AML Analyst

Job Description

<p><p>This range is provided by Insight Global. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.</p>
<h3>Base pay range</h3>
<p>CA$22.00/hr - CA$25.00/hr</p>
<ul>
<li><b>6 Month Contract with Extensions</b></li>
<li><b>Hybrid role 4 days on site downtown Toronto</b></li>
</ul>
<h3>Required Skills & Experience</h3>
<ul>
<li>1‑4+ years of experience in AML compliance or financial crime investigations, specifically working within MSB, Adverse Media, or PEP.</li>
<li>Familiarity with regulatory expectations.</li>
<li>Experience working for large financial services enterprise.</li>
<li>Strong analytical and decision‑making skills.</li>
<li>Ability to work independently and manage high volumes of alerts efficiently, experience working in a metric‑based environment.</li>
<li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li>
<li>Must be able to come into office downtown Toronto 4x times per week.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Nice to Have Skills & Experience</h3>
<ul>
<li>Experience working for a large Canadian bank.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Job Description</h3>
<p>We are looking for a skilled L2 AML Analyst to join the MSB/ Adverse Media team. This role involves conducting due diligence on customers identified by L1 analysts as having potential adverse or negative media. The analyst will assess the materiality of the findings and contribute to risk mitigation efforts.</p>
<h3>Key Responsibilities</h3>
<ul>
<li>Review adverse media alerts escalated from L1 analysts.</li>
<li>Confirm customer identity and assess the relevance and materiality of adverse media findings.</li>
<li>Conduct thorough due diligence and document findings in accordance with AML policies.</li>
<li>Review and analyze PEP alerts escalated from L1 analysts.</li>
<li>Determine whether the alert pertains to an existing customer.</li>
<li>Assess whether the customer is a confirmed PEP.</li>
<li>Escalate confirmed PEP matches for EDD to the appropriate line of business.</li>
<li>Collaborate with internal stakeholders to elevate cases requiring further investigation.</li>
<li>Focus on current alerts with no existing backlog.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Seniority level</h3>
<p>Mid‑Senior level</p>
<h3>Employment type</h3>
<p>Contract</p>
<h3>Job function</h3>
<p>Analyst</p>
<h3>Industries</h3>
<p>Banking</p></p>
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