Job Overview

We are looking for a skilled Due Diligence Associate with experience in Financial Crimes, KYC, AML, Compliance, Screening & Investigations, and Adverse/Negative News Screening.

The candidate will be responsible for conducting background research and investigations on customers, entities, and related parties to identify potential financial, regulatory, legal, and reputational risks. The role involves reviewing screening alerts, validating potential matches, analyzing adverse media reports, documenting investigation findings, and making risk-based decisions in accordance with established policies and compliance guidelines.

Key Responsibilities

1. Conduct Adverse/Negative News Screening and investigations on customers, entities, and related parties.
2. Review screening alerts and investigate potential financial crime, regulatory, legal, and reputational risks.
3. Perform name-match analysis using customer identifiers and contextual information to identify genuine matches and eliminate false positives.
4. Research and validate adverse news information using internal and external sources.
5. Assess the relevance, credibility, severity, and recency of adverse media findings.
6. Identify risk indicators related to Money Laundering, Fraud, Corruption, Bribery, Sanctions, Terrorism Financing, and other financial crimes.
7. Analyze investigation findings and determine appropriate case dispositions based on established policies and procedures.
8. Prepare clear investigation reports, case summaries, and disposition rationales with supporting evidence.
9. Escalate high-risk findings and significant adverse news cases to the appropriate stakeholders.
10. Maintain accurate case documentation and ensure compliance with BSA, AML, KYC, and internal compliance requirements.
11. Manage assigned cases while meeting defined productivity, quality, turnaround time,



and SLA requirements.
12. Collaborate with quality teams, managers, and stakeholders to resolve complex investigations.
13. Identify process gaps, recurring issues, and emerging risk trends and recommend improvements.
14. Support training, coaching, knowledge-sharing, and procedure development activities.
15. Provide guidance to junior team members and contribute to maintaining consistent investigation standards.

Required Skills & Qualifications

- Minimum 3+ years of relevant experience in Financial Crimes, Adverse Media Screening, Negative News Screening, KYC, AML, Due Diligence, Compliance, or Sanctions Screening.
- Strong understanding of Adverse/Negative News Screening and investigation processes.
- Good knowledge of AML, BSA, KYC, Financial Crime, Sanctions, and Reputational Risk concepts.
- Hands-on experience in conducting research and analyzing complex information.
- Strong investigative and analytical skills with the ability to identify relevant information and eliminate false positives.
- Experience in name-match analysis and customer identity verification.
- Ability to assess risk and make informed decisions based on investigation findings.
- Excellent written communication skills for preparing investigation reports and case disposition summaries.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to handle high-volume case assignments.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet quality and SLA requirements.
- Good decision-making, problem-solving, and escalation skills.
- Proficiency in MS Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook.

Positive to Have

- Experience in training, coaching, or mentoring team members.
- Exposure to procedure development and process improvement initiatives.
- Experience handling complex investigations and high-risk cases.
- Ability to work independently and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

📌 Risk Management Consultant (Bengaluru)
🏢 Artech
📍 Bengaluru