Risk and AML Specialist

Job Description & Key Responsibilities 

• Develop and maintain AML frameworks, SOPs, and monitoring processes. 
• Handle AML operations, transaction monitoring, RFI/EDD, escalation, and case management. 
• Review and improve FDS/transaction monitoring rules and AML typologies. 
• Investigate fraud, AML, and transaction monitoring alerts, including suspicious payment, disbursement, merchant, and partner activities. 
• Use transaction data dashboard, and monitoring tools to identify anomalies, validate alerts, and support investigation conclusions. 
• Prepare investigation notes, risk recommendations, and case dispositions for suspicious transactions or merchant activities 
• Support AML reporting, regulatory requests, audits, and documentation management. 
• Conduct AML risk assessments, RCSA activities, and control improvement initiatives. 
• Provide AML and Risk advisory support to cross-functional teams. 
• Prepare and maintain AML-related SOPs, reports, audit responses, and regulatory documentation. 
• Conduct merchant, partner, product, and operational risk assessment, including RCSA, control testing, and follow-up risk issues / action plans