Title : AML Investigator - Junior
Status : 3 month Contract, Full time
Salary : $20-30 / hr based on experience
Location : Toronto, ON - Hybrid - Must be onsite Tuesdays to Thursdays at the downtown Toronto office
This is a 3 month contract to begin immediately. Candidate must be able to start working immediately.
Responsibilities :
This is a Contract opportunity within our client’s Financial Crimes Services. This is a HYBRID role 3 days / week out of their Downtown Toronto office (4 days a week initially for training).
Conduct periodic, quarterly and / or annual AML / KYC reviews using client systems such as SAS, Actimize and Oracle and others.
Responsibilities :
- Perform enhanced due diligence activities such as open-source searches, negative media and / or name screening (World-Check, Lexis Nexis and other searching engines)
- Perform investigations and transaction analysis
- Identify red flags / RGS indicators or unusual patterns of activity that may be indicative of criminal activity that potentially could lead to money laundering, terrorist financing, tax evasion, etc.
- Complete reports to be submitted to the regulators based on findings when necessary (suspicious transaction reports)
- Prepare case documentation as per client procedures
- Work with a team to meet production targets depending on the specific project
What you bring to the role :
- 2+ years of AML Investigation experience
- Experience managing alerts and navigating Investigation processes / programs in a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) environment
- Experience filing suspicious transaction reports (STR) to FINTRAC
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS) or other recognized AML / Financial Crimes certifications is preferred
- Transaction analysis, professionalism and excellent judgment concerning confidential matters
- Understanding of industry common screening and transaction monitoring tools such as : SAS, Actimize, Oracle, World-check, Lexis Nexis, Refinitiv and others.
- Experience in handling High Risk profiles cases
- Experience performing demarketing and / or remediation project
We thank all candidates for showing interest in this role; however, only retained candidates will be contacted.
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