Screening & Transaction Monitoring Analyst

.Ebury is a hyper-growth FinTech firm, named in 2021 as one of the top FinTechs to work for by Glassdoor and AltFi. We offer a range of products including FX risk management, trade finance, currency accounts, international payments and API integration.Screening & Transaction Monitoring Analyst - Financial Crime Operations4 days per week in the office, 1 working from homeBased in either our High Wycombe, London or Leon (Spain) officesEbury Mass Payments (EMP) is the premier non-bank provider of high volume currency and payment solutions. The division operates in 5 of the 24 Ebury offices and has made a recent acquisition which will dramatically accelerate growth.Responsibilities:Safeguarding Ebury and our existing Clients from financial crime risk - including money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery and corruption, fraud, sanctions risk, tax evasion and reputational riskReviewing and/or investigating matches against sanctions, PEPs, adverse media and internal lists in a timely fashion and processing in compliance with relevant legislative, regulatory and internal requirementsConducting real-time and retrospective rules-based monitoring on client transactions and processing alerts in compliance with Ebury's processes and procedures and making risk-based decisions when assessing the risk of the transactions performed by clientsIdentification of red flags and exposure to financial crime risk, including escalation to Compliance where requiredResponding to Requests For Information on transactions from banking partnersResponding to queries from other internal departmentsComplete and manage all allocated tasks with focus, and in a timely mannerProactive follow-up of requests for information to ensure timely completion of customer due diligenceCommunicate the status of tasks to colleagues, supervisors and managers, and escalate issues swiftly, where required.Adhere to all internal policies, processes and proceduresEnsure prompt resolution of customers related issues (transactions, payments, RFIs and any other relevant issues as required)