Financial Crime Officer Internship

**Our mission**? Making day-to-day banking easier for SMEs and freelancers thanks to an online business account that's combined with invoicing, bookkeeping and spend management tools. Thanks to its innovative product, highly reactive 24/7 customer support and clear pricing, Qonto has become the leader in its market.

**Our journey**: Founded by Alexandre and Steve in July 2017, Qonto has rapidly gained trust, serving over 500,000 customers. Thanks to our wonderful team of 1,600+ Qontoers, we also made it to the LinkedIn Top Companies French ranking

**Our values**:
**Customer focus |** Prioritize customers in everything you do

**Ownership | **Own your part, get things done

**Teamwork |** Make (team)work easy

**Mastery | **Continuously raise the bar

**Integrity |** Always do what’s right, and respect people

**Our beliefs**: At Qonto, we're committed to fostering a welcoming environment where everyone can thrive. We prioritize evaluating applicants based solely on skills and potential, ensuring diversity with 50% international team members, 44% women, and 20% parents. Join us in building a workplace that celebrates diversity and individuality.

Discover the steps we took to create a discrimination-free hiring process.

As a Financial Crime Officer Intern at Qonto, you will join our international team to help protect our company and customers from financial risks. Based in Milan, you'll be trained to conduct investigations and support our compliance efforts. Starting with first-level investigations, you'll gradually develop your expertise while contributing to maintaining Qonto's security standards across European markets.

‍‍ As an Financial Crime Intern at Qonto, you will:

- Conduct first-level financial crime investigations and pre-qualification calls to protect Qonto and its customers from financial risks
- Investigate screening escalations from level 1 (politically exposed persons, sanction lists, high-risk customers);
- Perform enhanced investigations in case of suspicious activities of clients ;
- Be part of projects to enhance our capacities to detect suspicious behaviours.

What you can expect:

- Work in a fast-paced and scaling environment
- Be the second-line protection expert on all Financial Crime related topics
- Make the bridge between Qonto and the Regulator
- Work closely with various teams in an international environment

About your future manager:
Sara has a deep understanding of AML regulation and has deepened her knowledge on several topics such as crypto and KYC/KYB. She is interested in increasing the team members’ knowledge by promoting communication and information sharing within the team while also giving them autonomy in managing their daily work.

About You:

- You have studied or are studying a degree in Law, Economics, Compliance or something related.
- You define yourself as upstanding, efficient and curious.
- You are able to work in a multicultural team and collaborate with other departments.
- You are fluent in Italian and in English.
- Having prior experience in the field is a plus.

**Perks**

An inclusive work environment. And so much more to help you succeed.
- Offices in Paris, Berlin, Milan, Barcelona, and Belgrade;
- Up to 2 remote days per week (depending on what your school allows);
- 1 paid day off /month;
- A meal voucher;
- Public transportation reimbursement;
- Great offers for sports and wellness activities;
- A progressive disability and parenthood policy (1 in 6 of Qonto employees is a parent) and childcare benefits with selected partners;
- Monthly team events.

Click here to read more about what it's like to be an intern at Qonto.

**Our hiring process**:

- Interviews with your Talent Acquisition Manager and future manager/mentor
- A remote exercise to demonstrate your skills and give you a taste of what working at Qonto could be like

We will send you an interview guide so you can best prepare yourself.

On average, our process lasts 20 working days and offers usually follow within 48 hours

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