AML Transaction Monitoring Analyst
Investigate AML transaction-monitoring alerts and suspicious activities, improve alert effectiveness, prepare financial-security reports, support embargo restrictions, and contribute to regulatory and financial-intelligence requisitions.
Responsibilities
- Conduct investigations on alerts generated by the AML Transaction Monitoring system
- Enhance alerts to reduce false positives and prioritize suspicious activity investigations
- Support the review of reports generated by other analysts
- Identify Transaction Monitoring System weaknesses and propose improvement measures
- Generate Financial Security reports
- Participate in financial security awareness-raising and training activities
- Investigate suspicious transactions and activities
- Prepare suspicious transaction reports
- Draft reports and update dashboards for decision makers
- Assist with implementing regulator-issued embargo restrictions
- Gather information about requisitions from law enforcement authorities and financial intelligence authorities
Requirements
- Proficiency in spoken and written French and English
- Bachelor’s degree or above in IT, finance, criminology, risk management, or a relevant discipline
- At least 1 year of relevant experience in AML Transaction Monitoring and/or Sanctions Screening at a financial institution
- Knowledge of AML/CFT risks
- Knowledge of UEMOA financial security regulations
- Strong computer skills
- Analytical skills
- Verbal and written communication skills
- Compliance certification such as ACAMS is a plus
Benefits
- Health insurance for employees and dependents
- 26 weeks of parental leave for mothers
- 4 weeks of parental leave for fathers
- Subsidized child care when returning to work
- Subsidized gym memberships and fitness classes
- Airtime reimbursement
- Free food