· Review and investigate transaction monitoring alerts generated across correspondent banking activity, including customer and peer-bank transaction flows.
· Analyse transactions for potential money laundering, terrorist financing, tax evasion, sanctions, PEP, adverse media, and other financial crime risks.
· Assess risk associated with correspondent banking relationships and transaction activity, applying a risk-based approach to investigation outcomes.
· Identify and investigate red flags such as high-risk jurisdiction exposure, nested banking, structuring, round-dollar or round-tripping payments, trade-based money laundering indicators, and PEP-linked transactions.
· Analyse complex financial transactions using knowledge of payment message formats including SWIFT MT and ISO 20022.
· Conduct detailed reviews of transaction activity to identify non-expected patterns, anomalies, and activity outside the bank’s risk appetite.
· Prepare clear, concise, and well-supported case narratives documenting investigation findings, rationale for closure or escalation, and recommendations for suspicious activity reporting where required.
· Escalate suspicious or high-risk activity to relevant internal teams, departments, or authorities in line with applicable procedures.
· Maintain accurate records and a complete audit trail for all reviews, decisions, and investigation outcomes.
· Collaborate with Client Risk, Compliance, Legal, Sales, Product, and Engineering teams to support ongoing client activity reviews and improve data quality, monitoring processes, and operating effectiveness.
· Contribute to continuous improvement of monitoring processes, procedures, policies, and the overall operating model by identifying gaps and recommending enhancements.
· Stay informed on FATF guidance, sanctions regime updates, and emerging financial crime typologies relevant to correspondent banking.