Payment Specialist - Compliance Analyst

Company DescriptionWe’re Checkout.com. You might not know our name, but companies like eBay, Spotify, Klarna, Uber, and Sony do, because we’re behind many of the digital experiences you use every day. We are where the world checks out, enabling over 10 billion transactions yearly for more than one billion global shoppers. Whether you want to book a holiday, order food, renew a subscription, or check out online, there’s a good chance our tech powers the payments behind the scenes. Our platform helps the most ambitious businesses deliver effortless digital experiences, at scale. If you want to do career-defining work, you’ve come to the right place. We move fast, think globally, and believe great teams are built by hiring exceptional people with conviction, curiosity, and the desire to make an impact. With 20 offices across six continents and London as our HQ, we’re shaping the future of fintech – and we’re just getting started.About the teamOur Sanctions Screening team keeps our merchants and their customers safe. We run and constantly improve the real-time screening that checks payments and customers against sanctions and watchlists. We're scaling it fast as we move into new markets and payment types.The roleThis is an associate-level role for a sharp, data-minded analyst. You'll own the day-to-day running and improvement of our screening systems, making them faster, more accurate and more resilient. Sanctions of fincrime experience is a plus, not a must. Strong analysts from adjacent payments, fintech or similar fields are welcome.What you'll doOwn the day-to-day running of our screening platform (Fircosoft Continuity, the system that checks payments and customers against watchlists), keeping it healthy and reliable.Design and test rules that cut false positives and reduce manual case work.Manage watchlist updates and configurations to stay ahead of regulatory change.Extend screening to new payment types and build automated testing so improvements stick.What succes