Analyst AML Sanctions Surveillance

Land Bank; Centurion; On-site; ZAR 300 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Analyst for Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions, and Surveillance. This role is crucial for enhancing efficiencies in AML processes and supports the Manager in ensuring compliance with financial crime regulations. You will be involved in gap assessments, training employees, and analyzing data to identify potential risks. Join a forward-thinking organization that is dedicated to supporting farmers and agribusinesses in South Africa while ensuring the integrity of financial transactions. If you are passionate about compliance and have a keen analytical mind, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in Anti-Money Laundering and financial crime prevention.
• Ability to analyze data and identify potential risks.

Responsibilities

• Assist in enhancing AML processes and controls.
• Support training and monitoring of AML compliance.
• Analyze transactional data for potential red flags.

Skills

Dermatology

Google Analytics

Commerce

Maintenance Engineering

Arabic

Job description

Land Bank is South Africa's only specialist agricultural bank established in 1912. The bank's sole objective is to serve South African commercial and emerging farmers and bring specially designed financial services within their reach. These services enable farmers to finance land, equipment, improve assets, and obtain production credit. The Land Bank provides financial services that have moved with the times and continues to provide services to agribusiness and constantly reviews its offerings to ensure that they match the needs of an industry. As change has swept across the sector in South Africa, the socioeconomic makeup of agriculture has altered, bringing new entrants from historically disadvantaged backgrounds onto the land. These new farmers face the challenges of establishing sustainable agribusinesses across the agricultural value chain. Land Bank has been a commercial lifeline, offering appropriately designed financial products that facilitate personal and commercial viability in a sector that is vital to the sustainability of South Africa and its people.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE JOB

The Analyst: Anti-Money Laundering, Sanctions, and Surveillance role supports the Manager: Anti-Money Laundering (also known as Anti-Money Laundering Officer - AMLO) to increase efficiencies in the AML area. This will entail the following:

• Assist in the undertaking of gap assessments as it relates to the FICA requirements for client onboarding.
• Assist in enhancing the control environment by identifying gaps as it relates to money laundering and financial crime.
• Assist in the designing of AML processes and implementation to deter and detect money laundering and financing.
• Assist in implementing the elements of an AML/Sanctions programme including a financial crime programme.
• Assist in the training of employees on the AML program. This includes CTR, STR, TPR and reporting anonymously without tipping off the individuals concerned amongst other requirements.
• Maintaining and monitoring training statistics as it relates to AML.
• Assisting with designing of a risk-based programme which will include the following:
• Analysing screening data and identifying potential red flags;
• Analyzing AML transactional data;
• Keeping and maintaining version controls of all clients screened;
• Ensuring that the risk rating outcomes are monitored.
• Ensuring all processes and controls are mapped and documented to detect potential money laundering.
• Support the credit and other transactional processes in ensuring sanctions screening are undertaken upfront.
• Assist the Manager AML with reports submitted to various committees.
• Support Manager AML with relationships with our stakeholders and assist in the preparation for various inspections including preparation of material and gathering of information for the inspection.
• Participation in industry forums.
• Monitor industry trends.
• Assist in the development of and implement technological efficiencies in the AML program.
• Timeous reporting to all stakeholders.

Required Experience:

Key Skills:

Dermatology, Google Analytics, Commerce, Maintenance Engineering, Arabic