Compliance Analyst (Transaction Monitoring)
Unified global business banking and payments platform for businesses operating across borders.
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About Sokin
Sokin provides global business accounts, multi-currency wallets, FX, payouts, treasury tools, payment acceptance, payment links, and financial APIs. It also offers live USDT and USDC stablecoin send, receive, and conversion capabilities alongside fiat payment rails.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will review and investigate transaction monitoring alerts across fiat and virtual currency payments, assess customer activity against expected profiles, and spot financial crime indicators. You will review sanctions and PEP alerts, screen crypto wallets with blockchain analytics tools, document your findings in case management systems, escalate concerns, support SAR and STR preparation, and work with Compliance, KYC, Operations and Customer Support.
Requirements
- Experience in transaction monitoring, AML investigations or financial crime compliance in banking, payments, fintech or MSB
- Working knowledge of AML/CTF, sanctions screening, customer due diligence and escalation
- Strong analytical skills
- Clear written communication skills
- Strong attention to detail and sound judgement
- Good organisational skills
- Effective interpersonal skills and confidentiality
- Proficiency in Excel and experience with transaction monitoring or case management systems
- Relevant degree, professional qualification or equivalent experience
- Right to work in the jurisdiction
Responsibilities
- Review and investigate transaction monitoring alerts across products and payment channels
- Assess customer activity against business profile, expected volumes and source of funds
- Identify unusual patterns and financial crime indicators
- Review sanctions and PEP screening alerts and escalate potential matches
- Conduct virtual currency wallet and transaction screening using blockchain analytics tools and review Travel Rule information
- Prepare requests for information and track outstanding requests
- Document investigations, evidence, risk assessments and recommendations in case management systems
- Escalate suspicious activity to the Transaction Monitoring Manager or MLRO
- Support preparation of SARs and STRs
- Recommend actions such as enhanced monitoring, further due diligence or transaction restrictions
- Collaborate with Compliance, KYC, Operations and Customer Support
- Maintain records and trackers and meet investigation deadlines
- Contribute to improvements in monitoring rules, procedures and reporting
