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, Investment managers, Private Equities, Derivaties 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
Guidehouse is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.

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