Transaction Screening Analyst

Overview

Dubai, United Arab Emirates

• Hybrid working with up to 2 days from home weekly
• We’re looking for a talented transaction Screening Analyst to join our Global Transaction Monitoring and Sanctions Screening team in one of the UK’s fastest-growing FinTech scale-ups.
• Our mission
• 3S Money is reinventing international business banking.
• Founded in 2018, our mission is to help growing businesses send, receive and exchange money in over 190 countries.
• With offices in five countries and over 200 employees across three different locations, you’ll be joining a high-energy, high-impact team that’s achieved profitability and has a wealth of opportunity ahead.
• Our culture
• At 3S Money, we believe in caring personally, staying curious and making an impact through collaboration not competition.
• Our culture is genuinely transparent with minimal hierarchy and a commitment to each employee’s professional growth.
• Your contributions will actively matter, and you’ll be a respected part of the team from day one.
• The role
• Review and conduct investigations of all daily transaction alerts and assess if permissible or require further investigation due potential external sanctions or internal risk appetite breaches.
• Owning individual alert cases, using our case management system to complete alert investigations within required timescales.
• Liaise with key stakeholders as required to resolve complex cases.
• Where required, prepare and submit Unusual Activity Reports (UARs).
• Support in the production of key management information to manage key performance and risk indicators.
• Ensure adherence to local and global sanctions compliance policies and procedures.
• Identify trends and issues with alerts, rules and data, raising these as part of the ongoing review and improvement process.
• Stay up to date with AML related news and regulatory developments.

Must-Haves

• You are an experienced professional working in the financial services sector, demonstrable knowledge of industry standards and best practice and the UK and EU AML regulatory frameworks.
• In addition:
• Knowledge of global sanctions regimes such as, UK, US, EU & UN
• Proven track record of working in an AML/CTF investigations role
• Ability to work under pressure to meet tight transactional deadlines
• Understanding of international ML/TF and sanctions typologies
• Willingness to learn Compliance processes and develop skills at a fast pace
• CAMS / ICA certification is a big plus
• Experience with data/trends analysis is a plus
• Experience in FinTech or start-up experience is strongly preferred
• Great communication skills, articulating simply, but in detail the elements of onboarding due diligence assessment, including making recommendations on further course of action and being ready to explain your rationale (and if needed defend it) with internal stakeholders
• Fluent English with another language as a bonus but not necessary
• In return for your hard work:
• Competitive Salary + plus stock options (after 12 months) & benefits
• 💻 Hybrid working setup in our wonderful city-centre office
• 📚 We foster non-BAU projects in our team, we want you to explore new avenues and expand your expertise to benefit your professional pathway & our teams.
• + And much, much more….
• Our commitment to you
• We are an equal opportunities employer.
• We make recruiting decisions based on your experience, skills and personality.
• Our passion and focus will always be to work with the best people.
• We’re creating services for everyone, so it’s imperative we work with everyone.
• Our diverse team has been the foundations to our success in building more efficient products, making better decisions and establishing an all-inclusive place to work.
• Applicants of all backgrounds are hugely encouraged to apply and discover the 3S way.