FinCrime Operations Specialist | Belgium

Who we are is what we do.

Deel is the all-in-one payroll and HR platform for global teams. Our vision is to unlock global opportunity for every person, team, and business. Built for the way the world works today, Deel combines HRIS, payroll, compliance, benefits, performance, and equipment management into one seamless platform. With AI-powered tools and a fully owned payroll infrastructure, Deel supports every worker type in 100+ countries—helping businesses scale smarter, faster, and more compliantly.

Among the largest globally distributed companies in the world, our team of 5,000 spans more than 100 countries, speaks 74 languages, and brings a connected and dynamic culture that drives continuous learning and innovation for our customers.

Why should you be part of our success story?

As the fastest-growing Software as a Service (SaaS) company in history, Deel is transforming how global talent connects with world-class companies – breaking down borders that have traditionally limited both hiring and career opportunities. We're not just building software; we're creating the infrastructure for the future of work, enabling a more diverse and inclusive global economy. In 2024 alone, we paid $11.2 billion to workers in nearly 100 currencies and provided healthcare and benefits to workers in 109 countries—ensuring people get paid and protected, no matter where they are.

Our momentum is reflected in our achievements and customer satisfaction: CNBC Disruptor 50,  Forbes Cloud 100, Deloitte Fast 500, and repeated recognition on Y Combinator’s top companies list – all while maintaining a 4.83 average rating from 15,000 reviews across G2, Trustpilot, Captera, Apple and Google.

Your experience at Deel will be a career accelerator. At the forefront of the global work revolution, you'll tackle complex challenges that impact millions of people's working lives. With our momentum—backed by a $12 billion valuation and $800  million in Annual Recurring Revenue (ARR) in just over five years—you'll drive meaningful impact while building expertise that makes you a sought-after leader in the transformation of global work.

Summary

The FinCrime Operations Specialist will be responsible for conducting investigations, reviewing transactions, and analyzing data to identify potential risks or suspicious behavior. You will help ensure Deel complies with global regulatory requirements and internal controls, safeguarding the company, its clients, and its partners from financial crime risks. This plays a key role in supporting the company’s efforts to prevent and detect financial crime, including money laundering, fraud, and other illicit activities.

Responsibilities:

• Efficiently execute KYC, EDD, proof of address, and other payment-related compliance reviews to safeguard our customers, our partners, and our business

• Coordinate with both internal cross-functional teams and our external payment processing partners on customer requests or issues

• Maintain the confidential information of our customers, our partners, and our business with the utmost integrity

• Conduct investigations on potentially suspicious clients, users, and partners

• Assist with providing payment-related compliance expertise to improve processes, tooling, and automation

• Proactively identify and mitigate potential payment-related risk

• Create and maintain thorough and clear documentation on procedures, incidents, risk analysis, and so on

• Support the team in day to day activities proactively assisting with the efficient maintenance of existing processes and implementation of new FinCrime processes, demonstrating initiative and can-do attitude.

• Identify and investigate potential suspicious activities in relation to financial crime, handle in depth AML and fraud investigations, as well as ATO cases.

• Efficiently execute transaction monitoring tasks i.e. handling alerts triggered by transaction monitoring tools and high risk scenarios.

• Ensure investigations are completed to a high standard, including the preparation of high quality investigation reports and the accurate filing or logging of relevant supporting material.

• Handle escalations from various teams as per procedures, including EDD, PEP, Sanction and Adverse Media screenings and high risk scenarios.

• Handle requests for information from external sources i.e. subpoenas and law enforcement requests.

• Maintain the confidential information of our customers, our partners, and our business with the utmost integrity.

• Assist with providing payment-related compliance expertise to improve processes, tooling, and automation.

• Create and maintain thorough and clea