Transaction Monitoring & Financial Crime Officer
- Mauritius
- Not disclosed
- Permanent
- Added 23/07/2025
- Closing 22/08/2025
- Dana Schierhout
Drive transaction monitoring and financial crime compliance in a growing banking group, ensuring strong AML/CFT and sanctions controls.
The Role
Purpose
A key role has arisen within our client's Compliance function. They are looking for an experienced, proactive professional to strengthen the Financial Crime/Transaction Monitoring capabilities of their company, with potential to expand responsibilities across the wider group. The role is critical in ensuring the bank’s compliance with anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorism financing (CFT), fraud prevention and sanctions regulations.
A key role has arisen within our client's Compliance function. They are looking for an experienced, proactive professional to strengthen the Financial Crime/Transaction Monitoring capabilities of their company, with potential to expand responsibilities across the wider group. The role is critical in ensuring the bank’s compliance with anti-money laundering (AML), counter-terrorism financing (CFT), fraud prevention and sanctions regulations.
Reports to
Head of Compliance Committee
Head of Compliance Committee
Key Duties
- Design and implement a robust post-transaction monitoring system tailored to the bank’s risk profile
- Enhance and optimise real-time monitoring controls and procedures, including Transaction Risk Assessment (TRA), screening rules, and alert thresholds
- Review and act on high-risk transactions, ensuring proper documentation and rationale
- Perform daily transaction monitoring to detect high risk, unusual or suspicious activity
- Conduct in-depth investigations into transaction alerts related to sanctions, fraud, money laundering or other financial crime risks, ensuring proper documentation
- Maintain up-to-date documentation for policies, procedures, rules and workflows
- Provide subject matter expertise and support to front-line staff and internal stakeholders
- Collaborate with other departments to prepare SARs, respond to RFIs, and regulatory enquiries
- Deliver training and awareness sessions to enhance understanding of AML/CFT obligations
- Prepare periodic reports and present findings to internal stakeholders
Skills & Abilities
- A pro-active and meticulous approach to compliance
- Analytical mindset with excellent investigation skills and the ability to interpret complex data and identify risk patterns
- Written and presentation skills in English
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to deal efficiently with different internal departments and external counterparts
- A good team player, capable of collaboration in a fast-paced environment, maintaining accuracy and quality to deadlines
- Ability to build relationships effectively, both in the immediate team and wider business
- Strong work ethic, integrity and trustworthiness
- More than 3 years’ experience in AML/Transaction Monitoring or Financial Crime roles in banking or fintech
- First degree in Banking, Finance, Law, Business Administration or related field
- Strong knowledge of AML (4th, 5th and 6th EU AML Directives) and sanctions regulations (EU, US, UN, UK), risk-based approaches and typologies
- Experience gained in international compliance operations would be advantageous
- Confident and self-sufficient
- Self-Starter – able to work with minimal supervision
- Demonstrable ability to understand parameters of authority
- Genuine passion for compliance, legal and risk management
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and offer clear guidance to others
- Strong values combined with a readiness to challenge convention
- Ability to balance business priorities with compliance imperatives yet act independently and without influence of others in the organisation
Bolt Talent Solutions (Pty) Ltd
- 1st Floor, La Promenade, The Trademark, MU, 80829, Moka, Mauritius