Financial Services Tech Risk Specialist
Pubblicato il 11-08-2026 - Soldo in Roma
Job DescriptionSoldo is the proactive spend management solution that frees progressive businesses to accomplish more.Over 25,000 organisations across 31 countries use Soldo to end slow, messy, and inefficient spending, bringing financial agility and control over every expense. Soldo frees finance with a uniquely proactive approach to managing decentralised spending.By combining a powerful spend management platform, a user-friendly app, and versatile payment methods, Soldo automates expense admin to eliminate inefficiency in managing business spending.By proactively managing decentralised spend, organisations empower employees to spend when and where it's needed, keeping productivity high while avoiding month-end surprises.Founded in 2015 by Italian digital innovator Carlo Gualandri, Soldo is headquartered in London, with offices in Dublin, Milan, and Rome.We’re looking for people with big ambitions, cool heads, sharp minds, and warm hearts. Come and join us as we grow together.What's in it for youCompetitive salaryPrivate healthcare coverage for you and your familyLunch VouchersGenuine career development opportunities (we love to see you succeed) - including your own annual 500 career development budgetAccess to training and development - including a mentoring programme, workshops and the opportunity to progress onto our leadership programmeFlexible working options, including working from home or our Milan or Rome offices + 60 days’ work anywhereStatutory Leave entitlements plus extra days off on Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and your BirthdayYour own personal company Soldo cardEmployee Assistance ProgrammeCAF Annual Fiscal & Financial SupportThe roleWe are looking for a Financial Services Tech Risk Specialist to join our Financial Services Technology team within a fast-growing Fintech environment. The successful candidate will play a key role in designing, implementing, and monitoring transaction risk and AML controls across multiple payment products (card payments and bank transfers).This role requires strong hands-on experience with AML and transaction monitoring systems (preferably Featurespace)
and the ability to support our Risk & Compliance team in identifying risk scenarios and defining, maintaining, and optimising risk rules to prevent fraud, money laundering, and financial crime while minimising false positives.Key ResponsibilitiesDesign, configure, and maintain transaction monitoring and AML rules for: Card Payments and Domestic and International Bank transfers (SEPA, SWIFT, Instant payments, Faster Payments, BACS, etc.) - including actively coding rules logic on the Featurespace platform, testing and deploying changes, ensuring adherence to appropriate change management procedures and a full audit trailParticipate in regular meetings with the Risk & Compliance team to define priorities, refine backlog and review implemented tasks.Monitor daily/weekly alerts generated by transaction monitoring systems and support escalation, investigation, reporting and analysis of rule effectiveness and false positive ratesSupport Risk & Compliance and Security teams in performing risk analysis on customer transactions, behaviours, and payment flows to identify fraud patterns, AML, and financial crime risksSupport regulatory and audit activities by providing documentation, data analysis, and explanations of risk rules, controls, incidents and remediation actionsStay up to date with regulatory requirements (AML, CTF, sanctions) and emerging fraud trends in the Fintech and payments spaceDeal with the external provider for BAU operations aspects and for the resolution of any low-severity issuesCollaborate with FS Tech and Product Tech teams to enhance the Soldo transaction monitoring solution and identify and resolve any issues with the internal processing of events feeding into or originating from the Soldo transaction monitoring solutionParticipate in the testing and rollout of new payment products or changes to existing flows from a risk perspectiveWe are looking for someone who must haveExperience in financial services risk, AML, fraud, or transaction monitoring, preferably in a Fintech, bank, or equivalent payment institutionStrong hands-on experience with AML and transaction monitoring tools, such as:1. Featurespace (preferred), Actimize, Feedzai, FICO, Stripe Radar, Lexis Nexis, SMASH or similar platformsProven experience in writing, modifying, and maintaining risk rules and scenariosSolid understanding of:1.AML/CTF frameworks2. Transaction monitoring methodologies3. Fraud typologies related to cards and bank transfersExperience working with different payment types:1. Card payments (credit, debit, prepaid)2. Bank transfers (SEPA, international wires, instant payments, Faster Payments, Bacs)Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret transaction data and identify risk patterns or data points useful for the enhancement of the control frameworkAbility to balance risk mitigation with customer experience and business growthGood understanding of regulatory expectations (e.g. EU AML directives, EBA guidelines, local regulations)Fluent in English (written and spoken)It would be nice if you had:Experience working in a regulated Fintech or EMIKnowledge of sanctions screening and PEP monitoringExperience with SQL, data analysis tools, or dashboards (e.g. Tableau, Power BI)Familiarity with machine learning–based monitoring toolsExperience supporting internal or external audits and regulatory inspectionsExperience working in an Agile environment according to Scrum/Kanban methodologyKnowledge of Jira and ConfluencePersonal AttributesDetail-oriented with a strong sense of ownershipComfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environmentStrong problem-solving and decision-making skillsAble to communicate risk concepts and logic behind the rules clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholdersCollaborative mindset and proactive approach to risk management.Job InformationDate Opened 08/04/2026 Job Type Tempo pieno Industry SaaS City Roma Country Italy