Senior Compliance & Risk Analyst

Role Purpose:
The Senior C&R Analyst is responsible for supporting the business comply with the requirements of all applicable anti money laundering (AML) legislation and other regulatory requirements and Travelex’s internal standards. The Senior C&R Analyst will report to and work closely with the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), reporting any suspicious activity for escalation to the MLRO. The Senior C&R Analyst will specifically be responsible for AML detection and compliance within our UK retail business. The role will be required to monitor pre-set levels and parameters related to financial transactions, manage alerts and cases from compliance systems and tools and identify behaviors that deviate from the norm and escalate suspicions as required. They will also be required to investigate and analyse suspicious activity reporting and make recommendations on what action is required.
Key Accountabilities :
Ensure adequate AML checks are completed for all transactions utilising the tools and systems available at Travelex and ensuring adherence to standards set takes place.
Analyse Transaction Monitoring alerts to establish instances and sources of attempted financial crime and report to the relevant bodies on the supervision of the DMLRO/MLRO.
Receive and review reports from the business and then gather information and supporting documentation to determine any required next steps if suspicious activity apparent during the review of a referral submit a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR).
Manage compliance alerts and cases within the SLA’s and timeframes required.
Monitor the compliance of business operations with AML regulations including training statistics and error rates.
Identify, review and escalate any potential PEPs and Sanctions matches and take appropriate action.
Investigate and respond to Law Enforcement and third party request in compliance with all applicable Data Privacy laws and regulations.
Review and update risk assessments, policies, processes and procedures to ensure compliance with all applicable requirements.
Produce meaningful Management Information for reporting to the MLRO and senior management.
Support the team to extensively analyse data to establish instances and sources of attempted money laundering.
Monitoring of compliance within applicable regulations and analyse the impact of any regulatory changes.
Receive escalations regarding high value and higher risk customers such as politically exposed persons (PEPs), play a key role in the decision making process upon escalation from the Analyst function.
Knowledge and Skills:
Essential
AML experience and/ or knowledge applicable to financial services including Accreditation, Sanction and PEP screening, Transaction Monitoring, Suspicious Activity Reporting.
Understanding of financial crime risk management processes & procedures
Have the ability to approach problems in a thorough and logical manner
Previous experience of Accreditation, Sanction screening, Transaction Monitoring, Suspicious Activity Reporting, Customer Due Diligence and all other AML related activity.
Case management, resolution and communication
Ability to translate research and analysis into well-reasoned recommendations that inform the decision making process
Excellent communication and analytical skills
Able to present solutions and influence final decision of line manager and key stakeholders
Intermediary to Advanced Excel skills
A committed team player
Manages and plans own workload
Desirable
AML qualification such as ICA certification or similar
Previous experience in policy writing
Previous experience in process / procedure writing
Risk Management experience