AML Investigator Analyst
| Company | Guidehouse |
|---|---|
| Location | Lewisville, TX, USA |
| Salary | $Not Provided – $Not Provided |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
| Experience Level | Junior |
Requirements
- Bachelors degree and minimum 1+ years of prior relevant experience. However, relevant experience may be substituted for formal education or advanced degree.
- Knowledge of applicable laws, regulations, and guidelines (e.g., BSA, OFAC, FinCEN guidance).
- Experience working with manual and system generated alerts/cases for the detection of potentially suspicious activity.
- Experience should include EDD, Transaction Monitoring or similar roles for Financial Services/Fin-Tech sector.
- Knowledge of US reporting requirements as it relates to suspicious activity reports and cash transaction activity.
- Ability to detect and mitigate red flags for potential financial crime, including money laundering, terrorism financing activities and fraud, as it appears in transactional data.
- Solid Excel Skills
Responsibilities
- Performing AML alert/case reviews, seeking to mitigate risks associated to financial crimes and suspicious activity.
- Applying research and analytic techniques to digest complex information sets in order to make logical and adequately supported determinations in regard to unusual and potentially suspicious activity.
- Applying consistent and well-documented analysis consistent with industry standards to ensure success in the following daily efforts of Transaction Monitoring: Conducting an end-to-end and meticulous review of potential illegal or suspicious activity; Completing a time-sensitive and meticulous analysis of each instance of potential Anti-Money Laundering activity and/or suspicious financial activity across multiple jurisdictions and countries; Assessment of customer profiles and client data to identify whether activity is consistent with typical purchasing/payment activity, including Acceptable Use Policy adherence and Know Your Customer efforts; Documenting findings in narrative style format, in the manual and automated process case management system and prepare updates to Project Managers / Team Leads as appropriate; and Make determinations for potential Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filings.
Preferred Qualifications
- 2+ years of experience assessing and reviewing system generated and manual AML alerts and/or escalations/SAR write-ups for potentially suspicious activity.
- Experience with AML risks associated with cryptocurrencies.
- CAMS certification.
- Specific experience with cryptocurrency products as a user and / or experience working in the digital currency industry.
- End to end understanding of Transaction Monitoring/ KYC/ Screening/ Fraud Operations/Jurisdiction specific SAR filing/Narrative from documentary and non-documentary verification and as per relevant policy, nature of business, source of wealth/funds, and customer screening against the watchlist of Sanctions, PEP, and adverse media.