AML Specialist (Financial Institutions and Partners Onboarding Team)
We are looking for an AML Specialist to join our Anti-Money Laundering/Financial Crime team. The Anti-Money Laundering department jobs ensure that our customers and their money are kept out of risk. It also significantly contributes to the overall success of our business by allowing access to financial services for people and corporations that are left outside the legacy banking systems. Since we are aiming to bridge the gap between traditional financial services and cutting-edge solutions, financial crime prevention is one of the main axes we are building our organization around. As a result, we promote continuous internal and external learning, as well as in-depth communication with various AML solutions vendors and government agencies.
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- Conduct comprehensive AML investigations on financial institutions, partners, and customers, reviewing transactions and customer profiles for suspicious activities.
- Evaluate and assess the AML risks associated with financial partners and institutions, identifying areas of concern and recommending risk mitigation measures.
- Ensure proper CDD procedures are followed, including enhanced due diligence, customer risk rating, and monitoring of high-risk clients.
- Implement and oversee transaction monitoring processes to detect unusual or suspicious patterns of activity.
- Stay up-to-date with evolving AML laws and regulations, and ensure the company's AML program is compliant with relevant rules.
- Prepare and submit suspicious activity reports (SARs) as required by regulatory authorities.
- Provide AML training and guidance to colleagues and partners to ensure awareness and understanding of AML regulations.
- Work closely with internal departments and external partners to investigate and resolve AML issues and share best practices.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business, or a related field.
- Minimum of 3 years of experience in AML compliance within the financial institutions ecosystem.
- Experience in the assessment & application of AML policies & procedures.
- Strong knowledge of AML regulations, including the FATF Recommendations & Wolfsberg Principles (preferred).
- Excellent analytical and investigative skills.
- Strong communication and collaboration abilities.
- Detail-oriented with a high degree of accuracy.
- CAMS certificate is a plus.
- Ability to work under tight deadlines with a high degree of accuracy.
- Fluency in English (fluency in another European language is a plus).
Perks of working at Bankera
Flexible working hours
Competitive salary
Modern offices
Team building events
Employee referral program
Professional and personal development
Solid IT infrastructure
Talented international team
Office library
Progressive vacation policy
Free Bankera services and card
Confidentiality guaranteed. Only selected candidates will be informed.
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About us
Bankera provides innovative financial solutions for individuals and businesses. Our customers all around the world enjoy the advantages brought by the new era of finance: accessibility, cost-effectiveness, and speed.
The roots of Bankera trace back to as early as 2009. Today, the project unites a team of more than 100 programmers, designers, economists, lawyers, and marketers with know-how from international companies such as Bloomberg, Paysafe Group, and Skrill. We are a community-oriented, passionate, and constantly learning team of professionals who are doing their utmost to deliver innovative ways of managing everyday finance.
Bankera is the only Lithuanian-founded company which has been ranked among the “Top 50” FinTech companies in Leading Global Fintech Innovators 2019 report by KPMG. Amid the coronavirus pandemic in 2020, the team of Bankera presented a short-term SME financing solution that was awarded the first place in the Digital Finance category of EUvsVirus hackathon, hosted by the European Commission.
By launching new products and solutions, Bankera is prepared for rapid expansion and is looking for new talents to join its ever-growing team.
