AML/CTF Quality Assurance Analyst
Brief info about Vinted
Our mission is to make second-hand the first choice, and we're looking for people who want to help us get there. Every day, we work together to help our members buy and sell pre-loved clothing and lifestyle items, giving each piece a second life – or even a third.
The Vinted Group is made up of three business units that support this mission:
Vinted Marketplace is Europe’s leading platform for second-hand fashion and a go-to destination for all kinds of pre-loved items, with a growing range of categories. Our platform connects millions of members across 20+ markets, helping great items find a new life.
Vinted Go enhances the shipping experience with a vast network of over 500,000 pick-up and drop-off points, partnering with more than 60 carriers across Europe, with added services like item verification for peace of mind on high-value pieces.
Vinted Pay is the newest part of the Vinted Group, dedicated to bringing secure, reliable payments to buyers and sellers across Europe. Seamlessly integrated into the Vinted app, it helps keep every transaction safe, efficient, and easy for our members.
Founded in 2008 in Lithuania, Vinted began as a way for friends to find new homes for clothes they no longer needed. In 2019, we became Lithuania's first unicorn! Today, our headquarters remain in Vilnius, and we've grown with offices across Europe, supported by a team of over 2,000 people.
Information about the position
As an AML/CTF Quality Assurance Analyst at Vinted Pay, you’ll play an important role in ensuring that our AML/CTF, sanctions, fraud prevention and wider financial crime controls are effective, consistent and aligned with regulatory expectations.
This position sits within the second line of defence and will work closely with the MLRO, Sanctions Officer (SO) and Fraud Prevention Officer (FPO). You will provide independent quality assurance, oversight and challenge over first line AML/CTF operations, while helping the business improve control quality, documentation standards and operational consistency.
You will be responsible for oversight of 1st line of defense quality assurance processes, including onboarding/KYC, SDD/CDD/EDD, PEP, sanctions and adverse media screening, transaction monitoring, alert handling, internal investigations, SAR/STR documentation, fraud-related financial crime controls and case management as well as quality control of internal technical setups and setup of 3rd party providers. You will also help ensure that internal documentation, procedures and controls remain aligned with applicable regulatory standards and supervisory expectations.
In this position, you’ll
- Provide second line oversight over first line QA operations, including review of QA outputs, trends, defect themes, remediation quality and consistency of standards.
- Own and maintain QA-related policies, procedures, methodologies, sampling plans, scorecards, testing scripts and reporting templates.
- Assess whether technical solutions and third-party provider setups operate as expected and are aligned with internal requirements, regulatory expectations and documented procedures.
- Identify defects, control gaps, trends and recurring issues, and provide practical recommendations for remediation. Track remediation actions and follow up with relevant teams until issues are resolved.
- Prepare periodic QA reports for the MLRO and senior leadership, highlighting key findings, trends, risks and remediation status.
- Support audit, regulatory and supervisory readiness by preparing QA evidence, examples, management information and control documentation.
- Review internal documentation and controls to ensure alignment with AML/CTF, sanctions, fraud prevention and wider financial crime regulatory standards.
- Turn QA findings into practical guidance, training input and process improvements for operational teams.
- Escalate material issues, control weaknesses or regulatory alignment gaps to the MLRO and relevant senior stakeholders.
- Work closely with AML & Risk Operations, Compliance, Product, Data, Legal, Fraud Prevention, Sanctions, Customer Support and external vendors to improve control quality upstream.
About you
- Proven experience within EU based financial institution (either in QA, AML/CTF management/operations, or audit)
- Good knowledge of relevant AML/CTF regulation
- You can review a file and quickly tell what’s missing: evidence, logic, risk rationale, or just good documentation
- Confident with PEP, sanctions screening concepts, TM models, metrics and trend analysis (and comfortable challenging decisions respectfully)
- Clear, practical communicator - you can write feedback that people actually understand and act on
- Independent mindset with good judgement: you know when something is a minor fix vs. a real control issue
- Fluent English
Work perks
- The opportunity to benefit from our share options programme
- 25 working days of holiday
- Access to all the tools & tech needed for work
- Home office support: we provide IT workstation equipment and a personal budget of up to €540 for home workplace furniture
- Private health insurance
- Digital mental and emotional health support and Employee Assistant Program (EAP)
- Frequent team-building events
- A personal monthly budget for shopping on Vinted
- The opportunity to spend up to 90 days per year - 21 of which can be spent working outside of the EU - on workation
- A dog-friendly office
- In Vilnius office: gym & in-house meals at friendly prices
- In Kaunas office: a monthly lunch allowance, and a once-a-week provided in-house lunch and breakfast
Working at Vinted
Individual Learning Budget
We invest in your professional growth! As part of our commitment to continuous learning, we offer an annual learning budget to support your personal and career development through courses, certifications, workshops and more.
Hybrid Work
We’ve adopted a hybrid workplace model where 2 days in office are recommended but not enforced. It’s up to you and your team to decide on the exact days you’ll spend working together in person.
Equal Opportunity
The Vinted Group is committed to building an inclusive workplace where people from all walks of life feel a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and life experiences. At Vinted, all applicants are treated fairly without regard to their race, age, religion or belief, sex, national origin, citizenship, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic.
The salary range for this position is € 3,000 - € 4,025 gross per month.