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About the Role

Klarna's Financial Crime Intelligence team is seeking an investigator to handle complex financial crime cases, identify emerging typologies, and influence the company's detection and prevention infrastructure. This role involves shaping policy, process, and documentation to meet regulatory requirements and scale responsibly as Klarna grows globally.

Responsibilities

Own complex, nuanced, layered, or novel financial crime cases.
Document case details to build a shared understanding of investigative remit.
Identify emerging financial crime typologies and translate signals into actionable insights.
Influence transaction monitoring configuration and close coverage gaps.
Ensure investigative findings change detection infrastructure, not just individual case outcomes.
Help build and refine Klarna's broader Financial Crime framework, shaping policy, process, and documentation.
Work closely with internal stakeholders to maintain strong investigative controls and support transaction monitoring quality.
Ensure the framework scales responsibly as Klarna grows globally.
Mentor and upskill junior investigators (depending on background).
Contribute to quality calibration across the team (depending on background).
Represent Financial Crime in cross-functional forums (depending on background).

Requirements

Significant depth in AML or financial crime investigations within fintech, banking, payments, a regulatory/investigative body, or law enforcement.
Track record of demonstrable impact, such as resolved cases, closed gaps, or shaped frameworks that changed outcomes.
Strong hands-on experience conducting end-to-end transaction monitoring, event-driven investigations, and complex case escalations.
Proven ability to assess suspicious activity and draft clear, well-supported Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).
Solid understanding of AML and financial crime regulations applicable to the US and/or EU, including sanctions and PEP frameworks, and EU AML Directives/MLRO responsibilities.
Comfort with ambiguity and complex judgment calls, making and defending reasoned decisions.
Ability to think beyond the immediate case to spot connections, patterns, and systemic gaps.
Strong written and verbal communication skills in English, capable of explaining investigative decisions clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment with evolving risks and shifting priorities.
A bias toward influencing system improvements rather than solely executing tasks.
Comfort working with transaction monitoring or screening systems to inform tuning, testing, or rule design.
Analytical mindset, comfortable working with large datasets to spot patterns.
Experience supporting or overseeing outsourced investigation or transaction monitoring teams (awesome to have).
Exposure to a range of product types and/or AML regulatory reporting experience in the EU/UK (awesome to have).
Genuine enthusiasm for AI-powered tooling in compliance contexts and comfort adopting new tools (awesome to have).
A specific example of impact you're proud of (awesome to have).

Skills

AML
Financial Crime Investigations
Transaction Monitoring
Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) Drafting
AML Regulations (US/EU)
Sanctions Frameworks
PEP Frameworks
EU AML Directives
MLRO Responsibilities
Analytical Skills
SQL (a plus)
AI-powered Tooling
AI-assisted Analysis
Written Communication
Verbal Communication

Location

Global Markets

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Mid-level
Senior-level

Education Level

University degree in Finance, Law, Business, Criminology, Criminal Justice, or related field, or equivalent practical experience (including law enforcement or investigative service).

Salary/Compensations

Salary range posted in the job advertisement refers to the base pay.
The salary offered will be determined by the candidate's location, qualifications, experience, and education.
Base pay is part of a total compensation package, which may also include equity rewards, monthly stipends for health and wellness, and benefits such as life insurance, medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents.

Benefits

Life insurance
Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
Equity rewards
Monthly stipends for health and wellness

About the Company

Klarna is building an everyday finance network, helping over 120 million consumers across 26 countries save time and money, and worry less about their finances.
Working at Klarna means taking on problems most companies never get to solve and being hands-on with technology like AI.
Klarna operates as a licensed bank.

Equal Opportunity

Klarna is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We are committed to building a diverse workforce that reflects our global customer base and to fostering a culture where everyone belongs.
We provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, parental status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
We encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities.
We consider qualified applicants with criminal history for employment in accordance with state and local laws and "fair chance" ordinances.
If you require reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please contact talent.acquisition@klarna.com.