Financial Crimes Analyst: Transaction Monitoring

OFX; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Learning and development opportunities

Volunteer day

Inclusive culture

Job summary

OFX, a leading financial operations company headquartered in Sydney, is seeking a Financial Crime Analyst to review transaction monitoring alerts and investigate potential fraud, money laundering, and terrorist financing activities. You will contribute to regulatory compliance and help protect clients worldwide.

In this role you will assess alerts, understand red flags, escalate complex cases to investigators, and support training across teams.

Qualifications

• Experience in transaction monitoring / financial crimes investigations, ideally within the financial sector.
• Understanding of red flags, criminal typologies, and trends.
• Ability to investigate, make logical findings and clearly articulate those findings.
• Ability to prioritise work and resources, keeping business objectives at the forefront of the decision-making process.
• Strong stakeholder management and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with the capability to articulate complex technical information.
• Ability to maintain high standards of accuracy and work under pressure to achieve deadlines.
• Demonstrated self-initiative and ability to work unsupervised.
• High level of personal integrity, commitment to confidentiality and privacy principles.

Responsibilities

• Assess alerts generated by OFX monitoring systems.
• Think critically about the customer’s activity vs customer profile.
• Escalate ML/TF concerns to investigators.
• Adopt new processes and procedures as the business evolves, and assist with knowledge sharing and training.
• Contribute to a high standard of service to all internal/external clients.

Skills

Transaction monitoring

Financial crime investigations

Red flags analysis

Stakeholder management

Attention to detail

Communication skills

Self-initiative

Confidentiality

Job description

OFX, a leading financial operations company headquartered in Sydney, is seeking a Financial Crime Analyst to review transaction monitoring alerts and investigate potential fraud, money laundering, and terrorist financing activities. You will contribute to regulatory compliance and help protect clients worldwide.

In this role you will assess alerts, understand red flags, escalate complex cases to investigators, and support training across teams.