AML Analyst

Ziina
Dubai
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: OtherExperience: 2+ yearsSkills: ["Investigative skills","Risk-based mindset","Independent ownership","Written communication","Pattern analysis"]

Investigate AML and transaction monitoring alerts for consumer and merchant accounts, performing risk-based assessments and identifying red flags and emerging typologies. Draft internal STR/SAR and other compliance reports, ensuring work aligns with internal policies and local AML/CFT requirements. Improve AML workflows through cross-functional collaboration and support automation initiatives, including trend and metrics reporting, with clear, audit-ready documentation.

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Ziina
Ziina
12 hours ago

AML Analyst

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Job Summary

Investigate AML and transaction monitoring alerts for consumer and merchant accounts, performing risk-based assessments and identifying red flags and emerging typologies. Draft internal STR/SAR and other compliance reports, ensuring work aligns with internal policies and local AML/CFT requirements. Improve AML workflows through cross-functional collaboration and support automation initiatives, including trend and metrics reporting, with clear, audit-ready documentation.
Location: Dubai
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time

Key Responsibilities

  • •Investigate transaction monitoring alerts and high-risk behaviors across consumer and merchant accounts.
  • •Perform risk-based assessments using customer activity, expected behavior, and KYC/KYB profiles.
  • •Draft internal STR/SAR and other AML reports and escalate to second line of defense when required.
  • •Identify AML red flags, emerging typologies, and potential predicate offenses while ensuring policy and regulatory adherence.
  • •Improve AML workflows by analyzing historical cases, supporting automation, maintaining audit-ready documentation, and contributing to reporting dashboards.

Key Requirements

  • •2+ years of experience in AML, financial crime investigations, and transaction monitoring within fintech, payments, or financial services.
  • •Strong understanding of AML/CFT/CPF concepts, risk-based investigations, and transaction monitoring.
  • •Experience reviewing alerts, investigating unusual activity, and documenting outcomes clearly.
  • •Ability to work independently and take ownership of cases in a fast-paced environment.
  • •Strong written communication skills in English; Arabic is a plus.
Experience:2+ yearsFintechPaymentsFinancial services
Skills:Investigative skillsRisk-based mindsetIndependent ownershipWritten communicationPattern analysis
Certifications:CAMSICACFCS
Languages:EnglishArabic
Tech Stack:GoAMLSQLPython

Company Brief

Ziina
Provides fast, secure mobile payments and peer-to-peer money transfers in the UAE and GCC, enabling consumers and merchants to send, receive, and pay using phone numbers and QR codes, with a focus on low fees and simplified onboarding.
Industry: Payments
Headquarters: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
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