Team Lead

Guidehouse Inc.; Chennai; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Guidehouse Inc. is seeking an experienced AML/TMS Team Lead in Chennai to manage floor operations, allocate work, and ensure timely, accurate reviews of alerts.

You will guide analysts through complex financial crime scenarios, ensure high-quality case documentation, and drive performance through coaching and QA. The role requires strong knowledge of AML/CFT concepts, exposure to TMS tools, and a track record of delivering MIS and leadership visibility for clients.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years of experience in AML/Financial Crime operations or related fields.
• Experience leading on-ground teams with daily production and QA metrics.
• Hands-on experience with Transaction Monitoring Systems and case dispositioning.
• Experience supporting SAR/STR escalation and evidence-based case documentation.
• Strong knowledge of AML/CFT concepts, red-flag typologies and sanctions/PEP checks.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of AML/TMS investigators on the floor, manage daily work allocation and shift adherence.
• Oversee end-to-end transaction monitoring alert reviews and customer profile assessment.
• Support analysts on complex financial crime scenarios including high-risk activity and sanctions reviews.
• Review investigation narratives and evidence packs to support SAR/STR decisions.
• Perform QA-driven coaching, calibration sessions, and daily/weekly MIS reporting.
• Publish daily/weekly MIS covering volumes, productivity, SLA/TAT, quality, and key risk themes.

Skills

AML/Financial Crime

Team Leadership

Transaction Monitoring

SAR/STR Process

Regulatory Compliance

Dashboard Reporting

Tools

Actimize

SAS AML

Verafin

Oracle FCCM

NICE Actimize

Job description

Job Family : GIC Process (India)

Travel Required : None

Clearance Required : None

What You Will Do

• Lead a team of AML/TMS investigators on the floor, manage daily work allocation, queue prioritization, shift adherence, productivity tracking, and real-time support for operational issues
• Oversee end-to-end transaction monitoring alert reviews, including customer profile assessment, transactional behavior analysis, red-flag identification, adverse media review, sanctions/PEP checks, and escalation decisioning
• Support analysts on complex financial crime scenarios such as structuring, layering, rapid fund movement, unusual transaction velocity, high-risk jurisdiction exposure, mule activity, fraud-linked activity, and suspicious source/destination of funds.
• Review investigation narratives, evidence packs, and escalation rationale to ensure suspicious activity is documented clearly and supports SAR/STR filing decisions where required.
• Perform sample reviews, identify documentation gaps, validate alert disposition decisions, support calibration sessions, and drive corrective coaching based on QA and client feedback.
• Prepare and publish daily/weekly MIS covering volumes, productivity, SLA/TAT, quality, aging, escalations, attendance, and key risk themes for supervisor/client review.
• Act as the first point of contact for operational escalations, floor clarifications, process queries, and high-risk cases, ensuring timely updates to Supervisors, QA, Training, and client stakeholders.
• Conduct daily huddles, case walkthroughs, feedback discussions, refresher sessions, nesting support, and performance improvement plans to build analyst capability and consistency.

What You Will Need

• Minimum 8+ years of overall experience in AML, Financial Crime Compliance, Transaction Monitoring, KYC/CDD/EDD, fraud risk, payments, banking operations, fintech, crypto compliance, or BFSI/BPO financial crime operations.
• Currently operating in a Team Lead role or equivalent, managing an on-ground team with ownership of daily production, queue management, SLA/TAT adherence, quality performance, attendance, and reporting.
• Strong hands-on experience in Transaction Monitoring Systems (TMS), including alert review, investigation documentation, risk assessment, dispositioning, and escalation of potentially suspicious activity.
• Experience supporting L2 investigations, SAR/STR escalation preparation, suspicious activity narrative review, and evidence-based case documentation.
• Working knowledge of AML/CFT concepts, red-flag typologies, sanctions screening, PEP/high-risk customer review, source of funds/source of wealth considerations, and regulatory expectations.
• Experience preparing operational dashboards, daily/weekly MIS, aging reports, productivity and quality reports, and stakeholder updates for leadership or client review.
• Exposure to TMS/case management platforms such as Actimize, SAS AML, Verafin, Oracle FCCM, NICE Actimize, or equivalent tools is preferred.

What Would Be Nice To Have

• Experience in crypto/virtual asset transaction monitoring, including exchange-related activity, wallet behavior review, on-chain/off-chain transaction context, and virtual asset red-flag typologies.
• Exposure to blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, or similar investigation platforms.
• Prior experience supporting client-facing reviews, audits, calibration calls, process transitions, new queue launches, or ramp-up of AML/TMS teams.
• Certification or working knowledge of CAMS, ICA, CFE, FATF guidance, Travel Rule requirements, or virtual asset regulatory frameworks.

About Guidehouse India

At Guidehouse India, we're redefining what's possible by creating opportunities that change lives. Guidehouse is a global professional services firm that delivers advisory, technology, and managed services to clients across both the commercial and public sectors. Our teams turn bold ideas into solutions that transform industries, strengthen communities, and drive meaningful impact worldwide.

Across our Chennai, Trivandrum, and Gurugram locations, you'll find opportunities where your passion and curiosity help shape what comes next. With cutting edge benefits, innovative learning and development programs, and a people first culture, we empower our people to lead with purpose.

We continue to expand our teams and capabilities across India, investing in state-of-the-art offices and high impact work. Here, you'll collaborate with experts from around the world, build deep expertise, explore new domains, and accelerate your professional growth while making a real impact.

What We Offer

At Guidehouse India, we are committed to supporting the well-being of our people and their families at every stage of life. We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package designed to help you thrive both inside and outside the workplace.

Our benefits include resources such as in house physician consultations, nutritious food optio