Compliance Analyst – AML/ATF Operations

About the role

The Compliance Analyst will join the Anti-Money Laundering & Anti-Terrorist Financing (AML/ATF) program at Amex Bank of Canada. Working within the AML Operations team, you will conduct investigations, support risk management activities and help ensure the bank meets regulatory and internal compliance obligations.

Key responsibilities

• Investigate transaction monitoring alerts, sanctions screening results and potentially suspicious activities, documenting risk assessments, escalations and case resolutions.
• Prepare detailed case files and narratives for regulatory filings such as Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) and other required disclosures.
• Support financial crime risk management tasks including sanctions and media screening, customer due diligence, Politically Exposed Person (PEP) assessments, Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) reporting.
• Maintain accurate case documentation, operational records and reporting logs in line with internal procedures and service level expectations.
• Participate in quality-assurance activities to promote investigative consistency, reporting accuracy and process effectiveness.
• Manage multiple workflows, prioritize competing tasks and collaborate with internal stakeholders across Compliance, Governance, Advisory and business teams.
• Stay current on AML/ATF, sanctions, anti-corruption and broader financial-crime regulatory developments and engage in ongoing training.
• Assist the AML Manager and broader AML Operations team with additional operational initiatives as required.

Required profile

• University degree or equivalent combination of education and relevant business experience.
• Experience in AML operations, financial-crime investigations, compliance or banking operations is preferred.
• Knowledge of banking products, financial services and operating within a regulated environment is an asset.
• Familiarity with transaction monitoring systems, sanctions screening processes, customer due diligence and AML/ATF regulatory requirements.

Required skills

• Transaction monitoring systems
• Sanctions screening processes
• Customer due diligence procedures
• AML/ATF regulatory knowledge