Job Skills: Anti-Money Laundering Analyst

Source: An Anti-Money Laundering Alerts Analyst, who has been working at JPMorgan Chase for almost a year. This is a role that involves identifying any generation of income that results from illegal actions.

What skills are necessary to succeed as an Anti-Money Laundering Alerts Analyst?

For my particular role, the most essential skills are attention to detail and analytical/critical thinking skills. Because compliance, as one of the big issues du jour in banking, is quite new in its importance, our processes change frequently, and our work demands considerable attention to detail to keep up with these changing standards. Working in most AML (anti-money laundering) roles will require a certain amount of analytical capacity. My primary task is transactional analysis and trying to take information from the bank’s internal systems, as well as open source information, to construct a narrative, so critical thinking and analytical abilities are crucial. Skills deserving of honorable mention are adaptability, specifically the ability to work in a range of different settings with a range of different people, and time management, meaning being able to balance several tasks at once and completing them all with the same high standard of quality.