KYC & OSINT AML Analyst (Hybrid)

LHH; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life insurance

Short-term disability

Employee Assistance Program

Commuter benefits

401(k)

Job summary

LHH Recruitment Solutions seeks experienced Anti-Money Laundering Analysts for a hybrid contract opportunity supporting a client's compliance function. This role emphasizes due diligence, KYC, OSINT, sanctions screening, adverse media research, and risk identification rather than traditional transaction monitoring.

Candidates must be available to work standard Central Time (CT) business hours and have 2–3+ years of related experience.

Qualifications

• 2-3+ years of experience in due diligence, KYC, compliance, investigative research, corporate intelligence, AML, financial crime or related field.

Responsibilities

• Conduct customer and entity due diligence reviews.
• Perform OSINT and investigative research.
• Research adverse media, public records, corporate records, and regulatory information.
• Utilize commercial research databases and publicly available sources to support due diligence activities.
• Research corporate ownership and beneficial ownership structures.
• Identify potential PEP, sanctions, regulatory, reputational, and financial crime risk indicators.
• Document investigative findings, conclusions, and supporting evidence.
• Escalate higher-risk findings for additional review.
• Manage assigned cases with quality and productivity expectations.
• Provide additional investigative research support as needed.

Skills

Due diligence

KYC

Compliance

Investigative research

OSINT

AML

Financial crime

Job description

LHH Recruitment Solutions seeks experienced Anti-Money Laundering Analysts for a hybrid contract opportunity supporting a client's compliance function. This role emphasizes due diligence, KYC, OSINT, sanctions screening, adverse media research, and risk identification rather than traditional transaction monitoring.

Candidates must be available to work standard Central Time (CT) business hours and have 2–3+ years of related experience.