Manager, HRS Alert Analysis

Role Overview

• Operate effectively within a high-volume, time-sensitive environment, maintaining quality and accuracy under tight deadlines and flexibility to support FIRCO coverage during select public holidays.
• Conduct thorough reviews of alerts, including real-time analysis of live Trade Finance transactions, to identify potential AML and financial crime risks, and ensuring strong risk-based assessments.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and well-documented alert commentary, including detailed rationale and uploading supporting evidence into applicable systems (e.g., Fircosoft, Trade360, Excel, etc.)
• Reviews and takes appropriate actions on alerts and cases flagged for payments related to high-risk sectors, as defined in the respective High Risk Sectors Alert Analysis (HRSAA) processes.
• Directly responsible for reviewing alerts within the aforementioned workflows to identify suspicious activity, determine materiality, and take appropriate action.
• Review of the multiple workflows should always ensure adherence to internal policies, regulatory requirements, and operational standards.
• Escalate complex or high-risk alerts for further investigation to the appropriate stakeholder(s), while independently triaging alerts where risks can be mitigated in alignment with established procedures.
• Provides subject matter expertise and ongoing feedback to Senior Management to enhance the quality and consistency of name screening, risk assessment practices, and workflow efficiency.
• Maintain a high-quality level of alert adjudication and ensure strong rationale and judgement is used for the purpose of mitigating financial, regulatory, reputational, and legal risk to RBC.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to ensure timely escalation and include all material information, and align with HRSAA’s internal processes, when applicable.
• Personally responsible and accountable for self-development and maintaining up to date knowledge, best practices, and skills sets for relevant AML/ATF and other regulatory matters in support of the analytical function.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of AML/ATF regulations, financial crime typologies, and risk management principles
• 2+ years’ experience in financial crime and/or money laundering investigations within banking, law enforcement, a regulatory body, or equivalent.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, with attention to detail and accuracy

Benefits

• A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits
• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Opportunities to do challenging work
• Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact