Compliance Analyst – Graduate

About VFX

VFX is a fast-growing Fin Tech simplifying global trading and cash management for businesses worldwide. We remove complexity so clients can transact globally with confidence. Our tailored, secure, and efficient solutions span FX and international payments, multi-currency accounts, and integrations that make global operations effortless.

With six offices, five regulatory licences, and an 83% CAGR over the past three years, we’re scaling fast and earning industry recognition along the way - including CNBC UK's Top Fintech Companies for 2025, Wealth & Finance Fin Tech Awards 2025, and the Business Growth Award from Business Awards UK. Behind it all is a team of ambitious VFXers who think like founders, never stop learning, and go the extra mile to help our clients succeed.

VFX is growing our Compliance Operations team and is hiring multiple graduate-level Compliance Analysts. No prior industry experience is required — we’re looking for people with a strong work ethic, good judgement, a willingness to learn, and a genuine interest in compliance, risk, operations, or financial crime.

This is an opportunity to join the first line of defence at a fast-growing fintech, helping protect VFX and our clients across a global payments and FX platform.

In this role, you’ll join either our Onboarding (KYC & Due Diligence) team or our Transaction Monitoring team, building a strong foundation in how regulated financial institutions assess risk, verify customers, and identify potentially suspicious activity.

In this team, you’ll learn how financial institutions verify new customers and assess risk before any money moves.

You’ll review customer information, carry out KYC (Know Your Client) and due-diligence checks, and work closely with experienced colleagues to ensure clients meet regulatory requirements, VFX’s risk standards, and the expectations of our tier‑1 banking partners.

In this team, you’ll learn how financial crime risks such as money laundering, fraud, and sanctions breaches are identified in real‑world payments and FX activity.

You’ll review transaction alerts, analyse behaviours and patterns, and work with the wider Transaction Monitoring team to assess whether activity is legitimate or needs further investigation or escalation.

• Review customer or transaction information to assess risk.
• Apply structured, risk‑based thinking to assessments and reviews.
• Escalate higher‑risk cases to senior team members in line with internal frameworks.
• Maintain accurate, audit‑ready records and clear rationales for decisions.

• Review system alerts or onboarding cases for unusual or potentially suspicious activity.
• Analyse payments, behaviours, and customer profiles with support from senior colleagues.
• Document clear summaries of findings to support review and escalation.

• Follow internal policies, escalation routes, and quality standards.
• Support audits, management information (MI), and regulatory reporting activities.
• Learn and apply regulatory expectations relevant to payments and financial crime.

• Work closely with Compliance, Risk, Onboarding, Transaction Monitoring, and Relationship Management teams.
• Share observations on emerging risks, trends, or operational improvements.
• Contribute ideas to improve processes, workflows, and system effectiveness.

• Bachelor’s degree (2:1 or above) or equivalent practical experience (Business, Economics, Law, Maths, or analytical disciplines preferred).
• Strong written communication with the ability to explain findings concisely.
• Detail‑oriented, analytical, organised, and able to apply structured thinking.
• Curious, proactive, and eager to learn within a fast‑moving, regulated fintech.
• Collaborative, reliable, and comfortable working with multiple teams.
• Interest in compliance, financial crime, risk, or operational excellence.

• Generous Profit Share Plan (PSP)
• Equity via the Company Share Option Plan (CSOP)
• Competitive salary
• Hybrid…