Anti Money Laundering Compliance Specialist (Officer II)

at  Western Union

Do you want to be part of a specialist team that can identify and put a stop money laundering, terrorist financing, and other fraudulent activities before it affects our customers? Do you want to unleash your potential in a global Fintech company? Are you interested in joining a globally diverse organization where our unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, allowing each of us to thrive? Then it’s time to join Western Union as a Anti Money Laundering Compliance Specialist.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the team on reviewing and elaborating all type of regulatory reports. (Relevant and Unusual transactions reports, transactions, local AML updates etc).
• Manage effective action plans in response to audit discoveries and compliance violations.
• Ensure all employees are educated on the latest regulations and processes. As part of your role, you need to document and escalate specific cases to Western Union business partners.
• Assist in developing programs, polices & procedures for us to meet regulatory obligations and minimize loss
• Identify emerging typologies and determine appropriate strategy using applied knowledge and a wide range of investigative techniques.
• Provide regular reports to your managers, handling executive compliance escalations while completing day-to-day tasks, projects, and audit requests.
• We require you to work cross-functionally with teams within Western Union.
• Support the team in all regulatory activities to comply with local regulations and WU Global Compliance Program.
• As part of your role you will investigate unusual transactions analysis.

ROLE REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in compliance with a focus on Anti Money Laundering from a banking, payments industry or multinational.
• You will need to be analytically minded as problem solving will be a regular part of the job.
• Communication is key as you will be interacting with customers and colleagues regularly and this should be a strength.
• Intermediate/advanced English level is required.
• Advanced Microsoft Office is required.
• You should have very good planning and organizational skills.
• Power BI knowledge is desirable.
• It’s a position of great learning and growth and offers the possibility of developing negotiation and interaction with different people.