Anti-Financial Crime Intern/Werkstudent

➡️ What you can expect:

• A concrete project with visible impact: Your first mission addresses an important operational risk for Qonto’s German branch. Your work will contribute directly to the timely handling of sensitive banking and legal procedures.
• Broad exposure across Qonto: You’ll work beyond a single team and gain insight into AFC, operations, legal, product, growth, and marketing within Germany—Qonto’s second-largest branch.
• Real ownership: This is project-based work rather than a list of repetitive daily tasks. You’ll be expected to investigate problems, propose practical solutions, and turn them into sustainable processes.
• Progressive scope: You’ll begin with the physical-mail workflow. As you establish a reliable process, you’ll take on additional coordination projects across AFC and Product.
• Hybrid work in Berlin: Approximately 3 days per week in the office to support learning and collaboration.

➡️ About You:

• You are an enrolled student: You may be pursuing a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Law, Economics, Marketing, or another relevant field. We are open to different academic backgrounds and do not require a specific specialization.
• You are autonomous and accountable: You can take a loosely defined problem, ask the right questions, structure your approach, and make concrete progress without waiting for step-by-step instructions.
• You are organized and rigorous: You can track several stakeholders, owners, deadlines, and dependencies while understanding why small gaps matter when legal or regulatory requests are involved.
• You learn quickly: Previous AFC or banking experience is not required, but you are curious about financial crime, banking operations, legal processes, and how a fintech works.
• You are comfortable with digital tools: You can work confidently with Google Workspace. Familiarity with Notion is particularly useful.

About your future Manager:

You manager will be Stefano, Anti-Financial Crime Director for Central Europe and Oversight and Deputy Managing Director for Germany. He’ll give you the context and support needed to understand sensitive AFC and banking processes while trusting you to investigate problems, propose solutions, and progressively take ownership.

• His background? Stefano joined Qonto in 2025 after nearly a decade in AML and compliance roles across banking and crypto, including Senior Manager for Risk & Compliance at PwC, AML and Compliance Officer at Coinbase Germany and Upvest, and earlier compliance positions at Intesa Sanpaolo and Deutsche Bank. At Qonto, he oversees Anti-Financial Crime topics across Central Europe and contributes to the governance of the German branch.
• What he brings to the team? A combination of regulatory perspective, cross-market experience, and an autonomous management style. Stefano does not micromanage: he creates space to test ideas and solve problems independently while remaining available for daily guidance, brainstorming, and regular project checkpoints.