Anti-Money Laundering Assistant Associate

PwC; Matosinhos; On-site; EUR 27,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Services Portugal (PSP) seeks an AML Assistant Associate to support risk assurance activities related to AML/CFT programs and client engagements in a fast-growing team. You will help design and review AML controls, perform risk assessments, and assist with client due diligence across multiple actors, including management companies and custodians.

Fluency in English is essential; knowledge of French or German is a plus.

Qualifications

• Master's degree or equivalent in Audit, Business, Economics, Financial Crime or similar
• Excellent written and spoken communication in English, French and/or German
• Analytical mindset and good interpersonal skills
• Dynamic, proactive and have good organisational skills
• Good command of Word and Excel

Responsibilities

• Assist AML/CFT client assignments such as review and design of AML/CFT company programs or elements of it, AML Risk Assessments, Risk Appetite, distributor due diligence, audit of AML/CFT procedures and their application including customer due diligence files.
• Collaborate with management companies, transfer agents, custodians, domiciliary agents.
• Support other Risk Assurance assignments such as Internal Audit and Internal Controls projects focusing on clients' business.

Skills

English/French/German communication

Analytical mindset

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Proactive and dynamic

Microsoft Word proficient

Education

Master's degree or equivalent in Audit, Business, Economics, Financial Crime or similar

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

Anti-Money Laundering Assistant Associate

PwC Services Portugal (PSP) is a joint venture between PwC Luxembourg and PwC Portugal, serving as an integral extension of PwC Luxembourg. Our growing team operates as an acceleration center supporting PwC Luxembourg’s clients. Leveraging a unique pool of talented professionals based in Matosinhos, our operating model ensures scalability, consistency, and quality in service delivery by integrating seamlessly into PwC Luxembourg’s operations and addressing talent attraction challenges sustainably.

PSP provides a range of services, including Assurance Audit (spanning all industries, with a particular focus on Real Estate and Private Equity), Broader Assurance Services, Tax (including Managed Services, Corporate Tax, VAT, and Accounting), and Advisory (specializing in the Global Fund Industry and Real Estate Valuation).

For this opportunity, you must submit your CV in English.

Your mission:

A career within Risk Assurance Compliance and Analytics services, will provide you with the opportunity to assist clients in developing analytics and technology solutions that help them detect, monitor, and predict risk. Using advanced technology, we’re able to focus on establishing the right controls, processes and structures for our clients to ensure that decisions are based on accurate information and assure that information provided to third parties is accurate, complete, and can be trusted.

Be a part of our team where you will:

• Work on AML/CFT specific client assignments such as review and design of AML/CFT company programs or elements of it, AML Risk Assessments, Risk Appetite, distributor due diligence, audit of AML/CFT procedures and their application including customer due diligence files;
• Work with a variety of professional actors such as management companies, transfer agents, custodians, domiciliary agents;
• Work on other client assignments depending on your specific business profile. Hence you may work on other types of
  Risk Assurance assignments such as Internal Audit and Internal Controls related projects focusing on the business of our clients.
  

Let’s talk about you. If you have/are …

• A Master's degree or equivalent in Audit, Business, Economics, Financial Crime or similar;
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English, French and/or German;
• An analytical mind set and good interpersonal skills;
• Dynamic, proactive and have good organisational skills;
• A good command of Word and Excel.
  

…You are the candidate we are looking for!