Job Details

Job Family: GIC Process (India)

Travel Required: None

Clearance Required: None

What You Will Do

- Lead a team of AML/TMS investigators on the floor, manage daily work allocation, queue prioritization, shift adherence, productivity tracking, and real-time support for operational issues
- Oversee end-to-end transaction monitoring alert reviews, including customer profile assessment, transactional behavior analysis, red-flag identification, adverse media review, sanctions/PEP checks, and escalation decisioning
- Support analysts on complex financial crime scenarios such as structuring, layering, rapid fund movement, unusual transaction velocity, high-risk jurisdiction exposure, mule activity, fraud-linked activity, and suspicious source/destination of funds.
- Review investigation narratives, evidence packs, and escalation rationale to ensure suspicious activity is documented clearly and supports SAR/STR filing decisions where required.
- Perform sample reviews, identify documentation gaps, validate alert disposition decisions, support calibration sessions, and drive corrective coaching based on QA and client feedback.
- Prepare and publish daily/weekly MIS covering volumes, productivity, SLA/TAT, quality, aging, escalations, attendance, staffing, and key risk themes for supervisor/client review.
- Act as the first point of contact for operational escalations, floor clarifications, process queries, and high-risk cases, ensuring timely updates to Supervisors, QA, Training, and client stakeholders.
- Conduct daily huddles, case walkthroughs, feedback discussions, refresher sessions, nesting support, and performance improvement plans to build analyst capability and consistency.

What You Will Need

- Minimum 8+ years of overall experience in AML, Financial Crime Compliance, Transaction Monitoring, KYC/CDD/EDD, fraud risk, payments, banking operations, fintech, crypto compliance,



or BFSI/BPO financial crime operations.
- Currently operating in a Team Lead role or equivalent, managing an on-ground team with ownership of daily production, queue management, SLA/TAT adherence, quality performance, attendance, and reporting.
- Solid hands-on experience in Transaction Monitoring Systems (TMS), including alert review, investigation documentation, risk assessment, dispositioning, and escalation of potentially suspicious activity.
- Experience supporting L2 investigations, SAR/STR escalation preparation, suspicious activity narrative review, and evidence-based case documentation.
- Working knowledge of AML/CFT concepts, red-flag typologies, sanctions screening, PEP/high-risk customer review, source of funds/source of wealth considerations, and regulatory expectations.
- Experience preparing operational dashboards, daily/weekly MIS, aging reports, productivity and quality reports, and stakeholder updates for leadership or client review.
- Exposure to TMS/case management platforms such as Actimize, SAS AML, Verafin, Oracle FCCM, NICE Actimize, or equivalent tools is preferred.

What Would Be Nice To Have

- Experience in crypto/virtual asset transaction monitoring, including exchange-related activity, wallet behavior review, on-chain/off-chain transaction context, and virtual asset red-flag typologies.
- Exposure to blockchain analytics tools such as Chainalysis, TRM Labs, Elliptic, or similar investigation platforms.
- Prior experience supporting client-facing reviews, audits, calibration calls, process transitions, new queue launches, or ramp-up of AML/TMS teams.
- Certification or working knowledge of CAMS, ICA, CFE, FATF guidance, Travel Rule requirements, or virtual asset regulatory frameworks.

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