Ebury is a hyper-growth FinTech firm, named in as one of the top FinTechs to work for by Glassdoor and AltFi. We offer a range of products including FX risk management, trade finance, currency accounts, international payments and API integration.
Screening & Transaction Monitoring Analyst - Financial Crime Operations
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:
1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. Identification of red flags and exposure to financial crime risk, including escalation to Compliance where required
5. Responding to Requests For Information on transactions from banking partners
6. Responding to queries from other internal departments
7. Complete and manage all allocated tasks with focus, and in a timely manner
8. Proactive follow-up of requests for information to ensure timely completion of customer due diligence
9. Communicate the status of tasks to colleagues, supervisors and managers, and escalate issues swiftly, where required.
10. Adhere to all internal policies, processes and procedures
11. Ensure prompt resolution of customers related issues (transactions, payments, RFIs and any other relevant issues as required).
12. Support ad-hoc projects within the department and wider business as required
Requirements:
13. 6 months to 1 year of transferable or relevant experience in AML
14. Knowledge of red flags and financial crime typologies relevant to the FX and payment space is preferential
15. Diligent, with good attention to detail and analytic mind
16. Proactive, with the ability to work within strict time-frames and under pressure
17. Working successfully in a target driven operational environment
18. Good communication skills, both written and verbal
19. Effective research and critical thinking skills with an ability to find solutions independently
20. Highly organised, with the ability to work to deadlines, multi-task, and prioritise and re-prioritise workload as needed
21. Co-operative, and comfortable working in a team environment
22. Adaptable, with the ability to cope with changing products, processes and procedures
23. Curious and eager to learn, and actively asks questions to confirm understanding of processes and procedures
24. Fluency in English, any other language is considered highly desirable
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