Job Description

Standard Bank Group is a leading Africa-focused financial services group, and an innovative player on the global stage, that offers a variety of career-enhancing opportunities – plus the chance to work alongside some of the sector’s most talented, motivated professionals. Our clients range from individuals, to businesses of all sizes, high net worth families and large multinational corporates and institutions. We’re passionate about creating growth in Africa. Bringing true, meaningful value to our clients and the communities we serve and creating a real sense of purpose for you.

To protect the reputation of the Bank and ensure that the Bank’s products and services, as well as the financial systems are not abused by money launderers, terrorist individuals and entities and / or sanctioned individuals/entities, by investigating transactions alerted by the system, conducting special reviews, rendering AML regulatory returns to the designated Regulators for the Bank, and driving the AML/CFT/CPF Compliance programme of the Bank in line with regulatory requirements.

• Investigation and management of workflow for all assigned alerts, that includes Money laundering, Financing of terrorist, sanctions and PEPs related within the established time frame as per prescribed regulatory requirements.
• Implement appropriate processes and procedures to effectively investigate and manage Money Laundering, Financing of terrorist, sanctions, Money/Value Transfer Services transactions such as MoneyGram and Western Union.
• Escalate pending request for information sent to business teams to Line Manager that could constitute a potential reputational risk to the Bank or allow a large loss to be incurred by the Bank.
• Complete assigned returns, daily, monthly, quarterly or biannually and submit for reviews by the line Manager within timelines or engage for proactively for extensions.
• Apply required knowledge of processes and systems and regulations in completing assigned FCC tasks from GFCC in South Africa within timelines.
• Complete and respond to the Regulators on every request received including requests from Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) on the GoAML message portal.

Qualifications

• BSc in Social Science, Finance, Accounting or related field.
• Professional certification in relevant field can be an added advantage

Experience:

• 1-2 years Experience in similar role

Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

• Checking Things
• Documenting Facts
• Embracing Change
• Examining Information
• Following Procedures
• Interpreting Data

Technical Competencies:

• Client Knowledge
• Client Servicing
• Risk Awareness
• Risk Identification