Global FinCrime Monitoring & Investigation Team Lead

Summary

Join TransferMate, a global payments provider, and become a key member of our FinCrime team. You will conduct detailed reviews and assessments of customers, transactions, and all parties involved, ensuring compliance with global anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing requirements. Responsibilities include monitoring transfers, performing sanctions checks, and undertaking detailed checks for potential crimes and financial abuses. You will report any sanctions breaches or violations to the appropriate managers. The role also involves processing inquiries, communicating with other departments, and performing additional tasks as assigned. This position requires 2+ years of experience in a relevant field, strong knowledge of local and global regulations, and advanced MS Office skills. TransferMate offers competitive benefits, including remote work and flexible hours.

Requirements

• 2+ years experience in a banking/FinTech/Law enforcement/accountancy environment
• Good knowledge of local regulations and Global Directives in connection with monitoring of financial crimes, requirements for conducting comprehensive investigations, and filing reports with law enforcement and regulators
• Experience of Open-Source intelligence
• MS Office advanced skills
• Very good command of English, both spoken and written

Responsibilities

• Monitoring transfers and performing sanctions including checks of the beneficiaries, 3rd party banks and correspondent banks
• Monitoring transfers and make detailed checks in connection with and in accordance with the legal requirements for preventing and combating money laundering and countering terrorist financing issued by Ireland, the United Kingdom, the European Union and national legal frameworks in which the company operates
• Monitoring transfers and undertake detailed checks for possible crimes and/or financial abuses
• Monitoring transfers and undertake detailed checks in accordance with the national legal frameworks in the countries where the company operates
• Monitoring transfers for key indicators of a risk assessments
• Carry out a detailed assessment of the company's customers and beneficiaries in accordance with the legal requirements for combating money laundering and counter-terrorist financing issued by Ireland, the United Kingdom, the European Union and national legal frameworks in the countries where the company operates
• Reporting in a timely manner each case of sanctions, breaches of the anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing laws and directives issued by the UK, the European Union and national legal frameworks in the countries where the company operates, violations of the national measures for counteraction to crime, to the Team Lead, and in his absence of the Global FinCrime Monitoring & Investigation Manager
• Processing inquiries and provide answers to other departments of the company
• Communicating with other teams and departments of the company regarding the work performed, strictly observing the measures for confidentiality and protection of personal data
• Performing in a timely and professional manner all additionally assigned tasks related to the work of the company
• Ensuring that all information from the performed inspections is kept in accordance with the regulatory requirements
• Ensuring that all information related to a particular customer / recipient is stored in the relevant file
• Ensuring that all work is done on time and efficiently
• Contributing to the overall work of the department
• Keeping high morals and professional behavior - Protecting the property of the company, to strictly follow the procedures in it and to treat them and the people with respect, honesty and integrity
• Monitoring and checks of money transfers without delay and on time, in accordance to company policies and procedures
• Ensuring that all monitoring and verification procedures are carried out in accordance with regulatory requirements, anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legal requirements issued by Ireland, the UK, the European Union and national legal frameworks in the countries, in which the company operates, as well as the sanctions imposed by each government
• Ensuring that all monitoring and verification procedures are in accordance with regulatory requirements, anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legal requirements issued by the United Kingdom, the European Union and national laws frameworks in the countries in which the company operates
• Learning and keep his/her knowledge refreshed about the changes of the regulatory requirements, anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing legal requirements issued by Ireland, the UK, the European Union and national legal frameworks in the countries, in which the company operates, as well as the sanctions imposed by each government
• Appling all anti-fraud company procedures
• Providing weekly reports to the Head of the unit, as well as to the Head of the department, if necessary
• Performing all other duties and tasks assigned to him/her by the Team Lead and the Global FinCrime Monitoring & Investigation Manager

Benefits

• Competitive annual leave and additional days per length of service
• Remote working and flexible working hours
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Compassionate leave