Financial Crime & Sanctions Analyst

Overview

As a junior-level member of the Financial Crime and Sanctions Team in the Legal Department, you will support day-to-day financial crime and sanctions controls. You will focus on client due diligence, reverifications, ongoing monitoring, sanctions monitoring, and Gifts and Hospitality, while assisting remediation and risk-management initiatives. You’ll work in a fast-paced, global setting, escalating issues to senior teammates and contributing to quality control, regulatory reporting, audits, and system/tool enhancements. This role offers exposure to challenging compliance work and cross-border collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Drive client reverifications and reduce backlog by collecting and analyzing due diligence materials and records; track progress and report to FCS Team
• Support ongoing monitoring of clients and matters; review records, conduct research, screen for PEPs, sanctions, adverse media, and reputational risk
• Assist with sanctions monitoring procedures; analyze matches and escalate where needed
• Triaging and analyzing Gifts and Hospitality data; support ABAC-related matters and escalation per policy
• Execute high-volume CDD and AML remediation projects to meet regulatory standards and project timelines; support targeted client file reviews and risk-rating consistency
• Support quality control and data recording; maintain internal records and contribute to knowledge management and regulatory reporting

Key requirements

• Strong understanding of AML/CTF regulation and related compliance issues, ideally in a law firm or financial institution
• Hands-on experience with client due diligence, ongoing monitoring, reverifications and/or sanctions screening in KYC/onboarding/compliance ops
• Understanding of ethical rules and compliance relevant to international law firms
• Knowledge of transactions in an international law firm and related compliance risks
• Effective written and oral communication; ability to articulate risk clearly when escalating
• Close attention to detail and high standards of accuracy; ability to follow procedures and templates
• Strong organizational, prioritization, and time management skills
• Strong analytical and research skills
• Good judgment, decision-making, and initiative
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment and participate in meetings
• Proficiency in IT skills, including Excel, Word, Outlook and web-based research

• Effective written and oral communication
• Attention to detail
• Strong organizational and time management
• AML/CTF regulatory knowledge
• CDD and KYC processes
• Sanctions screening

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