AML Analyst

TEKsystems•Knoxville, TN

1d•$30 - $30•Onsite

About The Position

The Investigations Analyst II is responsible for conducting complex investigations related to potential financial crimes, including money laundering, fraud, terrorist financing, and other suspicious activities. This role reviews customer transactions, account activity, and internal/external data sources to identify unusual patterns, assess risk, and draft SAR/CTRs.

Requirements

End to end process knowledge of alert handling from alert generation to consumer offboarding constitutes the minimum task qualification.

Nice To Haves

Detailed reporting of the elapsed activity, actioning of additional instigative measures (such as consumer outreach, external bank and tax communication and critical OSINT) along with an in-depth risk assessment of the relevant events i.e. investigation
Administrative preparation of all reporting documentation including drafting of reporting narrative, identification of required documents and adhering to jurisdiction specific requirements, i.e. SAR preparation
Implementation of post reporting actions and offboarding measures i.e. post-processing stage
Detailed requirement review and possible risk identification during the handling of SEPA recall requests and handling of transfer of remaining funds requests.
Holistic level review an possible risk identification of complex review triggers ( such as ML tips and Authority requests and likely in the future also the AI recommendation of complex review required)
Creation of XMLs and requirement of SAR submission process knowledge review and challenge AI driven escalations where required, ensuring accuracy of complex case routing

Responsibilities

Provide professional guidance to other operational specialists both on a case-specific level and holistically.
Perform high quality risk assessments with adherence to the following elements: Validate escalated alerts and determine SAR requirement. Own final risk assessment and escalation decision making. Act as primary interface with compliance stakeholders and MLRO.