Sanctions & AML Screening Analyst

Marex; Greater London; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Marex is recruiting a Payments and Screening Analyst to review payment and screening alerts across clients, counterparties and transactions. You will apply sanctions, AML/CTF standards and escalate risks with clear audit trails and evidence-based rationales.

The role supports compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies, with a focus on accurate data and timely escalation to stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in sanctions screening, payment screening, transaction monitoring, AML investigations, KYC or a comparable financial crime operations role.
• Experience in payment and transaction monitoring within a correspondent banking environment is desirable.
• Knowledge of AML, CTF, sanctions and KYC requirements within a regulated financial services environment.
• Familiarity with sanctions lists, PEP data, watchlists and global adverse media sources.
• Experience using screening, case-management and research tools.
• Ability to interpret payment information and transaction data; knowledge of payment messaging and payment-processing workflows is desirable.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word and Outlook.
• Relevant financial crime, AML or sanctions qualification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Review and investigate real-time, pre-screening and other payment screening alerts generated from inbound and outbound payment activity.
• Conduct ongoing adverse media, politically exposed person (PEP), sanctions and watchlist screening for existing business relationships using approved screening systems and research tools.
• Assess potential matches against applicable sanctions lists, watchlists, PEP data, adverse media sources and internal risk criteria.
• Determine whether an alert is a false positive, possible match, true match or requires further investigation, in accordance with approved procedures and delegated authority.
• Analyse payment information, client and counterparty data, ownership information, geographic exposure, transaction narratives and available supporting documentation.
• Analyse transaction monitoring information, client and counterparty data, ownership information, geographic exposure, transaction narratives and available supporting documentation.
• Prepare clear, concise and evidence-based rationales that explain the information reviewed, the assessment completed and the basis for the disposition decision.
• Raise requests for information where additional information is required, obtaining approval where required by procedure.
• Escalate potential sanctions matches, material financial crime concerns, control issues and risk events promptly to the Head of Screening, Financial Crime Compliance or other relevant stakeholders.
• Support payment hold or release decisions by ensuring alerts are investigated and escalated within the applicable service level agreement and control framework.
• Maintain complete and accurate records of alert reviews, evidence, decisions, escalations and conclusions to provide a clear audit trail.
• Support quality assurance, control testing, remediation, system implementation, calibration and continuous improvement activities.
• Ensure client, counterparty and static data used for screening is accurate and appropriately maintained in relevant systems.
• Respond to internal and external screening queries in a timely, accurate and professional manner.
• Maintain knowledge of relevant sanctions, AML or wider financial crime requirements through ongoing training and professional development.
• Comply with applicable regulatory requirements, the operational risk framework, internal policies, the FCA Code of Conduct where applicable and Marex’s Code of Conduct.

Skills

Sanctions screening

Payment screening

Transaction monitoring

AML investigations

KYC

Screening tools

Microsoft Office

Education

Financial crime qualification

Tools

Screening software

Case management tools

Research tools

Job description

Marex is recruiting a Payments and Screening Analyst to review payment and screening alerts across clients, counterparties and transactions. You will apply sanctions, AML/CTF standards and escalate risks with clear audit trails and evidence-based rationales.

The role supports compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies, with a focus on accurate data and timely escalation to stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.