Aml Investigation Analyst

Summary

Join Zepz Group as an AML Compliance Analyst and contribute to our mission of unlocking prosperity for cross-border communities. You will play a crucial role in ensuring compliance with AML and CTF regulations. Responsibilities include monitoring KYC requirements, enhancing transaction monitoring, risk assessing customers, conducting audits, investigating alerts, and developing new typologies. You will collaborate with various teams and provide training. This role requires experience in KYC or AML compliance, familiarity with FinCrime, and strong analytical and communication skills. Zepz offers a remote-first work environment and competitive 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

• Monitor initial and on-going Know Your Customers (KYC) requirements
• Assist 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 assess new and existing customers, resolving appropriate issues where required
• Audit/Analyze of customer activities, by communicating with customers via email to meet the WR ongoing customer due diligence requirements and obligations
• Attend to escalations of Sanction Screenings and PEPs
• Escalate any suspicious activity/concerns to the Compliance Officer/ writing SARs to the NCA or other FIUs
• Be responsible for dealing with and investigating alerts from live/post transaction monitoring reports
• Devise new and enhanced typologies for transaction monitoring including indicators and scenarios that relate to World Remit’s customers’ typical behaviour
• Assist with the preparation and review of internal policies and procedures
• Provide training and support to other departments in particular first line of defence

Benefits

• Unlimited Annual Leave
• Private Medical Cover
• Retirement: We offer pension schemes to help you plan for and secure your future
• Life Assurance
• 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
• Remote-first work environment, offering flexibility