Screening and TM Associate

Brex
Salt Lake City, US
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Geared toward mid-level compliance professionals with AML and sanctions experience who thrive in hybrid office settings.

Best fit for

  • Investigators who synthesize complex data into actionable risk assessments
    — “synthesizing large amounts of data in order to make informed decisions
  • Financial crimes specialists with regulatory reporting experience
    — “regulatory reporting obligations, such as filing Suspicious Activity Reports
  • Analysts comfortable working cross-functionally with legal and engineering teams
    — “work as part of a cross-functional, multi-disciplinary team

Things to consider

  • Requires three in-office days per week in Salt Lake City
    — “minimum of three coordinated days in the office per week
  • Must adapt to rapidly changing regulatory environments
    — “adapt to a rapidly changing regulatory and business environment

How to stand out

  • Showcase experience with AI tools in financial investigations
    — “Familiarity working with AI tools
  • Demonstrate ability to improve internal controls
    — “spot and scope opportunities for improvement
  • Highlight specific data analytics tool proficiency
    — “data analytics tools (SQL, Looker, Excel)
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Junior

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What success looks like

  • conduct-investigations
  • monitor-unusual-transactions
  • support-portfolio-companies
  • structure-investment-rounds
  • manage-ma-operations
Typical background
compliancefraud-investigationrisk-management

Skills & requirements

Required

Financial-crimes-investigationTransaction-monitoringSuspicious-activity-reportingRegulatory-complianceData-analysisRisk-assessment

Preferred

Vendor-integrationFraud-detection

Stack & domain

Transaction MonitoringFinancial Crimes InvestigationsSuspicious Activity Reports (sar)Sanctions ScreeningCommunicationAnalyticalProblem-solvingComplianceFinancial Services

About the role

Original posting from Brex

Why join us

Brex is the intelligent finance platform that enables companies to spend smarter and move faster in more than 200 markets. By combining global corporate cards and banking with intuitive spend management, bill pay, and travel software, Brex enables founders and finance teams to accelerate operations, gain real-time visibility, and control spend effortlessly. Brex’s AI-native automation and world-class service eliminate manual expense and accounting tasks for customers so they can focus on what matters most. Tens of thousands of the world's best companies run on Brex, including DoorDash, Coinbase, Robinhood, Zoom, Plaid, Reddit, and SeatGeek.

Working at Brex allows you to push your limits, challenge the status quo, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. We’re committed to building a diverse team and inclusive culture and believe your potential should only be limited by how big you can dream. We make this a reality by empowering you with the tools, resources, and support you need to grow your career.

Compliance at Brex

The Compliance team is a strategic partner that helps Brex scale responsibly in a complex, highly regulated environment. We create frameworks that protect the business, unlock growth, and enable innovation — all while championing our customers’ best interests. By fostering a culture of trust and innovation, we empower Brex’s growth, remove barriers, and strengthen our brand with customers and partners, bringing speed, sound judgment, and creativity to everything we do.

What you’ll do

As the Screening and TM Associate, you will help build upon the foundations of the Brex Financial Crimes Investigations Team.  You will review and report potential money laundering (ML), terrorist financing (TF), bribery, and other violations of law. The right candidate will be able to, and have a passion for, investigating potentially suspicious activity, identifying and assessing risk, and synthesizing large amounts of data in order to make informed decisions regarding customer activity and the risk it poses to the company. Clear communication is essential both in written investigations and verbal communication to senior management regarding potentially suspicious activity. You must be diligent and able to maintain a high level of quality while producing sufficient quantity of work to meet regulatory deadlines. You must also be flexible and be able to adapt to a rapidly changing regulatory and business environment. 

Where you’ll work

This role will be based in our Salt Lake City office. We are a hybrid environment that combines the energy and connections of being in the office with the benefits and flexibility of working from home. We currently require a minimum of three coordinated days in the office per week, Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. As a perk, we also have up to four weeks per year of fully remote work!

Responsibilities

Conducts independent investigations into transaction monitoring alerts, manual based investigations or screening alerts.

Consistently monitor unusual transactions and high-risk customers in support of regulatory reporting obligations, such as filing Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) and Sanctions screening alerts/escalations

Take ownership of the success of our internal controls, spot and scope opportunities for improvement

Sampling techniques and analytical methods in order to monitor new typologies and emerging risks

Support vendor integrations and address questions from L1 alert reviewers

Requirements

2+ years of experience across a variety of financial risk operations (AML, Sanctions, Bribery/Corruption, Due Diligence, etc)

Knowledgeable about relevant US financial regulations authorities (ex: FinCEN, FINRA, OFAC, etc.)

Technical aptitude in understanding complex money movement across payment methods and rails

Familiarity with interpreting and utilizing data analytics tools (SQL, Looker, Excel), including designing, debugging, and organizing data for a wide audience

Familiarity working with AI tools

Demonstrated ability to work as part of a cross-functional, multi-disciplinary team (Legal, Engineering, Product Management, Data) in designing operational work-streams and internal controls

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

English proficiency/fluency, both written and speaking (note: interviews will be conducted in English)

Bonus points

CAMS Certified 

Experience using various transaction monitoring systems

Insatiable curiosity

Eagerness to learn

Detail oriented

Desire to build

Compensation

The expected salary range for this role is $76,800 - $96,000.  However, the starting base pay will depend on a number of factors including the candidate’s location, skills, experience, market demands, and internal pay parity. Depending on the position offered, equity and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package.

Please be aware, job-seekers may be at risk of targeting by malicious actors looking for personal data. Brex recruiters will only reach out via LinkedIn or email with a brex.com domain. Any outreach claiming to be from Brex via other sources should be ignored.

Source: Brex careers

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