Senior AML Analyst, Sanctions

About the role

The Senior Analyst is responsible for the end-to-end sanctions/ PEP/ adverse media review process, including the screening, investigation, analysis, and disposition of potential matches across customers, transactions, and counterparties, as well as the documentation, escalation, and reporting of sanctions-related risks in line with regulatory requirements and internal policies.

What you'll do

• Reviewing and investigating escalated sanctions, PEP, and adverse media alerts, and providing well-reasoned recommendations for disposition
• Assessing general and specific sanctions licenses (e.g., OFAC) to determine whether transactions are permissible
• Maintaining and validating sanctions screening data, including list updates across multiple jurisdictions
• Conducting screening on customers, counterparties, vendors, and employees
• Performing ongoing testing, tuning, and optimization of sanctions, PEP, and adverse media screening systems to improve effectiveness and reduce false positives

What you need

• 4–7 yrs of experience
• AML
• KYC
• Compliance
• Reporting
• BA

Good to have

• SQL