Remote AML & KYC Analyst — Contract

Mercor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 103,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

Hourly pay

Job summary

Mercor is seeking an AML analyst to adjudicate alerts, review KYC packets, and draft SAR narratives for complex cases. You will resolve UBO structures and assess sanctions hits, providing clear rationales.

This remote, US-based role offers flexible hours and exposure to financial-crime risk management in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates have 3+ years in AML, strong KYC/CDD knowledge, and experience with transaction analytics.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on in AML/financial crime, KYC/CDD, sanctions screening, fraud/disputes, or transaction surveillance at a bank, fintech, payments company, or MSB.

Responsibilities

• Adjudicate transaction-monitoring alerts from an alert packet + KYC/CDD profile + transaction history; document the disposition and draft the SAR narrative where warranted.
• Review client onboarding / KYC packets for completeness and cross-document discrepancies; produce the remediation list.
• Resolve multi-layer beneficial-ownership structures and apply 10%/25% UBO thresholds.
• Adjudicate sanctions and adverse-media hits with a short rationale each.
• Triage supervisory alert queues; adjudicate card fraud & disputes; assess flagged communications against trade records.

Skills

AML/Financial crime

KYC/CDD

Sanctions screening

Fraud & disputes

Tools

SQL

SAR drafting

Job description

Mercor is seeking an AML analyst to adjudicate alerts, review KYC packets, and draft SAR narratives for complex cases. You will resolve UBO structures and assess sanctions hits, providing clear rationales.

This remote, US-based role offers flexible hours and exposure to financial-crime risk management in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates have 3+ years in AML, strong KYC/CDD knowledge, and experience with transaction analytics.