Screening & Transaction Monitoring Analyst

Screening & Transaction Monitoring Analyst - Financial Crime Operations

4 days per week in the office, 1 working from home

Based in either our High Wycombe, London or Leon (Spain) offices

Ebury Mass Payments (EMP) is the premier non-bank provider of high volume currency and payment solutions. The division operates in 5 of the 24 Ebury offices and has made a recent acquisition which will dramatically accelerate growth.

Responsibilities:

• Safeguarding Ebury and our existing Clients from financial crime risk - including money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery and corruption, fraud, sanctions risk, tax evasion and reputational risk
• Reviewing and/or investigating matches against sanctions, PEPs, adverse media and internal lists in a timely fashion and processing in compliance with relevant legislative, regulatory and internal requirements
• Conducting real-time and retrospective rules-based monitoring on client transactions and processing alerts in compliance with Ebury’s processes and procedures and making risk-based decisions when assessing the risk of the transactions performed by clients
• Identification of red flags and exposure to financial crime risk, including escalation to Compliance where required
• Responding to Requests For Information on transactions from banking partners
• Responding to queries from other internal departments
• Complete and manage all allocated tasks with focus, and in a timely manner
• Proactive follow-up of requests for information to ensure timely completion of customer due diligence
• Communicate the status of tasks to colleagues, supervisors and managers, and escalate issues swiftly, where required.
• Adhere to all internal policies, processes and procedures
• Ensure prompt resolution of customers related issues (transactions, payments, RFIs and any other relevant issues as required).
• Support ad-hoc projects within the department and wider business as required

Requirements: 

• 6 months to 1 year of transferable or relevant experience in AML
• Knowledge of red flags and financial crime typologies relevant to the FX and payment space is preferential 
• Diligent, with good attention to detail and analytic mind
• Proactive, with the ability to work within strict time-frames and under pressure
• Working successfully in a target driven operational environment
• Good communication skills, both written and verbal
• Effective research and critical thinking skills with an ability to find solutions independently
• Highly organised, with the ability to work to deadlines, multi-task, and prioritise and re-prioritise workload as needed
• Co-operative, and comfortable working in a team environment
• Adaptable, with the ability to cope with changing products, processes and procedures
• Curious and eager to learn, and actively asks questions to confirm understanding of processes and  procedures
• Fluency in English, any other language is considered highly desirable

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