AML Screening Analyst - - Kraków

Overview: · The AML Screening Analyst will be responsible for reviewing negative news, PEP and sanctions alerts in the public domain relating to financial crimes, including money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illicit transactions involving money or securities. The in ...

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Overview:

The AML Screening Analyst will be responsible for reviewing negative news, PEP and sanctions alerts in the public domain relating to financial crimes, including money laundering, terrorist financing, and other illicit transactions involving money or securities. The individual will handle escalations and inquiries within the AML function, evaluate information to identify risk factors, and deliver well-documented assessments to AML Officers based on investigative research.

We're looking for a proactive, detail-oriented analyst with a strong interest in financial crime prevention. In this role you will conduct ongoing name screening and help ensure that monitoring processes meet regulatory and internal policy standards. You'll thrive in a fast-paced environment, handling multiple requests while maintaining high accuracy and professional judgment.

Responsibilities:

General Duties

• Ensure that customers, beneficial owners and other related parties are screened for sanctions, PEP exposure and adverse media.
• Ensure that due diligence on customers is undertaken in line with the required standards.
• Ensure that positive matches are reviewed and documented in line with procedure, and that the materiality of true matches is evaluated and escalated where necessary.
• Ensure that cases, e-mails and requests are processed promptly and appropriately.
• Ensure that records are maintained, systems of record are up to date, and that notes and descriptions of actions taken etc are clear and comprehensive to support the audit trail of actions and decisions taken.
• Other duties as assigned from time to time.

Qualifications:

Knowledge and Experience

• Ideally 1-3 years' experience of working within a Client Onboarding / Compliance / Financial Crime / department with exposure to Money Laundering, Sanctions, and high-risk markets.
• Experience using a customer name screening tool e.g., WorldCheck or Lexis Nexis (to screen customers against Sanctions, Politically exposed Persons lists and for negative News) is needed.
• Some knowledge and background of Sanctions, KYC, CDD, AML, Compliance - good knowledge of EU and UK regulations.
• Some knowledge and background of money laundering regulations, corporate governance, GDPR, anti-bribery and corruption and tax compliance.
• Some knowledge of EU and UK Financial Services Regulation, PSD2, MiFID, EMIR, SFTR would be an advantage.

Qualification and Skills

• Bachelor's Degree in business, law, political science, sociology and / or other appropriate discipline.
• Professional Compliance Qualification (ICA, CAMS) - desirable.
• Advanced Microsoft Outlook/Word/Excel skills.

Skills

• Team player.
• Ability to work independently.
• Strong relationship building and communications skills.
• Effective planning, organisational and time management skills.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Fluent in English.
• Should be able to use good judgement and experience to articulate and document decision making rationale.

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