Anti-Financial Crime Analyst
Midnite
Financial Crime Analyst
Midnite
contract
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Cape Town • 🇿🇦 South Africa
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💰 ZAR 25,000 - ZAR 34,000 per month
Job Level
Junior
About the role
- Conduct in-depth reviews on customers, focusing on gameplay abnormalities, transactional activity and document analysis
- Analyse bank statements and supporting documents to identify potential AML, fraud, or AFC risk indicators
- Escalate suspicious activity and prepare SARs in line with internal policy and regulatory expectations
- Handle PEPs and Sanctions checks, maintaining full audit log and reasoning
- Support fraud prevention processes to safeguard the business and minimise exposure to fraudulent activity
- Collaborate with other AFC team members to strengthen controls and improve processes
- Maintain clear, auditable records of all casework in accordance with LCCP, MLRs, and internal standards
- Keep current with emerging risk typologies relevant to online gambling
- Interact with customers via inbound & outbound chats and emails, and make outbound calls on occasion
- Learn basic Safer Gambling processes and have opportunities to multi-skill across Compliance functions
Requirements
- 1+ year of experience in an AML function (beneficial if within online gambling sector)
- Strong working knowledge of UK Money Laundering Regulations (MLRs) and Gambling Commission guidance (beneficial)
- Confident in reviewing and interpreting financial documents (bank statements, payslips, income evidence)
- Analytical mindset with strong attention to detail and risk awareness
- Comfortable working independently and managing a remote workload effectively
- Fluent in English, both written and verbal
- Ability to manage multiple tasks concurrently while upholding exceptional standards
- Able to respond promptly to real-time alerts in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to process and interpret data and take corresponding actions
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Quick learner with the ability to work autonomously
- Proactive in identifying potential customer issues before escalation
- Comfortable interacting with customers via inbound & outbound chats, emails, and occasional calls
- Must be Cape Town, South Africa-based and able to work shifts between 07:00 and 21:00 BST, five days in seven
Benefits
- Hybrid/ remote working (must be Cape Town, South Africa-based)
- 33 paid holidays a year
- Frequent company-wide gatherings and game nights
- Opportunity to shape company direction
- Inclusive and supportive interview experience with reasonable adjustments available
ATS Keywords
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Hard skills
AMLfraud detectiondocument analysisbank statement analysisSAR preparationPEP checkssanctions checksdata processingrisk assessmentSafer Gambling processes
Soft skills
analytical mindsetattention to detailrisk awarenessindependent workingtime managementcommunication skillsproactive problem solvingcustomer interactionmulti-taskingquick learning
