FCC Operations Analyst

Purpose of the Job

Quintet Private Bank is a leading private bank in the wealth management sector with <2,000 employees across 40 European and UK locations; we are committed to our clients and their families, and pride ourselves on our personalised service based on a deep understanding of what clients want to achieve. We are a bank headquartered in Luxembourg and supervised by the ECB with an ambition to stay true to our purpose to be the most trusted fiduciary of family wealth. When you join Quintet you are joining a company that values diversity of background, equal access to opportunities, career development, collaboration and inclusiveness. We want our employees to feel proud of being part of a company that is committed to do the right thing. You will have the opportunity to grow your career while developing personally and professionally through various resources and programmes. 

Role is part of Group Operations and is responsible ensuring that assigned are thoroughly and professionally investigated in accordance with the Group Investigations Procedural Standards and, where appropriate, escalated to Compliance for enhanced investigations and if required regulatory filing.
It is the responsibility of the job holder to ensure identifying suspicious activities  requiring further escalation. 

Key Accountabilities

• Conduct the effective and timely investigation into assigned cases in accordance with agreed standard reporting requirements and service levels. These cases will include:
• Transaction Monitoring: Review of transactions to detect unusual patterns or suspicious activities.
• Case Investigation: Analyse customer data, transaction history, and documentation to assess potential risks.
• Responsible for ensuring that the Case analysis is complete and fully compliant with applicable Group and Country standards.
• Write a high quality investigative narrative and to record the case history, with supporting work findings, in a digital case file.
• Escalate investigations and collaborate with the Local Compliance.
• Analysis of PEP screening, S&E screening, exposed person,….
• Contribute by feedback to the development and enhancement of alert monitoring systems to improve efficiency and effectiveness in detecting potential financial crimes and escalate to Compliance Officers (Group & Country) information about thematic compliance weaknesses or failures identified during the course of investigations
   

Knowledge and Experience

• Money Laundering investigations experience including transaction monitoring;
• Experience in undertaking investigations/analysis into customer activity with the ability to draw inferences from noted behavior, including transactional profile, against expectation established from CDD data;
• Experience in writing reports to identify ML/CTF risk
• Prior regulatory or law enforcement investigations experience advantageous

Attributes and Qualities

• Strong analytical and investigative abilities
• Attention to detail
• Good understanding of financial products and services
• Knowledge of relevant laws and regulations (e.g., OFAC, AMLA 2020)
• Familiarity with AML software (e.g., Actimize, SAS AML, Oracle Mantas)
• Report writing and documentation skills
• Ability to manage sensitive and confidential information
• Consistently achieve objectives set for them and take action to improve their own performance
• Strong organizational skills
• Collaborative working style with colleagues and broader stakeholders within a cross-border and LoB matrix

Technical Skills

• Familiarity with transaction monitoring and associated case management systems;
• ACAMS or ICA ML/FCC qualifications preferred
• Experience of identifying activity suggesting ML/CTF, Sanctions, ABC, Fraud risks;

Languages Skills

• Proficient in English required 
• French, German or Dutch is a plus