Financial Crime & AML Compliance Expert

Role Title: Financial Crime & AML Compliance Expert

Role Type: Contractor

Location: Remote

micro1 is engaging Financial Crime & AML Compliance Experts to contribute to a customer's project focused on the design and optimization of advanced financial-crime detection frameworks. In this role, you'll apply your expertise to help train next-generation AI systems. Your work will shape how models learn, reason, and perform through high-quality, real-world input. No prior experience in AI is required — your domain knowledge is what matters.

Scope of Work

1. Design and document a comprehensive library of fraud, scam, money laundering, and abuse scenarios for financial platforms.
2. Identify and define social-engineering red flags and typologies relevant to modern financial crime, including phishing, synthetic identity fraud, and marketplace abuse.
3. Create escalation grading scales and frameworks to assess severity and risk of various financial crime events.
4. Develop benchmark criteria and detection frameworks to evaluate AI model capability to recognize realistic fraud patterns and suspicious activity.
5. Review and enhance written guidance, workflows, and best practices for financial crime and AML compliance operations.
6. Provide detailed feedback on project deliverables, ensuring domain accuracy and practical relevance.
7. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate your insights into actionable detection and prevention strategies.

Preferred Qualifications

1. 5+ years of recent, hands-on experience in fraud investigations, AML compliance, payments risk management, or related financial crime domains.
2. Expertise in detecting and analyzing scams, phishing, money laundering, synthetic identity fraud, and marketplace abuse in fintech, banking, crypto, or digital payment environments.
3. High credibility in financial crime prevention, supported by a track record of operational excellence and thought leadership.
4. Advanced degree, professional certification (such as CAMS, CFE, CFCS), or equivalent operational credentials in financial crime, AML/CTF, or compliance.
5. Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, able to articulate complex scenarios and frameworks clearly for both technical and non-technical audiences.
6. Experience building training materials, scenario libraries, or detection rulebooks is a strong plus.
7. Curiosity and analytical rigor to assess evolving financial crime typologies and adapt controls accordingly.

Originally posted on Himalayas