Job Posting Title Anti-Money Laundering - Manager

Overview

Manage a team performing ongoing Sanctions, AML, PEP and Negative News screening of customers, investors, securities and brokers to meet regulatory requirements, and oversee the operational performance of that team.

What you'll do

• Perform end to end Sanctions, AML, PEP and Negative News Screening for Customers, Investors, Securities, Broker, etc., using approved screening tools.
• Review and disposition alerts by conducting detailed investigations including name matching, entity resolution, and risk assessment.
• Ensure accurate and timely escalation of true and potential matches to FCC/Business teams.
• Maintain high quality standards while meeting productivity and SLA targets.
• Manage day to day operations of the screening team across one or more locations, ensuring workload balance and capacity planning.
• Monitor productivity, quality and aging metrics, and drive corrective actions to prevent backlogs and SLA breaches.
• Act as point of contact for FCC, Risk, Audit and business stakeholders on screening related matters.
• Lead quality assurance reviews, root cause analysis and remediation of identified gaps.
• Support regulatory exams, internal audits and issue management activities.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement, automation and efficiency gains.
• Provide coaching, training and performance feedback to team members.
• Ensure effective BCP coverage and cross hub collaboration for uninterrupted operations.
• Contribute to policy updates, procedure enhancements and control strengthening initiatives.
• Provide technical and specialist support to the Global AML Center (GAC) Ongoing Screening Team.
• Drive UAT/Prod testing related to application upgrades and new screening work.
• Transition and report issues actively to the platforms team.
• Review and improve productivity benchmarks on an ongoing basis.
• Review status reports for senior management.
• Manage senior management and stakeholders effectively.
• Manage people and ensure the team works together to achieve common goals and keeps morale high.

What you'll need

• Strong people management skills and prior experience in a supervisory capacity with responsibility for coaching and development of direct reports (minimum 7+ years' supervisory experience).
• Knowledge of Sanctions, OFAC, anti-money laundering laws, PEP and Negative News.
• Good knowledge of AML regulations such as OFAC, USA Patriot Act, Bank Secrecy Act etc.
• Materiality assessment experience (mandatory).
• Hands on experience to perform Ongoing Sanctions, PEP, AML and Negative News Screening.
• Minimum 4 years of people handling experience.
• Graduate and above, preferably in Finance.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, and time management skills to manage a team.
• Ability to analyze investment guidelines and policies to determine testing requirements.
• Problem-solving and critical analysis experience.
• Conflict management and strong customer service rendering experience.
• Ability to work independently and as a team in a fast-paced production environment.

Nice to have

• Significant prior financial services industry experience.
• Any certificate in AML fields such as ACAMS, ICA etc.
• Advanced Excel / VBA.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.
• Permanent position within the department.