Associate Analyst, Legal Compliance

Title and Summary

Associate Analyst, Legal Compliance

Who is Mastercard?

Mastercard is a global technology company in the payments industry. Our mission is to connect and power an inclusive, digital economy that benefits everyone, everywhere by making transactions safe, simple, smart, and accessible. Using secure data and networks, partnerships, and passion, our innovations and solutions help individuals, financial institutions, governments, and businesses realize their greatest potential.
Our decency quotient, or DQ, drives our culture and everything we do inside and outside of our company. With connections across more than 210 countries and territories, we are building a sustainable world that unlocks priceless possibilities for all.

Overview
Mastercard Transaction Services is looking for an Associate Analyst to drive our customer experience strategy forward by consistently innovating and problem-solving. The ideal candidate is passionate about the customer experience journey, highly motivated, intellectually curious, analytical, and possesses an entrepreneurial mindset.
Review transactional profiles in order to detect possible money laundering, reviewing documentation and information as part of the investigation to escalate if needed, all based on red flags.

Role
• Act as the first-level reviewer in making initial investigation decisions on corresponding banking regulations.
• Manage a queue of cases, ensuring timely follow-up of requests, adherence to escalation procedures, and fulfilling quality requirements.
• Assist other members of AML Compliance with ad hoc analysis and investigation requests
• Review money transactions to identify money laundering, terrorist financing, and fraud.
• Identify, document, and escalate unusual activity to analysts for additional investigation for potential SAR (or related)
• Provide internal and external customer service by responding to clients and other departments.
• Perform AML duties as preparing reports and decks as needed.
• Other duties as assigned by the manager

All About You
• Beginner or intermediate level of AML monitoring expertise
• Bilingual, speak & read, Spanish and English
• Intermediate understanding of complex transactional life cycles within a financial enterprise.
• Responsible, able to perform and manage times, set amount of work has limited turnover time for reporting purposes, in addition to ongoing quality reviews.

For example:
The ideal candidate for this position should:
• High attention to detail
• Ability to work under minimal supervision
• Intermediate to advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills, being able to multi/task, adhering to specific quality and productive guidelines.
• Advanced research skills.

Corporate Security Responsibility
Every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security. All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks come with an inherent risk to the organization and therefore, it is expected that the successful candidate for this position must:

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security training per Mastercard's guidelines.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.