Junior Transaction Monitoring Associate

About this role

The role involves reviewing transactional alerts for unusual patterns, escalating high-risk cases and filing SARs or STRs, and ensuring compliance with AML, CTF and KYC regulations in a fintech context. It is suitable for someone with at least 2 years' experience in compliance or financial crime, ideally within fintech or banking, based in Lagos.

What you would do

• Review and analyse transactional alerts for patterns such as structuring or layering.
• Escalate high-risk cases and file SARs or STRs.
• Ensure compliance with AML, CTF and KYC regulations.
• Flag suspicious transactions for additional reviews and place liens on confirmed suspicious inflows.
• Contact customers to verify the authenticity of transactions using the enterprise's applications and tools.
• Report suspicious outflows to beneficiary institutions and collaborate with external parties, including financial institutions and law enforcement agencies, to salvage funds.

What they are asking for

• A Bachelor's degree in law, finance or business is preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years' work experience in compliance or financial crime, particularly within the fintech or banking sector.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to work in ambiguous or fast-paced environments.
• Excellent organisational skills and attention to detail.

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