Description

Suspicious Activity Monitoring (SAM) enables Amazon businesses to mitigate the regulatory and legal risk of money laundering and terrorist financing. SAM success is measured in identifying suspicious activity and reporting the same to regulators in a timely manner to keep perpetrators off our platform and meet regulatory obligations.

The role encompasses handling multiple payment products investigating buyer and seller transactions involving data mining and analyzing, deep diving on the facts and information obtained through internal and external tools, make decisions basis the analysis applying analytical skills followed by detailed conclusion write up on the findings and observations.

The candidate is a motivated self-starter that can work independently in ambiguous environment with limited supervision. The candidate must be adaptable, who can quickly absorb the nuances of Amazon's varied payment offerings, its risks, internal systems, and regulatory requirements. The candidate should possess analytical ability in decision making and effective written communication.

In addition, Sr. Analysts are expected to contribute to the process through ideas, participation in process Kaizen’s to drive operational excellence, support the team in scaling up on metrics and assist in train and mentor new hires.

Nearly all decisions are expected to be made independently with little to no guidance and a high degree of accuracy. Productivity and quality assurance will be evaluated along with the overall contribution to the development of the department.

Key job responsibilities

Key functions of the role include:

The role encompasses handling multiple payment products investigating buyer and seller transactions involving data mining and analyzing, deep diving on data and information obtained through internal and external tools, making high-judgement decisions based on the analysis and applying critical thinking to form a well-informed hypothesis/recommendation, which is presented through a detailed yet concise conclusion write-up on the findings and observations.

The ideal candidate is a motivated self-starter that can work independently in a fast paced, ambiguous environment with limited supervision. The candidate must be a fast learner, who can quickly absorb the nuances of Amazon's varied payment offerings, its risks, internal systems, and regulatory requirements. The candidate should demonstrate high analytical ability in high-judgement decision-making and excellent written communication.

In addition, Sr. Analysts are expected to contribute to the process through ideas, participation in process Kaizen’s to drive operational excellence, support the team in scaling up on metrics and assist in train and mentor new hires.

We are open to hiring candidates to work out of one of the following locations:

Virtual Location - CRI

Basic Qualifications

• Proficient in MS Office applications with working knowledge of SQL and Excel

• Proficient in English: Written, oral and reading experience is essential

• Should be a graduate or have 1+ year of Investigations or Fraud experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 1+ years of Working knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) laws and regulations, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and OFAC regulations

• Ability to apply critical thinking under complex scenarios during investigations

• Has working knowledge on Payment Systems

• Awareness of SAR/STR filings