A. Team & Leadership Support
i. Leading and Management
- Supervise and guide a team of AML transaction monitoring senior specialists, on case investigation techniques, risk indicators, and documentation standards.
- Provide informal refresher/training/guidance sessions on evolving emerging typologies or regulatory changes.
ii. Stakeholder & Escalation Handling
- Serve as an escalation point of contact for operational queries or when handling time-sensitive or high-risk alerts.
- Manage escalations for any urgent or complex cases that would require additional information during investigations.
iii. Process Improvement Contribution
- Identify recurring investigation issues, false positive trends, or operational bottlenecks.
- Propose practical process improvements to enhance efficiency and reduce operational risks.
- Support system testing or enhancement initiatives related to the transaction monitoring platform.
B. AML Transaction Monitoring Operation (Core Responsibilities)
i. Monitoring & Case Investigation
- Review and analyse alerts generated from transaction monitoring systems for potential suspicious activity
- Investigate flagged transactions by reviewing account activity history, transaction patterns, client profiles, and external data sources.
- Identify red flags such as unusual transaction volumes, structuring, rapid movement of funds, or transactions involving high-risk jurisdictions, suspicious patterns, unusual behaviour, and high-risk activities.
ii. Complex Case Handling
- Take the lead on more complicated investigations — like:
a) Large or irregular transactions involving offshore or sanctioned countries.
b) Transactions by politically exposed persons (PEPs) or high-risk clients.
c) Rapid fund movement or suspected layering activity across multiple accounts.
- Gather supporting evidence from various systems, client documents, and open-source information.
- Prepare comprehensive case reports detailing findings, rationale for decision, and risk assessment.
iii. Reporting & Documentation
- Record and document findings including detailed analysis, supporting evidence for potential suspicious activity, and prepare report submission to the regulators, where required.
iv. Ad-Hoc AML/ CFT Review
- Support any ad-hoc reviews, thematic investigations, or advisory requests related to specific clients, industries, or transactions flagged by Compliance.
v. Regulatory & Policy Adherence
- Ensure investigations and decisions align and comply with local and international AML/CFT regulations.