Senior Financial Crime Officer

About the role

The Senior Financial Crime Officer will lead the detection, investigation and reporting of financial crime activities across the bank. This role combines daily transaction monitoring with strategic development of controls and training to protect the organization from money‑laundering, terrorist financing, fraud and sanctions risks.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct daily transaction monitoring for account opening, deposits, withdrawals and fund transfers.
• Review screening results and real‑time alerts, escalating potential SAR cases.
• Analyze customer behavior to identify money‑laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, sanctions and other financial crime risks.
• Investigate suspicious transactions, develop new red‑flags and maintain the internal blacklist database.
• Lead complex investigations, guide junior team members and prepare SAR submissions.
• Perform onsite and offsite inspections, identify control gaps and recommend corrective actions.
• Support compliance training programs and conduct trend analysis of emerging financial crime typologies.
• Participate in tuning transaction monitoring and screening systems to reduce false positives.
• Prepare management reports and key risk indicators related to financial crime.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in law, banking & finance, economics or a related field.
• 3–5 years of AML/KYC or financial crime compliance experience, preferably in banking.
• Excellent English communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving and investigative abilities.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with cross‑functional teams.

Required skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• SQL (preferred)
• Power BI (preferred)