Anti-Money Laundering Analyst

Insight Global; Toronto; On-site; CAD 30,307 - 31,684; Part time

Job summary

A financial services company in downtown Toronto is seeking a skilled L2 AML Analyst to join the MSB/Adverse Media team. The role involves conducting due diligence on customers identified by L1 analysts for adverse media, assessing findings, and contributing to risk mitigation. Candidates should have 1-4 years of relevant experience, strong analytical skills, and excellent communication abilities. This is a temporary position, requiring in-office presence four times a week with competitive hourly pay of CA$22.00 to CA$23.00.

Qualifications

• 1-4+ years of experience in AML compliance or financial crime investigations in MSB.
• Familiarity with regulatory expectations.
• Experience working for large financial services enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Conduct due diligence on customers identified by L1 analysts as having potential adverse or negative media.
• Review adverse media alerts escalated from L1 analysts.
• Confirm customer identity and assess relevance of adverse media findings.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to elevate cases requiring further investigation.

Skills

AML compliance experience

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Ability to work independently

Job description

Consultant Engagement Lead at Insight Global

Required Skills & Experience

• 1-4+ years of experience in AML compliance or financial crime investigations, specifically working within MSB, Adverse Media, or PEP.
• Familiarity with regulatory expectations
• Experience working for large financial services enterprise
• Strong analytical and decision-making skills
• Ability to work independently and manage high volumes of alerts efficiently, experience working in a metric-based environment
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to come into office downtown Toronto 4x times per week

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

• Experience working for a large Canadian bank

Job Description

We are looking for a skilled L2 AML Analyst to join the MSB/ Adverse Media team. This role involves conducting due diligence on customers identified by L1 analysts as having potential adverse or negative media. The analyst will assess the materiality of the findings and contribute to risk mitigation efforts.

Key Responsibilities

• Review adverse media alerts escalated from L1 analysts.
• Confirm customer identity and assess the relevance and materiality of adverse media findings.
• Conduct thorough due diligence and document findings in accordance with AML policies.
• Review and analyze PEP alerts escalated from L1 analysts.
• Determine whether the alert pertains to an existing customer.
• Assess whether the customer is a confirmed PEP
• Escalate confirmed PEP matches for EDD to the appropriate line of business.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to elevate cases requiring further investigation.
• Focus on current alerts with no existing backlog.

Base pay range

CA$22.00/hr - CA$23.00/hr

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Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Temporary

Job function

Analyst

Industries

Banking and Financial Services

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