Financial Crimes Analyst (Graduate)

Augustus•New York, NY

8d•$100,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

Augustus is building a bank from scratch, leveraging a national bank charter and a proprietary core banking system called Marble. The company is backed by significant investors and is rapidly growing in Europe while building its US team. This role is for a founding financial crimes compliance analyst who will report to the Deputy Bank Secrecy Act Officer (DBSAO). The position is crucial for managing transaction monitoring alerts, preventing backlogs, and ensuring immediate review and disposition or escalation. The analyst will be responsible for daily alert clearing, and over time, will progress to case investigations and SAR filings. The role also involves supporting risk assessment and compliance workstreams through case reviews, trend analysis, metric preparation, report management, and other operational tasks. This is an entry-level position with significant development opportunities, ideal for individuals with prior operational experience in consulting or Fintech who are eager to build a bank from the ground up.

Requirements

Exceptional English
Based in New York or willing to relocate
Ideally able to start in October
Experience working on data and trend analysis
Experience with AI implementation
First work experience in an operational role across consulting or Fintech
First instinct is 'What rule or model needs adjustment?' when seeing an alert pattern of false positives
Desire to be part of building the BSA/AML engine, not maintaining an existing one
Excited about identifying new typologies and providing analytical support to stop them
Process driven and focus on the ultimate outcome
Think about the most efficient and effective way to achieve outcomes

Nice To Haves

Financial understanding, ideally in an international, high risk environment

Responsibilities

Day to day alert clearing
Case investigations
SAR filings
Support various crucial risk assessment and compliance workstreams
Perform case reviews and trend analysis
Prepare metrics and manage reports
Other operational tasks
Process, review, and clear transaction monitoring alerts with supervision
Recommend adjustments to transaction monitoring rules based on analysis of false positives
Draft updated desktop guidance for case investigation
Execute on alert escalation, SLA adherence and tuning