Analyst, Compliance Investigations

2 Months ago • 2 Years +

Job Summary

Job Description

As part of PayPal's GFC&CP team, you will ensure compliance with Anti-Money Laundering regulations and PayPal's Acceptable Use Policy. You will be an AML subject matter expert, responsible for creating, monitoring, and delivering suspicious activity reports to global regulators. Responsibilities include assessing complex information, conducting reviews of potentially illegal activities, analyzing financial transactions across different jurisdictions, evaluating customer profiles, and using internal data to support investigative decisions, adhering to local and international compliance standards. The role requires documenting findings, preparing reports, and exercising sound judgment in investigations.
Must have:
  • Utilize analytical techniques to assess complex information sets.
  • Conduct end-to-end reviews of suspicious activities.
  • Analyze potential AML activities and transactions.
  • Evaluate customer profiles and data sets.
  • Document findings in case management systems.
Good to have:
  • Break down complex concepts and articulate findings.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel.
  • Excellent command of the English language.
  • Excellent command of the Portuguese language.
  • Excellent research and analytical skills.

Job Details

The Company PayPal has been revolutionizing commerce globally for more than 25 years. Creating innovative experiences that make moving money, selling, and shopping simple, personalized, and secure, PayPal empowers consumers and businesses in approximately 200 markets to join and thrive in the global economy.  We operate a global, two-sided network at scale that connects hundreds of millions of merchants and consumers. We help merchants and consumers connect, transact, and complete payments, whether they are online or in person. PayPal is more than a connection to third-party payment networks. We provide proprietary payment solutions accepted by merchants that enable the completion of payments on our platform on behalf of our customers. We offer our customers the flexibility to use their accounts to purchase and receive payments for goods and services, as well as the ability to transfer and withdraw funds. We enable consumers to exchange funds more safely with merchants using a variety of funding sources, which may include a bank account, a PayPal or Venmo account balance, PayPal and Venmo branded credit products, a credit card, a debit card, certain cryptocurrencies, or other stored value products such as gift cards, and eligible credit card rewards.  Our PayPal, Venmo, and Xoom products also make it safer and simpler for friends and family to transfer funds to each other. We offer merchants an end-to-end payments solution that provides authorization and settlement capabilities, as well as instant access to funds and payouts. We also help merchants connect with their customers, process exchanges and returns, and manage risk. We enable consumers to engage in cross-border shopping and merchants to extend their global reach while reducing the complexity and friction involved in enabling cross-border trade.  Our beliefs are the foundation for how we conduct business every day.  We live each day guided by our core values of Inclusion, Innovation, Collaboration, and Wellness. Together, our values ensure that we work together as one global team with our customers at the center of everything we do – and they push us to ensure we take care of ourselves, each other, and our communities. Job Summary: You will be a part of PayPal’s GFC&CP team tasked with ensuring that activity within the PayPal system is compliant with Anti-Money Laundering regulations, as well as PayPal’s Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). You will be expected to be an AML subject matter expert, with specific emphasis on the creation, monitoring, and timely delivery of suspicious activity reports, suspicious transaction reports, and other similar reports to global regulators on a daily basis. Job Description: Essential Responsibilities:
  • Utilize advanced analytical techniques to assess complex information sets, enabling the formulation of logical and well-supported recommendations for reporting to global regulatory bodies and internal stakeholders. These investigative decisions are essential to fulfilling PayPal’s fiduciary responsibilities under international regulations, which mandate effective monitoring of customer activities to detect and report suspicious activities, including money laundering and terrorist financing.
  • Conduct comprehensive end-to-end reviews of potential illegal or suspicious activities, ensuring thoroughness and accuracy in all investigations.
  • Perform timely and detailed analyses of instances of potential Anti-Money Laundering (AML) activities and suspicious financial transactions across diverse jurisdictions and countries, adhering to local and international compliance standards.
  • Evaluate customer profiles and analyze large datasets to confirm that activities align with expected norms, ensuring compliance with Acceptable Use Policies and Know Your Customer (KYC) regulations.
  • Leverage both internal data and various open-source research platforms to investigate potentially illicit activities, thereby supporting informed investigative decisions
  • Document findings in a narrative format within both manual and automated case management systems and prepare comprehensive reports for management as required.
  • Consistently exercise sound judgment in making decisions and recommendations related to case investigations, ensuring alignment with global best practices and regulatory requirements.
Minimum Qualifications:
  • Minimum of 2 years of relevant work experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
Preferred Qualification:
  • Ability to break down complex concepts/data and articulate in writing a clear, concise, chronological and complete narrative elaborating the critical findings.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel including the ability to use sorting, pivot tables, formulas, conditional formatting, etc. to analyze large amounts of data in order to identify and factually support investigative findings;
  • Excellent command of the English language, especially the rules of syntax, punctuation and grammar;
  • Excellent command of the Portuguese language, especially the rules of syntax, punctuation and grammar;
  • Excellent research and analytical skills;
  • Excellent time management and dependability to meet productivity targets
  • Exceptional oral and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to
  • communicate complex information accurately, clearly and quickly to all levels;
  • Ability to review potentially sensitive and/or offensive material with the ability to make impartial decisions related to that material;
  • Ability to understand opposing points of view on highly complex issues and support a risk-based decision based on the facts present;
  • Interact with peers and financial crimes risk professionals, all levels of management, and other internal or external constituents in order to deliver comprehensive views on investigative and intelligence matters and represent reasoning of case disposition;
  • Ability to receive continuous critical feedback and implement in future casework;High level of professionalism, self-motivation and sense of urgency
Subsidiary: PayPal Travel Percent: 0 For the majority of employees, PayPal's balanced hybrid work model offers 3 days in the office for effective in-person collaboration and 2 days at your choice of either the PayPal office or your home workspace, ensuring that you equally have the benefits and conveniences of both locations. Our Benefits: At PayPal, we’re committed to building an equitable and inclusive global economy. And we can’t do this without our most important asset—you. That’s why we offer benefits to help you thrive in every stage of life. We champion your financial, physical, and mental health by offering valuable benefits and resources to help you care for the whole you. We have great benefits including a flexible work environment, employee shares options, health and life insurance and more. To learn more about our benefits please visit https://www.paypalbenefits.com. Who We Are: Click Here to learn more about our culture and community. Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion  PayPal provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.  In addition, PayPal will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.  If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentaccommodations@paypal.com.   Belonging at PayPal:  Our employees are central to advancing our mission, and we strive to create an environment where everyone can do their best work with a sense of purpose and belonging. Belonging at PayPal means creating a workplace with a sense of acceptance and security where all employees feel included and valued. We are proud to have a diverse workforce reflective of the merchants, consumers, and communities that we serve, and we continue to take tangible actions to cultivate inclusivity and belonging at PayPal. Any general requests for consideration of your skills, please Join our Talent Community. We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates. Please don’t hesitate to apply.

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