Senior Transaction Monitoring Framework Specialist

About the role

We’re looking for a Senior Transaction Monitoring and Fraud Framework Specialist at Pleo in the first line of defence (1LoD). You’ll design and lead our defence strategy across transaction surveillance and fraud, focusing on innovation and embedding AI to detect, investigate and prevent financial crime.

Key responsibilities

• Lead innovation in transaction monitoring and fraud by identifying high‑impact automation, model optimisation and AI‑assisted investigation workflows.
• Run end‑to‑end change projects (discovery, design, build, rollout, monitoring) coordinating 1LoD, 2LoD, Operations, Product, Engineering and Data.
• Design and maintain financial crime frameworks, controls and procedures as products, customers and threat landscape evolve.
• Partner with Engineering to develop, deploy and manage transaction surveillance and fraud rules and models, including performance monitoring and drift detection.
• Integrate AI tools responsibly to improve alert triage, case prioritisation, investigation quality and auditability.

Required profile

• Significant experience designing and improving transaction monitoring and fraud frameworks in a scaling or high‑volume environment.
• Proven track record of leading innovation (automation, analytics, AI‑enabled workflows) with measurable outcomes.
• Strong project‑delivery skills, stakeholder management and ability to translate data insights into control enhancements.
• Deep understanding of AI governance for automated controls, including documentation, explainability and audit readiness.
• Excellent communication skills for both technical and non‑technical audiences.

What we offer

• Your own Pleo card for expense‑free spending.
• Catered lunches or lunch allowance on work days.
• Comprehensive private healthcare.