AML Investigations Specialist (Financial Crime Operations)

Our client is a tier-one global institutional banking group operating at the forefront of international financial crime prevention. To strengthen their Financial Crime Operations Centre of Excellence (FCOE) in London, they are expanding a high-caliber unit tasked with mitigating risk across the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) footprint. The squad is currently scaling up to manage complex transactional analysis and forensic reviews driven by evolving international regulatory frameworks.

Role Overview

Operating out of the Ropemaker Street hub, this 6-month consulting engagement focuses on executing end-to-end transaction monitoring and intelligence triage. You will directly influence the integrity of global banking operations by conducting rigorous analysis of large-scale, dual-entity transactional behavior to identify and neutralize financial crime risk.

Key Responsibilities

1. Advanced Case Forensic Analysis: Execute Level 1 and Level 2 transaction monitoring (TM) reviews, synthesizing automated and manual alert data into actionable intelligence.
2. Risk Mitigation & Escalation: Conduct deep-dive case investigations harvesting open-source intelligence (OSINT), account documentation, and multi-currency transaction histories to deliver definitive closure or Level 3 escalation recommendations.
3. Stakeholder Advisory: Partner directly with front-office Corporate Relationship Managers to secure critical client intelligence while maintaining total dual-entity legal integrity.
4. Quality & Governance Frameworks: Undertake technical Quality Control (QC) and Quality Assurance (QA) assessments on cases recommended for closure, maintaining regulatory compliance across complex EMEA frameworks.

Required Skills

1. Transaction Monitoring & Alert Investigations: Proven track record explicitly executing transaction monitoring (TM) and alert handling within a sophisticated corporate, investment, or wholesale banking environment.Please note: This requires core AML investigation depth, not a KYC onboarding or remediation background.
2. Regulatory Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Domain Expertise: Deep, functional knowledge of international AML legislation, financial crime compliance laws, and multijurisdictional regulatory expectations.
3. Analytical & Logical Judgement: Demonstrated ability to dissect complex corporate banking transactions, spot anomalous patterns under pressure, and document defensible rationales.

Desirable Skills

1. Strategic Process Optimization: Prior experience advising Global Technology or Intel & Analytics units on platform enhancements and machine-learning rule tuning.
2. Dual-Hat Infrastructure Exposure: Familiarity navigating institutional structures where duties span across both banking and securities entities simultaneously.

This is a contract opportunity inside IR35 for an initial duration of 6 months.