Financial Crime Risk Assessment Analyst - Neurodiversity Hiring Initiative

at  Specialisterne

Specialisterne is Recruiting!
Specialisterne connects qualified neurodivergent candidates to employment opportunities in numerous industries and sectors in Canada and the US.

To be eligible to apply, you must have experienced barriers getting and/ or maintaining meaningful employment and you identify with one of the following:

• Autism (including Asperger’s and PDD-NOS)
• Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) or Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD)
• Learning Disability (e.g., dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia)
• Intellectual Disability
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
• Tourette Syndrome

Employees hired through Specialisterne will be supported by a Specialisterne Workplace Support Specialist for their first twelve weeks on the job.
Specialisterne is proud to partner with TD on a Neurodiversity Hiring Initiative.
TD is committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. They are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of their customers and communities in which they live and serve.
Applications must be submitted in full no later than February 9th, 2025
Summary:
Title: AML Financial Crime Risk Investigative Analyst
Employment Type: Full-Time
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Toronto or Gloucester, Hybrid (on-site twice per week)
Salary: $52,700-$74,400
Target Start Date: March 3rd, 2025

Essential Tasks - In this job, you will:

• Navigate multiple systems for research to complete alert reviews
• Write short narratives to explain customer account activity
• Make decisions using heuristics to flag unusual activity
• Work independently little team involvement to meet key benchmarks
• Participate in brief daily team huddles/meetings to plan your day and learn from each other

General Skills and Abilities - You are:

• Written communication skills to summarize your daily investigations
• Critical thinking, problem solving and investigation skills to help you apply criteria to make judgements quickly using the available information
• Teamwork, collaboration and oral communication skills to support and learn from your colleagues during brief morning huddles and team chats
• Independent work skills to help you manage your time, resources and priorities to meet your daily benchmarks
• Ability to balance the need for speed and quality to stay on top of daily and monthly reporting

Digital/Technical Skills & Tools - You are:

• Ability to learn new digital tools and systems quickly and use a variety of internal tools to gather information to work your cases
• Ability to find and enter basic information in Excel for a variety of tasks, including participating in morning huddle

Required skill level*

• Basic - e.g., I can do this in simple situations with close or extensive guidance
• Basic to Intermediate
• Intermediate - e.g., I can do this in most situations, with occasional guidance
• Intermediate to expert
• Expert - e.g., I can do this in exceptionally difficult situations with no guidance and I can be a key resource for others.

Education/Knowledge - You:

• Secondary school or higher
• Prior experience of Retail or Corporate banking is a strong asset
• Prior knowledge of compliance, especially anti-money laundering is considered an asset, but is not required

Additional Information:

Here’s how frequently the following types of communication and interaction are required to perform the job:

• Oral communication: Weekly
• Email communication: Daily
• Instant messaging: Constantly (MS Teams)
• Telephone Communication: Weekly
• Video communication: Weekly (Camera encouraged)
• Interacting with supervisors: Bi-weekly
• Interacting with peers: Bi-weekly
• Interacting with customers: N/A
• Selling or influencing others: N/A
• Training or teaching others: Optional as you develop in the role

Here’s what can employees find stressful about this job:

• working in a high volume environment
• expectation to provide rapid decision making on projects

Here’s what employees tend to find motivating/rewarding about this job:

• supporting in the prevention of crime and threats to the security of Canada
• Opportunities for knowledge and skill development
• Frequent performance feedback and recognition
• Access to TD benefit package

Workplace Support:

• Specialisterne and our employer partners are committed to providing inclusive onboarding experiences and supporting new employees as they learn on the job
• All new hires continue to liaise with a Specialisterne Workplace Support Specialist for their first twelve weeks on the job

• Navigate multiple systems for research to complete alert reviews
• Write short narratives to explain customer account activity
• Make decisions using heuristics to flag unusual activity
• Work independently little team involvement to meet key benchmarks
• Participate in brief daily team huddles/meetings to plan your day and learn from each othe