AML Analyst
Core
Detect, investigate, and prevent financial crimes including money laundering, terrorist financing, and fraud by analyzing referrals, transactions, and alerts.
Role type
AML Analyst (Financial Crime Compliance)
Builds
Compliance cases and due diligence reports for internal and external clients
Domain
Financial Services / Anti-Money Laundering
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
AML regulations knowledge, financial crime typologies, transaction analysis, customer due diligence, case triage, investigative mindset
Preferred skills
CAMS certification, CFE certification, FINRA licenses (SIE or Series 7)
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Triage internal referrals and escalations related to potential money laundering concerns; Perform initial and ongoing customer due diligence including enhanced due diligence for high-risk clients; Review and analyze customer activity to detect patterns indicative of illicit activities; Conduct initial investigations into flagged transactions and alerts; Collaborate with Compliance, Legal, Operations, Fraud, and Risk teams
Seniority
Junior to Mid-level (1–3 years experience)