Administration Assistant - UK AML Operations Team
Full Job Posting
Qualifications
- Required Skills & Experience:
- Strong teamwork, communication, organizational and time management skills with the ability to multi-task
- Proficiency in MS Office (MS Excel in particular)
- Experience in an operations environment such as New Accounts, Credit, Fraud
- Understanding of internal American Express AML/CTF Policies and procedures (if internal candidate)
- Experience as an Administrative Assistant, Virtual Assistant or Office Admin Assistant
- Preferred Skills & Experience:
- A background in Compliance, Risk and AML
- Basic awareness of relevant laws, regulations, standards, and policies relevant to AESEL and AEPSL in the area of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Counter Terrorist Financing (CTF)
- Basic awareness of UK AML Regime, including ability to interpret AML/CTF requirements e.g. Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (High Risk Countries) (Amendment) Regulations 2022, The Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, Joint Money Laundering Steering Group (JMLSG), Bribery Act 2010 and Terrorism Act 2000
- Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the UK is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.
Responsibilities
- Monitoring the UK AML Team inbox, managing emails and requests from the business
- Receiving weekly reports and occasional internal suspicious activity reports (ISAR’s) and setting up casework for the AML Compliance Analysts to conduct AML Investigations
- Receiving requests and escalating accounts for termination when we have failed to obtain KYC (Know Your Customer) data to mitigate risk to American Express, liaising with UK AML Team Manager to seek Senior Management Approval, tracking requests and documenting completion
- Managing financial crime terminations after senior leader approval
- Adhoc Sanctions screening
- Transcribe and distribute minutes from team meetings
- Over time, there may be an opportunity for you to learn more about and potentially assist with investigating and reporting suspicious activity to the National Crime Agency (NCA) as well as conducting Politically Exposed Persons (PEP), Special Interest Persons (SIP) and Sanction Screening on all UK Customer’s across all Lines of Business.
About American Express
Apply for this job in 1 click
Skip the repetitive application forms
Install the Base Career Chrome Extension and autofill job applications across major job boards with your profile.
Trusted by over 500,000 job seekers on Base Career
More from this employer
More jobs at American Express
Manager, Digital Corporate Deployment
Minneapolis, USA
At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. From delivering diff
AI Engineer III
Sunrise, USA
Joining Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here, you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful Backing of American Express. With a range o
Associate-Tech Ops Support
New York City, USA
You Lead the Way. We’ve Got Your Back. At American Express, we know that with the right backing, people and businesses have the power to progress in incredible ways. Whether we’re supporting our customers’ financial conf
Manager-Digital Product Management
Atlanta, USA
Create the World's Best Digital Colleague Experience The Digital Workplace Product Group within the Technology organization at American Express is responsible for delivering secure, scalable, and modern collaboration cap
Data Engineer III
, USA
Joining Amex Tech means discovering and shaping your contribution to something big. Here, you can work alongside talented tech teams and build a unique career with the Powerful Backing of American Express. With a range o
Manager, Digital Corporate Deployment
Minneapolis, USA
AI Engineer III
Sunrise, USA
Associate-Tech Ops Support
New York City, USA
Manager-Digital Product Management
Atlanta, USA
Data Engineer III
, USA
Manager-Business Development
, USA
AI Engineer III
Sunrise, USA
Sr Data Engineer - Financial Data Engineering
Phoenix, USA