Risk Operations Analyst, Financial Crimes
Risk Operations Analyst responsible for identifying and assessing financial crime risks, conducting reviews and transaction monitoring, redesigning business processes, and scaling compliance operations for payment processing partners. Requires 4+ years in risk/compliance, strong analytical skills, and knowledge of FinCrime typologies.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Demonstrate sound judgment and navigate non-binary, high-risk decisions.
- Adhere to processes while questioning assumptions, suggesting improvements, and balancing user experience with compliance requirements.
- Communicate effectively with internal teams, users, and financial partners.
- Identify and assess financial crime risks, conduct reviews using data analysis, and monitor for suspicious activity and trends.
- Facilitate the re-design of business processes, including clarifying issues and implementing changes for efficiency, control, and compliance.
- Help build and scale processes across the financial crimes operations ecosystem.
- Identify gaps in current systems, policies, and strategies; recommend enhancements and process improvements to mitigate emerging risks through collaboration with stakeholders.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience in risk management, compliance, or financial operations.
- Understanding of FinCrime red flags, typologies, and identification methods.
- Experience developing and implementing process improvements.
- Analytical with reasoned logic in decision-making; considers internal/external factors and recommends solutions in complex situations.
- Effective communication skills to produce clear, precise written and presentation materials.
- Ability to analyze feedback patterns and drive process and product improvements.
- Proven track record developing compliance policies and procedures for payment processing environments.
- Experience conducting merchant risk assessments, transaction monitoring, and implementing risk-based compliance controls.
- Experience driving operational outcomes and managing large-scale operations through vendor partnerships, third-party integrations, and automated solutions for efficiency and scalability in compliance processes.
Nice-to-Haves
- Data analysis tools such as SQL.
- Experience in transaction monitoring or financial investigations, Sanctions, AML/EDD/KYC/KYB.
- Knowledge of payment processing systems and associated risks.
Skills
Risk Management, Compliance, Financial Operations, SQL, AML, Kyc, Kyb, Edd, Sanctions, Transaction Monitoring, Financial Crime Risk, Policy Development, Risk Assessment
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