- Posted On: 29/10/2025
AML Onboarding & Transaction Monitoring Specialist
- Makati | Remote
- AML Onboarding & Transaction Monitoring Specialist
- Full-Time
- You will own the day-to-day KYC/KYB onboarding, transaction monitoring, and post-compliance activation checks for Mint’s UK (initially) then AU/NZ business, delivering clean customer files, crisp risk narratives, documented processes, and timely handovers to in-house approvers.
- Note: This role will follow UK Time zone.
Key Responsibilities:
Onboarding (KYC/KYB/CDD)
- Collect, review and verify customer documentation (KYB/KYC/UBO) against Mint
onboarding standards. - Perform sanctions, PEP & adverse media checks and maintain risk scoring.
- Trigger EDD when required and prepare clear supporting rationales.
- Build complete audit-ready files with structured decision logs.
- Maintain accurate data across FirstAML, HubSpot, and internal onboarding trackers.
Transaction Monitoring & Investigations
- Action daily transaction alerts, analyse contextual risk signals, and determine disposition.
- Draft concise, regulatory-standard investigation narratives.
- Prepare escalation summaries for submission to Mint’s MLRO (UK SAR, AU SMR, NZ
SAR drafts – final submission retained by MLRO). - Identify typologies and recommend rule tuning to reduce false positives.
Activation & Post-Compliance
- Support end-to-end customer onboarding beyond approval, including:
- Internal account setup in Mint systems and product configuration.
- Coordination of missing documentation and account activation readiness.
- Contract send-outs (DocuSign/HubSpot) and checklist completion.
- Ensure a smooth handoff from compliance approval ➝ merchant activation.
Processes, SOPs & Quality
- Own and document onboarding workflows, SOPs and quality standards.
- Maintain risk playbooks and update procedures as regulations evolve.
- Build repeatable processes to scale Mint’s onboarding into a “follow-the-sun” model.
- Own weekly reporting on SLA performance, volumes, EDD cases, alert outcomes &
operational risks. - Support internal QA, audits, and regulatory readiness.
What You’ll Need:
- 2–4+ years of AML/KYC/KYB and/or Transaction Monitoring experience (ideally fintech, PSP, or BPO risk operations).
- Solid understanding of onboarding and AML frameworks (CDD/EDD, risk scoring,
sanctions). - Experience reviewing business models and risk factors for higher-risk industries.
- Strong written English and risk documentation skills.
- Comfortable working with screening/AML tools (e.g. FirstAML, ComplyAdvantage).
- High attention to detail and disciplined with process/checklists.
- Experience following SLAs, case queues and structured workflows.
Nice to have:
- Experience in payments, travel, or financial services onboarding.
- Background with UK market AML/reg expectations (NCA SAR exposure ideal).
- Familiarity with HubSpot, Centrix (NZ), Excel/Sheets.
- Experience in building SOPs/workflow documentation.
- Previous UK shift/BPO operational model experience.
KPIs / SLAs:
- Onboarding SLA: CDD ≤ 1 business day; EDD ≤ 3 business days
- Quality: ≥ 95% QA pass rate; <5% rework
- TM Alerts: Same-day triage; high-risk alerts escalated within 8 hours
- Activation: 100% completed checklists and clean handoff to merchant setup
- Governance: Zero critical audit findings; no missing documentation
Ways of working:
- Work as part of a global follow-the-sun model.
- UK hours coverage with structured handovers to AU/NZ teams.
- Strict GDPR/UK-GDPR, AU Privacy Act, and NZ Privacy Act compliance.
- Maintain privacy and secure data handling at all times