דרושים Anti Money Laundering Analyst - Temporary Position ב-Melio ב-Israel, Tel Aviv-yafo

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Junior AML Analyst

*This is Temp Position for 9 months

Qualifications:

• 1–2 years of relevant experience in compliance, AML, fraud prevention or financial services (internships and entry-level roles count)
• Comfort working with data and systems (Excel required; knowledge of SQL or similar tools is a plus)
• Detail-oriented, combined with strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to effectively manage multiple time-sensitive tasks
• High level English proficiency
• Technology savvy with the ability to quickly learn new systems and tools, and to identify anomalies or opportunities for improvements

Bonus points:

• Experience in a FinTech or B2B payments environment
• Familiarity with AML concepts such as KYC, SARs, sanctions screening
• Previous use of transaction monitoring or screening tools

A day in the life and how you’ll make an impact:

• Work with the Head of AML on reviewing policies, procedures and various controls related to Melio’s Anti Money Laundering efforts
• Assist in reviewing and maintaining AML policies and procedures
• Support the documentation of internal AML and Financial Crime controls (e.g., KYC, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening)
• Help gather and organize data for compliance dashboards and reports
• Assist with initial review of alerts from AML monitoring systems
• Conduct basic research on financial crime trends and regulatory updates
• Coordinate with Operations and Compliance teams on ongoing AML tasks

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Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience;
• Professional English skills
• A comprehensive understanding of US Regulations;
• 1-3 years experience as an AML, transaction monitoring or relevant compliance analyst role in a FinTech or other closely regulated industry
• Ability to manage and prioritize simultaneous projects, related to different stakeholders, internal and external to company
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and communication skills, strong professional presence to support regular interactions with senior management
• Strong research and analytical skills
• Ability to anticipate and proactively initiate future projects
• Ability to work on site, central Tel Aviv office, at least 3 days per week

Bonus points:

Experience with SQL- advantage

A day in a life and how you will make an impact:

• The TMS Analyst will lead initiatives, in collaboration with the TLV Director of Compliance Operations and TLV TMS Team Lead , to handle the daily tasks to support our regulatory AML requirements
• Analyze transaction data and identify potentially suspicious activities in line with BSA/AML laws and regulations.
• Review and investigate alerts generated by both automated transaction monitoring system as well as internal escalations from within the company, i.e. subpoenas, RFIs, fraud escalations, etc.
• Conduct enhanced due diligence and escalate potential high-risk activities to senior management.
• Prepare and submit Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) in accordance with local regulatory guidelines.
• Work cross-functionally to continuously improve monitoring processes and workflows.
• Stay updated on relevant industry regulations and ensure Melio’s transaction monitoring processes are aligned.
• Participate in ad hoc compliance and risk management projects.

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Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience;
• A comprehensive understanding of US Regulations KYC Regulations;
• 1-3 years experience as a KYC or relevant compliance analyst role in a FinTech or other closely regulated industry
• Ability to manage and prioritize simultaneous projects, related to different stakeholders, internal and external to company
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and communication skills, strong professional presence to support regular interactions with senior management
• Strong research and analytical skills
• Ability to anticipate and proactively initiate future projects
• Ability to work on site, at least 3 days per week

A day in a life and how you will make an impact:

• The KYC Analyst will lead initiatives, in collaboration with the TLV Director of Compliance Operations to handle the daily tasks to support our regulatory KYC requirements
• Perform basic and enhanced due diligence KYC screening on new and existing Melio Users
• Analyze client data and review/documentation of negative news in order to determine a client’s risk profile as established under relevant external and internal KYC requirements
• Document and maintain all due diligence evidence
• Escalate issues to management as appropriate
• Track all and document all internal and external intel received on a client, i.e. where temporary exceptions have been granted, transaction monitoring Request for Information (RFI) as well as all internal communication
• Escalate any accounts where expected activity does not meet actual activity through the account(s)
• Q&A and monitor relevant system rules and features
• Ad Hoc Projects

Minimum qualifications to apply for this role:

• 5+ years of experience as a Data Analyst
• SQL at a high level is mandatory
• An ability to understand complex ideas and simplify them to relevant stakeholders.
• Team player, effective interpersonal skills and good vibes. Manage relationships with key partners across different functions, ability to work independently
• Experience in fast-paced, high-intensity work environment
• Experience in BI tools such as Tableau, Redash or similar
• Experience in data modeling, ETL development, and data warehousing

Preferred qualifications (If you have those, we see it as advantage, but it's not a must)

• Experience in Python
• B.S in one of the following: Industrial Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Economics, or a related field.

How your day is going to look, what you will be doing?

- Helping each team to take decisions based on data by:

• Identify, analyze, and interpret trends or patterns in complex data sets to drive actionable insights
• Define and implement KPIs across different teams
• Accompany product features from tech design to feature performance
• Translate product/business requirements to analytical logics, and create a very clear visualization which "tells the story" using a BI tool or other platform.