Analyst, Financial Operations (Xico)

Analyst – Transaction Monitoring and Sanctions Screening (JL3)

Location: Mexico City. This position requires full presence at office in Insurgentes Sur.

As an Analyst, you will support AML/CFT compliance by conducting moderately complex transaction monitoring investigations, ongoing customer reviews, and suspicious activity analysis. You will independently analyze alerts, assess risks, and document investigations in line with regulatory and client requirements. You will apply your expertise in transaction analysis and investigation to identify questionable transactions, patterns and behaviors of customers or relevant parties and prepare the appropriate report and recommendation for further action in compliance with regulatory requirements. In this role, you will independently review and analyze sanctions and internal watchlist alerts by examining transactions and KYC information. You will disposition alerts, elevate potential matches, prepare reports, and—when assigned—provide oversight to associate analysts to ensure SLA and compliance adherence. The analyst works closely with senior analysts, compliance managers, and cross‑functional teams to maintain a strong compliance framework and adapt to the evolving regulatory landscape.

Mandatory Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce, Business, Finance, Economics, or related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in compliance, due diligence, AML, KYC, Sanctions, transaction monitoring, investigative functions or other related services performing AML/CFT and/or financial crimes investigation‑related roles or tasks.
• Strong understanding of AML laws, regulations, and best practices, and has sufficient level of familiarity with the different AML typologies.
• Technologically proficient in using AML monitoring systems and related software and has analytical and investigative skills.
• Ability to independently disposition alerts and identify potential matches.
• Strong experience reviewing transactions and KYC data for sanctions alerts.