Compliance Analyst Transaction Monitoring

You will review transaction-monitoring alerts, investigate suspicious activity, assess financial crime risk, and document evidence-based findings. You will screen sanctions, PEPs, and virtual currency activity, escalate material concerns, support regulatory reports, and collaborate with compliance, KYC, operations, and customer support.

Responsibilities

• Review and investigate transaction-monitoring alerts.
• Assess customer activity against business profiles, transaction volumes, source of funds, and transaction purposes.
• Identify unusual patterns and financial crime indicators.
• Review sanctions and PEP screening alerts and escalate potential matches.
• Screen virtual currency wallet addresses and transactions using blockchain analytics tools.
• Prepare and track requests for information and supporting documents.
• Document investigations, evidence, risk assessments, and recommendations.
• Escalate suspicious activity and unresolved concerns.
• Support preparation of SARs and STRs.
• Recommend enhanced monitoring, due diligence, or transaction restrictions.
• Collaborate with Compliance, KYC, Operations, and Customer Support.
• Maintain records, trackers, and investigation deadlines.
• Improve monitoring rules, procedures, and reporting.

Requirements

• Experience supporting compliance obligations across multiple jurisdictions.
• Familiarity with AUSTRAC reporting requirements.
• Knowledge of virtual currency risk indicators.
• Blockchain analytics familiarity.
• Travel Rule familiarity.
• Right to work in the applicable jurisdiction.