JOB TITLE:

Senior analyst

FUNCTION:

Business Consulting

REPORTS TO:

Team Lead/Manager

SUB – FUNCTION:

Financial Crime Compliance

REGION:

Americas/EMIEA/APAC

COUNTRY:

India – Bengaluru/Kolkata

About EY Global Delivery Services (GDS) and Job Purpose

Global Delivery Services (GDS) consists of various service delivery centres from which our Client Service and Enablement Services teams operate to deliver strategic support to our EY member firms. GDS is one of EY’s greatest global assets with 27,000 smart, dedicated and incredibly responsive people in five countries around the world. It plays an important role in EY’s growth strategy by providing efficient and effective support to our service lines and enablement functions.

GDS spans all geographies, practices, services lines, sectors, and competencies within EY to deliver deeply integrated services that result in efficient and world-class solutions.

The Compliance (Financial Crime Consulting) Team at GDS partners with other EY offices across the globe to provide an array of compliance solutions to our clients. The team works on short to long term engagements to provide assistance in establishing, maintaining, and reviewing the outputs of business functions and compliance programs.

Our Financial Crime Consulting team consists of hundreds of professionals who advise and drive change for the firm’s banking, capital markets, insurance, digital payments, crypto exchange, non-banking financial institutions and asset management clients on Financial Crime.

Our Financial Crime Consulting team specializes in following competencies:

• Sanctions Screening
• Payment and transaction screening
• Compliance testing and FATCA
• Quality check and analysis
• Look-back reviews
• Regulatory Compliance
• Reporting and Documentation
• Financial crime risk assessment reviews
• Performing customer screening/payment filtering for Sanctions, PEPs and adverse media

KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILTIES:

• You will play a critical role in supporting our clients to ensure compliance with global sanctions laws and regulations.
• Ensures that every alert investigation and resolution, differentiating between true and false positive as per guidelines provided.
• Responsible for quality check, assisting the manager and ensuring smooth delivery of work.
• Mentor team members and act as trainer when required.

JOB COMPETENCY:

Educational Qualification

Strong academic background, including a degree in finance, Economics, Accounting, Commerce, or a related field

Knowledge/Skills & Attributes

• In-depth knowledge in compliance performing Sanctions screening, payment screening, correspondent banking and regulatory reporting.
• Conduct and review screening of financial transactions and customer data against global sanctions lists (OFAC, UN, EU, HMT, etc.), identifying and escalating potential matches.
• Proficiency in SWIFT and ACH codes, along with other payment systems such as wire transfers, SEPA, RTGS, card payments, and payment service providers.
• Proficiency in the following tools: World-Check, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, FICO, Amlify, Verafin, NICE Actimize, Dun & Bradstreet, Experian and ComplyAdvantage and/ or LexisNexis.
• End to end knowledge on payment lifecycle.
• Strong knowledge in MT & MX format messages
• Ensure accurate and complete recordkeeping of all screening activities, investigations, and decisions in line with audit and regulatory requirements.
• Identify tuning opportunities within the process
• High level of attention to detail and accuracy in reviewing data and completing tasks.
• Should be able to work to tight deadlines and manage own workflow/priorities accordingly.
• Excellent communication skills, including responsiveness and commitment to quality are one of your strong sides.
• Must be a strong team player who has a good understanding of prioritizing tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• To be able to act as a lead when required and assist the managers in quality check, team management and delivery of work.
• Mentor team members and provide guidance on complex investigations and cases.
• Collaborate with team members to ensure best practices are followed.
• Lead or assist in training programs to raise awareness and improve Sanctions within the organisation.
• PC Proficiency, including MS Office applications.
• Proactive, with a focus on continuous learning and staying up to date with the latest compliance and sanctions-related developments.

Work Experience

• A minimum of 3 - 7 years of work experience in Compliance that includes Sanctions and payment screening and regulatory reporting.
• Previous experience as a screening analyst primarily working with global banks, financial institutions, consulting firms or business process service providers.

Shift Timings

9 PM start

Certification Requirements

Professional certification (CGSS, CAMS, CFE, ICA, CCI or equivalent) is preferred.