Financial Crime Investigator (Anti Money Laundering Investigator)
• Investigated and mitigated incidences of money laundering and terrorist financing.• Undertook customer review and transaction monitoring tasks. Conducted investigations and made judgement-based – and risk-based – decisions on what action to take on customer accounts.• Drafted and submitted suspicious activity reports (SARs) to the National Crime Agency (NCA).• Promoted into specialised "Money Muling" division – which involves the analysis of more complex cases (both retail and business), in-depth appraisal of submitted evidence, and greater usage of communications to both customers and other banks.• Kept up-to-date with current anti-money laundering (AML) trends and typologies.• Kept up-to-date with current anti-money laundering (AML) legislation, regulations and best practices.• Worked to challenging “average handling time” and activity targets.