Job Description
We are seeking a Financial Crime Investigator to join our team in Ireland. This is a remote role that requires expertise in investigating financial crimes, including money laundering, fraud, and sanctions violations.
Treliant is a global consulting firm serving banks, mortgage originators and servicers, FinTechs, and other companies providing financial services. We provide data-driven, technology-enabled advisory and consulting solutions to the regulatory compliance, risk, financial crimes, and capital markets functions of our clients.
The successful candidate will have a strong background in Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Counter-Financing of Terrorism (CFT), and Sanctions, with an understanding of the compliance and regulatory frameworks that apply. They will also have experience in conducting investigations into potential financial crimes, including Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) checks on high-risk clients and analyzing complex financial transactions.
The Financial Crime Investigator will work closely with regulatory agencies and financial institutions to ensure compliance with global AML and CFT regulations. They will also maintain detailed records of investigations and provide clear reports on findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
Key Responsibilities
* Conduct thorough investigations into potential financial crimes, including money laundering, fraud, and sanctions violations.
* Perform EDD checks on high-risk clients, including analyzing complex financial transactions and assessing risk.
* Ensure clients meet regulatory and compliance standards by performing CDD checks, including KYC assessments and analyzing source of funds.
* Analyze cryptocurrency transactions and wallet addresses using blockchain explorers and analytics tools.
* Draft and submit Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to relevant authorities.
* Identify and assess potential financial crime risks across all client portfolios.
Requirements
* Strong education background - Degree
* 3+ years of experience in Financial Crime; either directly with a bank/financial institution or via a third party providing consulting services.
* Strong background in AML, CTF or Sanctions, with an understanding of the compliance and regulatory frameworks that apply.
* Familiarity with handling high-risk clients and performing EDD checks on complex financial transactions.
* Familiarity with cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies.
* Knowledge of global regulatory frameworks for crypto.
* Experience in developing risk mitigation strategies for crypto-based financial crimes.
* Strong writing skills to produce clear SARs and investigative reports.
* Experience working with cross-functional teams and strong communication skills.
* Strong decision-making skills in a fast-paced environment.
* Strong MS Office skills (PowerPoint, Excel, Word).
Benefits
We offer a dynamic work environment, career development opportunities, and a competitive total rewards package, including base salary, incentive schemes, flexible healthcare coverage, and our company pension scheme.
We are committed to fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment that values and embraces all races, religions, ages, abilities, gender, sexual orientations, ethnicities, languages, nationalities, political parties, socioeconomic groups, and other characteristics that inform an individual worldwide view and experiences and systems of beliefs.