AML Investigation Analyst

Summary

Join Zepz as an AML Compliance Analyst and contribute to the company's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing efforts. You will monitor financial transactions, conduct risk assessments, investigate suspicious activities, and prepare reports. The role involves collaborating with various teams, ensuring compliance with regulations, and enhancing the company's transaction monitoring program. You will also assist in developing and reviewing internal policies and procedures, providing training to other departments. This position requires experience in KYC or AML compliance, familiarity with the FinCrime landscape, and strong analytical and communication skills. Zepz offers a remote-first work environment and various benefits, including unlimited annual leave, private medical cover, retirement plans, life assurance, and parental leave.

Requirements

• Previous experience in KYC or AML compliance
• Familiarity with the FinCrime landscape
• Team player adaptable to fast-paced and changing environment
• Ability to manage tight processes, with accuracy and attention to detail
• Highly disciplined person, self-motivated, and delivery focused
• Ability to prioritise time, to work unsupervised and to react to urgent situations
• Excellent communication skills both verbal and written in one of the local languages and English
• Strong organisational skills and comfortable providing challenge to the business where required
• Proficient in MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Previous experience in writing policies, processes, and procedures
• Critical thinking
• Knowledge of standard AML requirements in Money Laundering Regulations/GDP

Responsibilities

• Monitoring of initial and on-going Know Your Customers (KYC) requirements
• Assisting with devising and implementing enhancements to the transaction monitoring reports and develop new ways to improve the transaction monitoring program, including both live and post event monitoring
• Accurately risk assessing new and existing customers, resolving appropriate issues where required
• Auditing/Analysis of customer activities, by communicating with customers via email to meet the WR ongoing customer due diligence requirements and obligations
• Attending to escalations of Sanction Screenings and PEPs
• Escalating any suspicious activity/concerns to the Compliance Officer/ writing SARs to the NCA or other FIUs
• Responsible for dealing with and investigating alerts from live/post transaction monitoring reports
• Devising new and enhanced typologies for transaction monitoring including indicators and scenarios that relate to World Remit’s customers’ typical behaviour
• Assisting with the preparation and review of internal policies and procedures
• Providing training and support to other departments in particular first line of defence

Benefits

• Unlimited Annual Leave: Feel free to make the most of your time off and maintain a healthy work-life balance!
• Private Medical Cover: ​​You can opt-in to a Private Medical Insurance scheme. This provides you with access to thorough medical coverage, so you can feel confident in your health and well-being
• Retirement: We offer pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future
• Life Assurance: Life assurance is available to give you peace of mind and protect your loved ones in case of the unexpected
• Parental Leave: We offer competitive parental leave schemes to ensure you are spending as much quality time with your new bundle of joy as possible
• We are also remote-first as an organisation, offering flexibility for you to work where you need to be most productive