AML Monitoring Analyst – Private Banking & Crypto

BBVA; Zürich; Vor Ort; CHF 90.000 - 130.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

BBVA in Zürich, Switzerland is seeking an experienced AML/Financial Crime specialist to join the second line of defense. You will oversee transaction monitoring for traditional and crypto assets, perform risk-based reviews, and draft SARs while ensuring regulatory compliance across private banking clients.

We value strong analytical skills, KYC expertise, and familiarity with Swiss AML regulations and FATF standards.

Qualifikationen

• 3–5 years of hands-on AML or financial crime experience in banking.
• Strong exposure to private banking and cross-border transactions.
• Familiarity with crypto asset transaction monitoring is a strong advantage.

Aufgaben

• Serve as a core member of the second line of defense, with primary focus on day-to-day execution of transaction monitoring controls across traditional and crypto assets.
• Execute systematic, risk-based reviews of transaction monitoring alerts, ensuring timely and well-reasoned dispositions.
• Analyze transactional patterns to detect anomalies, layering structures, and behaviors indicative of money laundering or financial crime.
• Conduct in-depth KYC reviews, challenging first-line assessments and ensuring regulatory compliance across client files.
• Lead investigations into unusual account activity, building complete and well-documented case files that clearly support conclusions and escalation decisions.
• Draft and submit Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) with accuracy, completeness, and timeliness, in line with regulatory requirements and internal procedures.
• Contribute to the continuous calibration and improvement of transaction monitoring detection rules and alert logic.
• Liaise with legal, risk, and front-office teams to gather supporting information and validate case assessments.
• Monitor emerging financial crime typologies, regulatory developments, and cross-border transaction risks, particularly in the private banking context.

Kenntnisse

AML

Financial crime

Transaction monitoring

KYC

SAR drafting

Cross-border

Crypto assets

Swiss regulations

Analytical skills

MS Excel

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree (Law/Business/Finance)

AML certifications (CAMS/ICA)

Tools

MS Office

Excel

Jobbeschreibung

BBVA in Zürich, Switzerland is seeking an experienced AML/Financial Crime specialist to join the second line of defense. You will oversee transaction monitoring for traditional and crypto assets, perform risk-based reviews, and draft SARs while ensuring regulatory compliance across private banking clients.

We value strong analytical skills, KYC expertise, and familiarity with Swiss AML regulations and FATF standards.