Sr. Analyst, AML Compliance

Sr. Analyst, AML Compliance – Denver, Colorado (Hybrid)

Does the prospect of working in a global organization in the fight against money laundering motivate you? Are you ready to play a vital role in helping billions of people and businesses to enjoy secure, reliable financial services? Are you interested in joining a globally diverse organization where our unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, allowing each of us to thrive? Then it’s time to join Western Union with the AML Compliance team as a Senior Analyst.

Western Union powers your pursuit. 

In this role, you will be a critical member within the Financial Intelligence Unit of the Global Compliance organization. The FIU mitigates money laundering and terrorist financing risks to Western Union.  This highly visible area is responsible for identifying, escalating and mitigating money laundering risk related activity.

Role Responsibilities

• Responsible for designing targeted, risk-based transaction monitoring and control programs.
• Identify risks and translating them into systematic controls.
• Support the ongoing enhancement of our risk-based program design as part of the Compliance Analytics and Design Team (CA&D) team.
• Utilize data and analytics to evolve the control and monitoring programs to be more dynamic as system capabilities are enhanced by working with live data.
• Support Regulatory exams and requests.
• Support a strong Culture of Compliance where in-depth data analysis, open-source research and intelligence gathering from existing Compliance departments is required to identify if Western Union’s products are being abused by individuals or organizations across 120+ jurisdictions while ensuring that Western Union designs and maintains industry leading risk mitigation programs & systems.

Role Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or 2 years of equivalent job experience in the financial services industry preferred.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) including the use of pivot tables.
• Experience with Snowflake / SQL or Python preferred.
• Strong analytical skills required, investigative experience specifically transactional data analysis and exposure to transaction monitoring controls preferred.
• Detail oriented, excellent organizational skills, ability to multi-task under tight deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated initiative and creative problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of the Global Money Remittances Industry as it relates to anti-money laundering, terrorist financing and fraud typologies preferred.
• Knowledge of the global laws and regulations applicable to money laundering, including the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), The USA PATRIOT Act, etc. preferred.
• Understanding of international regulatory bodies and organizations.
• Team player with strong collaborative qualities and a positive demeanor.
• Ability to work on confidential and sensitive matters with a high degree of professionalism and discretion.

We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what’s next.

Western Union is positioned to become the world’s most accessible financial services company — transforming lives and communities. We’re a diverse and passionate customer-centric team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories, reaching customers and receivers around the globe. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.

Just as we help our global customers prosper, we support our employees in achieving their professional aspirations. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as receive a great compensation package. If you’re ready to help drive the future of financial services, it’s time for Western Union. Learn more about our purpose and people at https://careers.westernunion.com/.

Salary

The base salary range is $ 75,000.00 - 105,000.00 USD Annual USD per year, total on target compensation includes a base salary plus annual incentives that align with individual and company performance. Actual salaries will vary based on candidates’ qualifications, skills, and competencies.

Benefits

You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few (https://careers.westernunion.co