Analyst, Financial Crime Compliance

San Antonio

About the Advisory Solutions Analyst Position

Exiger is committed to investing in the skills and career development of its employees. The Exiger Advisory Solutions Analyst Position is an entry-level role within Exiger's Advisory Solutions group. The following position will be performed in a hybrid work environment requiring some in-office time. Exiger Advisory Solutions Analyst's will benefit from formal and on the job training. The training is designed to provide process-driven technical training and professional skills development. An Analyst may support a variety of Exiger Advisory Solutions engagements. Analyst's will receive training that includes:

Subject Matter Training

Analysts will learn the fundamental elements of financial crime compliance, audit, investigations, and data analytics through initial onboarding training and periodic training throughout the program.

Compliance Process Development

Analysts will learn to deliver Exiger’s primary Center of Excellence service offerings, including know your customer (KYC), sanctions, transaction monitoring, and financial crime investigations.

As part of the interview process, candidates will be required to take a writing assessment.

About Exiger Advisory Solutions

Exiger Advisory Solutions comprises the Managed Services, Financial Crime Compliance, Compliance Risk Analytics practices.

Managed Services: our Managed Services professionals deliver end-to-end compliance solutions that maximize quality, accelerate the process, and create long-term value for our clients. Exiger’s highly trained financial crime compliance specialists can perform client engagements using Exiger’s proprietary technology or our client’s systems. This team supports our client’s KYC, sanctions, and transaction monitoring volume surges, backlogs/remediations, and business-as-usual (BAU) efforts.

Financial Crime Compliance (FCC): this practice area focuses on providing clients with practical solutions to challenges in anti-money laundering, sanctions and anti-corruption compliance programs based on the deep expertise of Exiger’s career FCC professionals. Examples of engagements include developing and executing risk assessments; reviewing policy and procedures; designing or conducting monitoring and testing; supporting KYC, transaction monitoring or sanctions screening processes and managing remediations; developing and delivering training; and developing and implementing compliance testing programs.

Compliance Risk Analytics: this practice area is focused on advising clients on the use of analytical techniques, technology, and data management to solve data-driven problems deriving from financial crime compliance and regulatory investigations. Typical projects entail using Exiger’s artificial intelligence document review platform to provide investigative support, structured data access, transaction monitoring/filtering system functional testing, risk modeling and model validations.

Analysts in Exiger Advisory Solutions typically support Managed Services financial crime compliance engagements. Analysts perform transaction monitoring alert reviews and investigations, KYC file reviews, Suspicious Activity Report filing, sanctions screening alert reviews, and document reviews.

Key Responsibilities

• Review existing KYC data to identify potential gaps within the file
• Perform investigative research to enrich customer files within the KYC process
• Review alerted transactional activity in search of potentially suspicious activity, such as money laundering and terrorist financing
• Perform day-to-day activities in support of consulting projects, including interacting with client personnel, other team members, and professionals from other firms involved in the engagement
• Review potential sanctions screening alerts to identify customers who are conducting business in sanctioned countries or with sanctioned parties
• Perform technical, industry, and company research using online tools and publicly available information, executes work plans to assess complex questions of fact, assists in preparing reports and schedules summarizing findings that will be delivered to clients and other parties
• Develop and maintain productive working relationships with colleagues and clients

Knowledge & Skills

• Computer and Internet proficient, with mastery of Microsoft applications required
• Strong attention to detail, focus on execution of tasks, and adaptability to meet changing priorities
• Understanding of anti-money laundering, sanctions, anti-corruption, or white-collar investigations preferred
• Strong oral communication skills
• Ability to prioritize, multi-task, plan work activities and use time efficiently
• Experience working with the online information resources commonly used in investigative research (e.g., LexisNexis and Factiva) preferred
• Strong and demonstrated written communication and editing skills
• Commitment to final deliverables and ability to maintain focus on end goals
• Strong commitment to continuous improvement and learning, with an openness to receiving feedback and training
• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively in a team environment
• Excellent and demonstrated analytical ability

Professional Experience Required

• 0 - 2 years of experience in the analytics, financial services, legal, or multi-national corporate environment preferred
• Multilingual skills preferred
• Bachelor’s degree required