Transaction Monitoring Analyst (L1 Alerts)

Huron is a global consultancy that collaborates with clients to drive strategic growth, ignite innovation and navigate constant change. Through a combination of strategy, expertise and creativity, we help clients accelerate operational, digital and cultural transformation, enabling the change they need to own their future. You’ll help banks, asset management and insurance organizations own their future by helping them to transform and create new business models to meet changing customer needs and drive sustainability.

This is an evergreen opportunity used to pipeline for potential upcoming roles in Belfast. Huron is building a Talent Pool of Financial Crime specialists to support future projects within our expanding Belfast-based delivery centre. By joining our Talent Pool, you’ll be first in line when new projects go live, enabling faster interview cycles and earlier access to consulting opportunities within Huron’s growing Financial Crimes capability.

If you want to be part of a high‑performing team delivering impactful compliance and regulatory work for global clients—and prefer to engage ahead of live requisitions—applying for this role is an ideal entry point.

Your Role:

• Perform first‑level review of AML alerts to identify false positives and expedite genuine concerns for further investigation.
• Manage multiple queues of account screening and real‑time transaction screening alerts.
• Conduct initial triage of transaction monitoring alerts.
• Review basic customer account and due diligence information using internal systems and due diligence documentation.
• Review alerted transactions and patterns and analyse for red flags.
• Conduct due diligence research using commercial databases and online open‑source information.
• Document rationale for clearing or escalating alerts.
• Maintain high productivity while meeting quality standards.
• Conduct thorough reviews of transactional histories for flagged accounts.
• Document recipient interactions, any recipient issues or complaints, and outcomes immediately in LOCS.
• Escalate significant red flags or concerns identified to senior team members, as appropriate.
• Identify and escalate red flags indicative of financial crime or compliance vulnerabilities, contributing to the development of effective mitigation strategies.

The Profile We’re Looking For:

• Strong educational background, Degree in Finance, Legal, STEM a plus.
• 2+ years experience in Transaction Monitoring, with a proven record of conducting detailed investigations into high‑risk financial activities, identifying potential patterns of money laundering, fraud and other suspicious activities.
• Experience in reviewing alerts, analysing transaction data, and identifying red flags associated with suspicious activity.
• Experience working with banks, payment processors, and/or FinTechs either directly or as part of a 3rd party providing consulting/outsourced services to these institutions.
• Strong understanding of the compliance and regulatory frameworks that apply to financial institutions regarding AML.
• Familiarity with transaction monitoring systems.
• Understanding of Financial crime guide / industry standards.
• Understanding of suspicious activity identification and reporting regulatory requirements in the U.S., U.K., and EU (e.g., Bank Secrecy Act, MLR 2017, Proceeds of Crime Act, Anti-Money Laundering Directives, EU country‑level requirements, etc.).
• Experience reviewing international and cross‑border payment activity (e.g., wires, correspondent banking transactions, electronic payments, etc.).
• Experience reviewing consumer and business transactions including cash activity, mobile payments, online payments, etc.
• Very strong attention to detail and capable of analytical thinking.
• Excellent communication skills across all levels of seniority.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with good relationship-building and engagement skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite, particularly Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Equal Opportunity & Compliance

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