You will deliver anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing work for our clients. This is a hands-on consulting role that blends legal analysis with practical implementation. You will draft client documents, run reviews, advise frontline teams, and support regulatory engagement on our clients’ behalf.

Key responsibilities

- Design, draft, and update client AML and CTF policies, procedures, and internal controls

- Lead client KYC and KYB reviews for onboarding and periodic refresh. Perform enhanced due diligence for higher risk clients, politically exposed persons, and sanctions exposure

- Build and maintain client risk assessments including enterprise-wide and customer risk models. Prepare heat maps, scoring logic, and risk registers

- Review client screening alerts and investigations. Prepare well-evidenced case files and recommend dispositions with clear rationales

- Support transaction monitoring setup and tuning. Document scenarios, thresholds, and change-control notes for audit trails

- Prepare suspicious transaction or activity reports for clients. File on goAML or equivalent portals and maintain evidence packs

- Track legal and regulatory changes across relevant jurisdictions. Issue client impact assessments and implementation plans

- Prepare Board and senior management reports for clients with meaningful metrics and commentary

- Support client internal and external audits.



Close findings to agreed timelines and provide remediation plans

- Draft and review AML clauses in client and vendor contracts with attention to data protection and confidentiality

- Deliver client training for frontline, operations, and senior management

- Liaise with regulators and law enforcement on client matters under the guidance of the Engagement Lead

- Contribute to proposals, statements of work, and project plans. Manage day-to-day delivery, timelines, and stakeholder communication

Requirements

- LLB and LLM from a recognised university

- Experience in financial crime compliance, regulatory law, or consulting. Strong trainees with relevant internships will be considered for an Associate level

- Demonstrable knowledge of AML and CTF laws and guidance. Exposure to DNFBPs and financial institutions is an advantage

- Excellent legal research, drafting, and citation skills

- Precise legal writing and the ability to translate regulation into workable client controls

- Sound judgement and a practical, commercial mindset

- Solid analytical skills and comfort with data in Excel or Google Sheets

- Working knowledge of screening, transaction monitoring, and case management tools

- High integrity, discretion, and disciplined record keeping

- Clear communication with client stakeholders at all levels

- Ability to manage multiple engagements and meet deadlines

📌 Legal Associate (Ahmedabad)
🏢 AML JOB
📍 Ahmedabad