Job#: 3056909 Job Description: AML Analyst
Location: Chicago, IL
Role Overview
The AML Analyst manages approved, documented processes and protocols to analyze complex information and adjudicate system-generated or manual alerts. This professional identifies names, entities, and transactions that appear to relate to money laundering or terrorist financing. Successful candidates escalate designated items for further investigation or reporting to the appropriate government agency as required by anti-money laundering regulations within various global jurisdictions.
Key Responsibilities
- Collect and analyze a wide variety of information related to system or manually generated alerts to identify persons and entities that may be laundering money or funding terrorism.
- Conduct comprehensive reviews of high-risk clients within established processes and guidelines set by leadership to assess risks posed to the institution.
- Identify unusual activities and behaviors across multiple products, analyzing and referring transactions for further investigation or reporting.
- Support the fulfillment of regulatory reporting requirements by ensuring accurate documentation, timely disposition, and provision of critical information assessments.
- Provide detailed, effective input to management information systems for analysis and reporting on name matches or unusual activity.
- Support the effective utilization of systems, tools, and reports to detect and manage compliance risks.
- Document all findings throughout investigations, maintaining account files in a manner that ensures adherence to customer due diligence operating directives.
- Ensure strict adherence to corporate codes of business conduct and ethics, safeguarding customer information and preventing potential conflicts of interest.
Required Qualifications
Education: An undergraduate degree, graduate degree, or equivalent professional designations are preferred.
Experience: Three to five or more years of dedicated anti-money laundering compliance experience is required.
Technical Skills: Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, with intermediate-level Excel skills for spreadsheet management and manipulation. Solid working knowledge of financial transaction tracking systems is required.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong understanding of complex financial instruments, interbank lending, and capital markets products, including correspondent banking and trade finance.
- Prior experience working in a middle-office function within capital markets.
- In-depth analytical thinking, structured risk management capabilities, and practical problem-solving skills.
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