Transaction Monitoring Analyst
Core
Investigate transaction monitoring alerts for AML, fraud, and sanctions; analyze customer behavior to identify suspicious activity and financial crime trends.
Role type
Transaction Monitoring Analyst (AML/Financial Crime)
Builds
Internal Suspicious Activity Reports (ISARs) and external SAR submissions for a global payments and FX platform
Domain
Financial Services / Anti-Money Laundering (AML) / Financial Crime
Deliverable
client delivery
Required skills
Transaction monitoring alert investigation, risk-based decision-making, financial crime typology identification, data analysis for trend detection, case narrative documentation, regulatory compliance adherence
Preferred skills
Excel (Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP/XLOOKUP), transaction monitoring rule tuning, thematic review experience, fintech/payments/FX environment experience
Technologies
Excel, internal transaction monitoring tools
Responsibilities
Review and investigate transaction monitoring alerts relating to AML, fraud, and sanctions; Analyze transactional data to identify financial crime trends and control gaps; Prepare clear investigation summaries and Internal Suspicious Activity Reports (ISARs); Collaborate with Financial Crime and MLRO teams for external SAR submissions; Support testing and optimization of transaction monitoring controls
Seniority
Junior to Mid-level, hands-on IC