AML & Prohibited Activities (Investigations) Analyst
Core
Monitor and investigate transaction alerts and sanctions hits to detect and prevent money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, and sanctions evasion for SME banking customers.
Role type
Financial Crime Analyst (AML & Prohibited Activities Investigations)
Builds
Risk-based monitoring and investigation workflows for a global SME banking platform
Domain
Financial Services / Banking / Anti-Money Laundering (AML) / Sanctions
Required skills
Financial crime typologies knowledge, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, SAR drafting, risk-based analysis, customer communication, data synthesis
Preferred skills
Process improvement, analytical pattern recognition, flexible shift adaptability
Technologies
Automated transaction monitoring systems, sanctions screening tools (OFAC, EU, UN, HMT lists), internal case management systems
Responsibilities
Review and investigate automated transaction monitoring alerts; Conduct risk-based reviews of customer accounts and transaction histories; Draft concise reports on findings before discounting or reporting; Contact customers via email, chat, or phone to gather context; Draft and present detailed Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) recommendations; Analyze potential sanctions hits against international lists and differentiate true matches from false positives; Manage case load to meet productivity and quality targets; Participate in internal and external training on fraud detection and prevention.
Seniority
Mid-level (2-4+ years experience)