AI-Driven Financial Crimes Data Analyst

Remitly Inc.; Manila; On-site; PHP 1,000,000 - 1,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Remitly Inc. in Manila seeks a seasoned Financial Crimes Analyst to lead sophisticated data analytics for AI-powered detection systems, mitigating money laundering, fraud, and sanctions violations.

You will work within a compliance focused function, refining transaction monitoring inputs, analyzing unusual activity, and collaborating across teams to enhance detection and reduce false positives, while ensuring regulatory adherence and customer protection.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of AML/CFT transaction monitoring analytics, fraud/risk analytics, or data analysis roles.
• Expert in SQL and proficient in Python or R.
• Experience with AML/CFT detection strategies, risk scoring, and related metrics.
• Experience with data visualization tools like Tableau or similar.
• Experience with blockchain analysis and unsupervised and semi-supervised anomaly detection models is a plus.
• Clear communicator with a knack for simplifying complex data insights for business stakeholders.
• Bachelor's or advanced degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, Computer Science, etc.).
• Substantive knowledge of AML and fraud regulations and related typologies within the fintech industry.
• Experience working in a compliance driven environment while ensuring a positive customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and refine AI-driven transaction monitoring systems to identify suspicious activities, utilizing both vendor and in-house platforms.
• Lead in-depth analyses of high-risk transactions and customer behaviors, employing tools to uncover hidden patterns and anomalies.
• Collaborate with Identity & Trust teams to conduct testing for fine-tuning machine learning models, enhancing detection accuracy and reducing false positives
• Ensure adherence to AML and sanctions regulations and guidelines, staying abreast of evolving compliance requirements
• Work closely with compliance, legal, Identity & Trust, and operations teams to develop and implement strategies for financial crime prevention.
• Create metrics and dashboards used to confirm our systems are working and to understand what customers are experiencing.
• Distill business problems from discussions, develop hypotheses, building analytical frameworks, carrying out analyses, and writing clear recommendations.
• Design experiments, read A/B tests, and perform ad hoc analyses

Skills

AML analytics

Data analysis

Communication

Detail oriented

Education

Quantitative degree

Tools

SQL

Python

R

Tableau

Blockchain analysis

Job description

Remitly Inc. in Manila seeks a seasoned Financial Crimes Analyst to lead sophisticated data analytics for AI-powered detection systems, mitigating money laundering, fraud, and sanctions violations.

You will work within a compliance focused function, refining transaction monitoring inputs, analyzing unusual activity, and collaborating across teams to enhance detection and reduce false positives, while ensuring regulatory adherence and customer protection.