Senior Process Associate

Job Family:

Travel Required:

Clearance Required:

What You Will Do:

• Performing AML alert reviews where a Transaction Monitoring Analyst seeks to mitigate risks associated to financial crimes and potentially suspicious activity.
• Applying research and analytic techniques to digest complex information sets in order to make logical and adequately supported determinations in regard to unusual and potentially suspicious activity.
• Applying consistent and well-documented analysis consistent with industry standards to ensure success in the following daily efforts of Transaction Monitoring: 
  • Conducting an end-to-end and meticulous review of potential illegal or suspicious activity. 
  • Completing a time-sensitive and meticulous analysis of each instance of potential Anti-Money Laundering activity and/or suspicious financial activity across multiple jurisdictions and countries. 
  • Assessment of customer profiles and client data to identify whether activity is consistent with typical purchasing/payment activity, including Acceptable Use Policy adherence and Know Your Customer efforts; and
  • Documenting findings in narrative style format, in the manual and automated process case management system and prepare updates to Project Managers / Team Leads as appropriate. 

In addition to the above, analysts are responsible for the end-to-end EDD process which includes the following:

• Review subject information obtained from multiple sources such as internal and subscription databases, provided documentation, public records, and open-source research.
• Review system generated alerts for potential risks, assess if additional EDD procedures are required to mitigate identified risks associated with that subject, and provide a written recommendation to conduct additional EDD procedures, in accordance with client and internal procedures.
• Determine if a subject is on a sanctions, watch, debarment, political exposure, or other prohibited entity list using proprietary databases and public records research, as necessary.

• Conduct targeted public records and open-source research to identify a subject’s corporate, professional and risk profile such as criminal and civil litigation profile, regulatory profile, debt profile, and adverse media profile; and

• Provide comprehensive and detailed written narrative of findings and potential risks.

What You Will Need:

• Minimum 3 year of experience assessing and reviewing system generated and manual AML alerts for potentially suspicious activity.
• Experience working on EDD, investigative due diligence, customer due diligence or other risk-based public records and open-source research review.
• Working knowledge of PEP screening, sanctions screening, and adverse media screening processes.
• Working knowledge of public records and open-source research.
• Experience working at MNCs in global processes in Financial Services or Regulatory compliance.
• Experience working for financial institutions, such as banks (preferably global), NBFCs, or other Financial Institutions.
• Experience working in a Global AML-CDD/EDD/KYC/Transaction Monitoring or other Banking/Financial Services or Financial Services Regulatory compliance processes.
• Solid Excel skills.
• Effective oral and written communication skills.
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university is preferred

What Would Be Nice To Have:

• Knowledge of Global AML-KYC policy
• Knowledge of PEP screening, Negative Media screening process.
• Prior experience working on CDD, EDD, Transaction monitoring, Sanctions process for US banks or financial institutions.

What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive, total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

About Guidehouse

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