Transaction Monitoring Investigations Officer - AVP

In Scope of Position based Promotions (INTERNAL only)

Job Title: Transaction Monitoring Investigations Officer - AVP

Location: Mumbai, India

Role Description

• The Transaction Monitoring Investigations officers primary responsibility will be to support handling of alerts and cases and conducting AML investigations, while assisting with other Anti Financial crime investigation related duties as required.
• Candidate will be expected to support AML projects as assigned and assist the Team manager as required. The candidate is expected to be equipped with subject matter expertise (SME) and knowledge in AML/CTF principles and investigative processes.

Your key responsibilities

Depending on the experience of the candidate, some or all the following responsibilities will be assigned:

• Review and investigate Transaction monitoring Alerts and Cases of assigned businesses or jurisdictions ensuring investigations are accomplished to the Banks documented procedure standards to address any potential ML/TF risks.
• Raise escalations as appropriate to the next level in the event potentially suspicious transactions/ behavior cannot be mitigated.
• Meet all assigned individual and team KPI deliveries on productivity, quality, process all alerts and cases within the mandated timeframe.
• Accountable to ensure the proper audit trail is complete for all alerts/cases.
• Perform or support autonomous reviews and investigations, including potentially complex and confidential cases.
• Coordinate and/or prepare the required management information reporting data for local, regional or global submission as applicable.
• Support transaction monitoring related initiatives and project work, or any ad hoc projects by providing SME inputs and performing user-acceptance tests (UAT) as assigned.
• Ensure prompt escalation of issues to the Team Manager as appropriate.

Your skills and experience

• 4-7 years of relevant experience in AML role.
• A Bachelors degree or equivalent.
• A background in AML/CTF Investigations or Financial Crime related Investigations with subject matter expertise in AML/CTF typologies/trends.
• Familiarity with diverse banking products across business lines and experience in working on Transaction monitoring and case management systems.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills with an investigative mindset.
• Strong attention to detail, strong writing skills.
• The ability to work under pressure and within tight deadlines with no loss of accuracy.
• Strong communication skills.
• Team player - The ability to work well within a team.
• Relevant AML or related certifications (CAMS, ICA Diploma etc.)
• Previous law enforcement experiences will be an asset.