Description
Join Brex, the intelligent finance platform that enables companies to spend smarter and move faster in more than 200 markets. As a Screening and TM Associate, you will help build upon the foundations of the Brex Financial Crimes Investigations Team.
You will review and report potential money laundering (ML), terrorist financing (TF), bribery, and other violations of law. The right candidate will be able to, and have a passion for, investigating potentially suspicious activity, identifying and assessing risk, and synthesizing large amounts of data in order to make informed decisions regarding customer activity and the risk it poses to the company.
Clear communication is essential both in written investigations and verbal communication to senior management regarding potentially suspicious activity. You must be diligent and able to maintain a high level of quality while producing sufficient quantity of work to meet regulatory deadlines. You must also be flexible and be able to adapt to a rapidly changing regulatory and business environment.
Responsibilities:
- Conducts independent investigations into transaction monitoring alerts, manual based investigations or screening alerts.
- Consistently monitor unusual transactions and high-risk customers in support of regulatory reporting obligations, such as filing Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) and Sanctions screening alerts/escalations.
- Take ownership of the success of our internal controls, spot and scope opportunities for improvement.
- Sampling techniques and analytical methods in order to monitor new typologies and emerging risks.
- Support vendor integrations and address questions from L1 alert reviewers.
Requirements:
- 2+ years of experience across a variety of financial risk operations (AML, Sanctions, Bribery/Corruption, Due Diligence, etc).
- Knowledgeable about relevant US financial regulations authorities (ex: FinCEN, FINRA, OFAC, etc.).
- Technical aptitude in understanding complex money movement across payment methods and rails.
- Familiarity with interpreting and utilizing data analytics tools (SQL, Looker, Excel), including designing, debugging, and organizing data for a wide audience.
- Familiarity working with AI tools.
- Demonstrated ability to work as part of a cross-functional, multi-disciplinary team (Legal, Engineering, Product Management, Data) in designing operational work-streams and internal controls.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- English proficiency/fluency, both written and speaking (note: interviews will be conducted in English).
Bonus points:
- CAMS Certified.
- Experience using various transaction monitoring systems.
- Insatiable curiosity.
- Eagerness to learn.
- Detail oriented.
- Desire to build,