Financial Crime Transaction Monitoring Analyst

6 months ago


Melbourne, Australia Vanguard Group Full time

Financial Crime Transaction Monitoring Analyst

As a Financial Crime Transaction Monitoring Analyst for Vanguard Australia, you will be joining a collaborative Financial Crime Team to aid in the detection of potential money laundering, terrorism financing and other financial crime activity. This role helps protect Vanguard Australia, its customers, and the community from the impacts of financial crime. In this role, you will be using a state-of-the-art detection system to identify, understand and address Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) alerts.

**About Vanguard**

Vanguard Australia has been helping investors achieve their long-term financial goals for over 20 years. Serving institutional and individual clients, and financial advisers, we offer investment solutions that are low-cost, diversified and robust through time.

With more than AUD $11 trillion in assets under management Vanguard is one of the world's largest global investment management companies. In Australia we partner with institutional clients, financial advisers and individual investors to offer low-cost investment solutions. Our comprehensive range of managed funds, exchange traded funds (ETFs) and tailored investment solutions are built to support long-term investment success for our clients.

**About the Role**
As a Financial Crime Transaction Monitoring Analyst for Vanguard Australia, you will be joining a collaborative Financial Crime Team to aid in the detection of potential money laundering, terrorism financing and other financial crime activity. This role helps protect Vanguard Australia, its customers, and the community from the impacts of financial crime. In this role, you will be using a state-of-the-art detection system to identify, understand and address Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF) alerts.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Conduct first-round critical analysis of alerts generated via the Transaction Monitoring Program (TMP) to detect and assess financial crime risk.
- Managing and clearing alerts generated in the Transaction Monitoring (TM) System, within designated SLAs, KPIs and quality targets set for your tasked work.
- Escalating any potential suspicious matters to Financial Crime Operations teams.
- Ensuring adherence to the Standard Operating Procedure for investigations.
- Be involved in testing requirements for new TM rules and changes to existing rules.
- Understanding and interpreting transaction data to pursue lines of inquiry in relation to customers, source of funds, beneficial owners, and related parties.
- Provide support to Financial Crime Operations Analysts to aid understanding of new cases, and emerging financial crime typologies.
- Provide support on assessment of matters related to Screening of customers or payments for PEPS, Relatives/Close Associates, Adverse Media, and Third-Party Risk.
- Thoroughly document case chronology and prepare reports.
- Report any trends to the Financial Crime Team and recommend system/policy/procedure changes to mitigate future risk.
- Identify new and emerging financial crime trends and risks we may face.
- Partner with the business when supporting the recommendation and implementation of financial crime/fraud prevention and detection measures and controls.
- Clear articulation of due diligence findings and escalating cases as appropriate for further investigation.

**About you**:
If you have an inquisitive mindset, understanding of ML/TF typologies, have excellent attention to detail, with an ability to work independently and within a team, this role represents an exciting opportunity to display your skillset, be part of a fast-paced, agile team and further enhance your financial crime knowledge.

**Skills & knowledge**:

- 2 years+ experience in related field in Government, banking, or other financial services.
- Demonstrated experience in a similar role in a Financial Crime team, preferably within AML/CTF transaction monitoring, screening, intelligence analysis and/or reporting.
- Experience in detecting ML/TF and other financial crime typologies e.g. layering, tax evasion, scams, unusual customer behaviour.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
- Strong collaboration skills.
- Ability to work quickly and independently with attention to detail while managing highly confidential, sensitive client data.
- High attention to detail, problem-solving mindset, and strong analytical skills.
- Knowledge of the AML/CTF Act and/or Rules, including AML typologies, customer screening requirements, transaction monitoring, PEPs or Enhanced Customer Due Diligence (ECDD) obligations.
- Formal training/qualifications in AML/CTF and/or investigations. [desirable]

**Inclusion Statement**

Vanguard's continued commitment to diversity and inclusion is firmly rooted in our culture. Every decision we make to best serve our clients, crew (internally employees are referred to as crew), and communities is



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