Transaction Investigation Officer

Salmon Group Ltd; Philippines; On-site; PHP 550,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

Salmon Group Ltd in the Philippines seeks an AML Investigator to support Salmon Bank (Rural Bank) Inc. in strengthening financial crime investigations and alert handling. You will review alerts, perform CDD/EDD checks, and draft case narratives with audit-ready documentation.

You will collaborate with a Senior Investigator to shape processes, escalate complex cases, and help ensure compliant, timely resolutions while contributing to a growing, regulated fintech environment.

Qualifications

• 1–3 years in AML investigations, transaction monitoring, or financial crime compliance.
• Solid understanding of KYC, CDD, EDD frameworks and AML/CFT regulation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with accuracy and detail.
• Able to interpret complex datasets to spot anomalies and patterns.
• Comfortable in a small team shaping its processes and flagging gaps.

Responsibilities

• Review and triage transaction monitoring alerts across Salmon Bank’s products.
• Conduct CDD and EDD reviews, sanctions screening, PEP checks, and adverse media research.
• Build structured case narratives documenting logic, evidence and conclusions.
• Escalate high‑risk cases with clear summaries to Senior Investigator for handoff to Compliance.
• Identify new typologies or patterns to improve alert logic.

Skills

AML investigations experience

Strong written and verbal comms

Strong analytical skills

Attention to detail

Education

CAMS/ICA qualification (or working toward)

Tools

Feedzai

Hawk AI

Sardine

Transaction monitoring platforms

Job description

About Salmon

Salmon Bank (Rural Bank) Inc., the banking arm of Salmon Group Ltd., is a technology-driven challenger bank in the Philippines operating under a BSP license. We combine the trust of a licensed institution with the speed and convenience of a modern financial product. Work within regulated financial infrastructure, where product, risk, compliance, operations, technology, and customer experience are closely connected.

About Salmon

Salmon Bank (Rural Bank) Inc., the banking arm of Salmon Group Ltd., is a technology-driven challenger bank in the Philippines operating under a BSP license. We combine the trust of a licensed institution with the speed and convenience of a modern financial product. Work within regulated financial infrastructure, where product, risk, compliance, operations, technology, and customer experience are closely connected.

About The Role

• You’ll join our financial crime investigations function, working alongside the Senior Investigator and the wider team.


• You’ll review alerts, run CDD and EDD checks, and build the case narratives that keep our investigations sharp and audit-ready.


• The team is still young and still figuring out its processes — you’ll help shape that by doing the work well and flagging what needs to change.

What You’ll Do

• Review and triage transaction monitoring alerts across Salmon Bank’s payments products, making timely, well-documented recommendations for closure or escalation.


• Conduct CDD and EDD reviews as part of your investigation workflow — sanctions screening, PEP checks, adverse media research.


• Build structured case narratives that document your logic, evidence, and conclusion clearly enough for Senior Investigator review and Compliance submission.


• Escalate complex or high-risk cases to the Senior Investigator with a clear summary of what you found and why it matters — they own the handoff to Compliance and AML from there.


• Flag new typologies or patterns you notice in your caseload — your observations directly shape how the team tunes its alert logic.

What You’ll Own

• Accurate, audit-ready records in the case management system for every case you touch


• Your team’s productivity and quality SLAs.


• The clarity and rigor of your case narratives, from evidence gathering through to conclusion.

What Makes You a Strong Fit

• 1–3 years in AML investigations, transaction monitoring, or financial crime compliance — ideally at a fintech, payments company, or digital bank.


• Solid understanding of KYC, CDD, EDD frameworks, AML/CFT regulation, and common money laundering typologies.


• Strong written and verbal communication with a sharp eye for accuracy and detail.


• Strong analytical skills — comfortable interpreting complex datasets to spot anomalies and suspicious patterns.


• Comfortable in a small team that’s still figuring out its process — you flag gaps rather than work around them.


• Experience supporting STR/SAR investigations, familiarity with transaction monitoring platforms like Feedzai, Hawk AI, or Sardine, and a CAMS or ICA qualification (or working toward one) are all a genuine advantage, though not required.

What We Offer

You’ll get real ownership over your caseload from day one, with direct exposure to how a bank’s financial crime function gets built. You’ll work closely with a Senior Investigator who can teach you the craft, inside a small team where your observations actually change how things run. This is a chance to grow your AML expertise fast, in an environment that rewards people who spot problems and speak up.