role
In this role, you will join the Risk & Financial Crime Operations team, a control-driven group dedicated to protecting the integrity and resilience of Weltrade’s global trading business. Your primary focus will be executing and scaling client risk management, customer due diligence, fraud prevention, and behavioral monitoring controls across the client lifecycle, with particular responsibility for LATAM retail accounts and offshore corporate structures. Your biggest challenge will be to maintain regulator-ready risk processes while navigating complex customer profiles, payment activity, fraud signals, and shifting operational demands across an international brokerage business. You will directly contribute to Weltrade’s mission of delivering secure, transparent, and trusted trading services by strengthening customer risk governance, improving operational resilience, and ensuring effective oversight of client onboarding and ongoing monitoring. We are seeking a self-sufficient specialist who can structure complex risk cases, apply sound judgment, and operate with precision in an autonomous, high-impact environment.
You Have
- 2–4+ years of hands-on experience: Proven experience in KYC, AML, client risk, fraud prevention, or financial crime operations within a regulated financial environment.
- Customer Risk & EDD expertise: Hands-on experience executing risk-based onboarding, customer risk assessments, Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), PEP/DPIP reviews, sanctions screening, adverse media investigations, and Source of Funds/Source of Wealth verification.
- Regulatory & brokerage knowledge: Practical experience applying risk and financial crime controls within Forex, CFD, multi-asset brokerage, FinTech, EMI, or banking environments, with familiarity with FSC Mauritius, FSCA South Africa, and/or Saint Lucia regulatory frameworks.
- Fraud & transaction monitoring: Proven experience reviewing behavioral risk and transaction monitoring alerts, investigating suspicious activity, assessing payment-related risks, and preparing case files for SAR/STR reporting.
- LATAM & language capability: Native or bilingual Spanish and professional English, with hands-on experience assessing LATAM customer profiles, payment activity, or offshore structures, including UBO verification to natural persons.
Good to Have
- Professional certification: CAMS, ICA, CFCS, ACAMS, or an equivalent financial crime qualification.
- RegTech expertise: Hands-on experience with platforms such as Sumsub, ComplyAdvantage, World-Check, ShuftiPro, SEON, Sardine, Jumio, or Trulioo.
- Scale & build experience: Previous experience scaling risk operations within a high-growth, remote-first FinTech environment.
What We Offer
- Remote-First Flexibility: We operate fully remotely and offer a global and cross-functional environment.
- Ownership & Impact: A chance to own your ideas and make a measurable impact on Weltrade's global growth.
- Wellbeing: A balanced leave allowance (paid vacation, sick leave, public holidays, etc.) and a supportive culture that values every employee.
Recruitment Process
Application Review → HR Interview → Technical Interview → Final Interview → Offer