AML Investigator

IFG International Financial Group Ltd; Ontario; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is on the lookout for a skilled AML Investigator to join their team. This hybrid role involves analyzing alerts related to money laundering and terrorist financing, ensuring compliance with various regulations. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in financial services, particularly in AML processes, and demonstrate excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. This role offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the integrity of financial systems while working in a dynamic environment that values expertise and collaboration.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of Financial Services experience, with at least 1 year in AML.
• Experience with complex financial instruments and interbank lending.

Responsibilities

• Analyze information and adjudicate alerts related to money laundering.
• Escalate items for further investigation or reporting as required.

Skills

Analytical Thinking

Problem Solving

Organizational Understanding

Risk Management

Excel

Education

Undergraduate degree

Graduate degree or professional designations

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Our client, a major Financial Institution, is seeking an AML Investigator. The AML Investigator is accountable to follow approved, documented processes and protocols to analyze information and adjudicate system or manually generated alerts, identifying names/entities/transactions that appear to relate to money laundering or terrorist financing and escalating these items for further investigation or reporting to the appropriate government agency as required by anti-money laundering regulations within various global jurisdictions.

This role is hybrid in office in Toronto 2 days a week.

To be considered for this role, our client is looking for someone with the following skills/qualifications;

Education/Experience:

• Undergraduate degree required, graduate degree or professional designations beneficial
• 3+ years Financial Services experience, at least 1 year AML (KYC, SAR, Alerts, BSA, CTR etc)
• Any experience working on Projects from start to finish would be an added nice to have

Skills and Competencies:

• Strong understanding of complex financial instruments and interbank lending.
• Experience working in a middle office function of capital markets would be an asset.
• Working knowledge of applicable Bank systems and Microsoft Office Suite
• Analytical Thinking (In-depth)
• Problem solving (Working)
• Organizational Understanding (Working)
• Risk Management (In-depth)
• Excel: spreadsheet management/manipulation (intermediate level).
• Knowledge of capital markets products would be an asset - correspondent banking, trading products, trade finance transactions

If you have the skills required to be successful in this role and you would like to learn more, please send your updated resume in MS Word format to Michelle Campanaro at [e-mail].