Transaction Monitoring Analyst

PARETO SECURITIES AS; Singapore; Hybrid; SGD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Banking Circle in Singapore is seeking a Transaction Monitoring Analyst within our AML team. You will review alerts, investigate unusual activity, and document findings using advanced monitoring systems to support risk-based decision making.

We require 2+ years in AML, solid knowledge of financial crime typologies, strong analytical skills, Mandarin fluency, and ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. Hybrid work model with emphasis on office presence.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in AML, including transaction monitoring.
• Strong knowledge of global financial crime typologies.
• Proactive and analytical with high attention to detail.
• Fluency in Mandarin required.

Responsibilities

• Review alerts generated by monitoring systems and assess transaction patterns.
• Investigate unusual transactional activity with a risk-based approach.
• Conduct investigations on clients’ merchants and other corporate entities.
• Ensure timely closure of alerts.
• Collate information to form concise decisions on complex cases.
• Raise suspicious transactions and activities.
• Identify money laundering patterns and typologies.
• Participate in ad hoc AML projects.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Investigative skills

Attention to detail

Mandarin language proficiency

Education

Relevant educational background

Job description

Transaction Monitoring Analyst

Do you want to be at the forefront of the fight against money laundering, and utilize your analytical mindset to identify unusual or unexpected behavior? Then this may be exactly the challenge you are looking for.

Banking Circle is a fully licensed, technology enabled bank processing over €1 trillion in payments every year - and growing. We exist to power the global economy’s most ambitious payments businesses with infrastructure that is fast, modern, and engineered for scale. Today, more than 800 people across 11 countries work together as one global team. We move fast, we think boldly, and we build with intent - because our clients depend on us to keep pace with the world’s most dynamic payments flows. We are expanding globally, scaling our capabilities, and deepening our impact, so if you want to shape the future of financial infrastructure - this is the place.

Your team welcomes you with open arms

As the new Transaction Monitoring Analyst in our team in Singapore, you’ll experience an open and knowledge driven culture, where everyone can thrive, connect with colleagues, learn and grow. Here you will be empowered to make an impact every day.

In this role, you will get the chance to become part of a dynamic, knowledgeable, and collaborative team of AML professionals to ensure that the business meets its Anti-Money Laundering obligations. As part of the global Transaction Monitoring team, you will review and analyze customer transactions to detect unusual activity, potential money laundering, or other financial crime risks. Using advanced monitoring systems and your own investigative skills, you’ll assess alerts, document your findings, and escalate cases where suspicious activities are found.

We offer a hybrid work model for our employees to allow for flexibility and productivity. However, we do expect you to spend most of your time in the office to build community and efficiency in the team.

Exciting work is waiting for you

• Review alerts generated by monitoring systems and assess transaction patterns
• Monitor and investigate unusual transactional activity with a risk-based approach
• Conduct investigations on clients’ merchants and other corporate entities
• Ensure timely closure of alerts
• Collate information to form concise decisions on complex cases
• Raise suspicious transactions and activities
• Identify relevant money laundering and terrorist financing typologies and trends
• Ad hoc AML projects within the team

Things we’ll look for on your resume

To be the right candidate for this position, we expect you to have a relevant educational background and demonstrated knowledge of financial crime typologies. You have a strong working knowledge of the global legislative and regulatory framework for AML and 2+ years of experience in AML, including transaction monitoring, preferably in Payments/Fintech or Correspondent Banking. You are comfortable utilizing information from several sources to make a concise decision.

As a person, you take ownership of your tasks, and you are solution oriented in your approach to challenges. You are proactive in a fast-paced environment, a confident decision-maker, and a strong analytical problem solver with a high attention to detail. You have solid IT skills, as this is a requirement to succeed in this role. Lastly, we expect you to be a knowledge sharing team-player who creates positive working relationships with others.

Banking Circle is an international company. Our internal workforce consists of over 50 nationalities, and our clients and partners are located all over the globe. Therefore, our company language is English. For this role, fluency in Mandarin is required.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, age, religion, sexual orientation, national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state or local laws, regulations and ordinances. To learn more about Banking Circle, visit is at www.bankingcircle.com