Aml Compliance, Officer- Vienna

**AML Compliance Officer
- Vienna, Austria**

Are you passionate about ensuring financial integrity and excited to tackle the challenges of AML Compliance? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments ensuring top-notch compliance? Are you ready to make an impact? Join Western Union as AML Compliance Officer in Vienna, Austria.

**Western Union powers your pursuit**.**

We’re the company that moves money around the world quickly and reliably in 200 countries and territories. We are also present in over 510,000 locations, bringing immense distribution convenience to our consumers. But we’re on the cusp of becoming much more than that. Our vision is to be the preferred financial services provider for the underserved - billions of people and businesses with unmet financial service needs. If you’re looking for a company on the move - and truly one of the most diverse work environments on the planet - then Western Union could be for you.

The position is embedded into the department “Compliance and Regulatory Affairs” at WUIB. The main focus of the position is to support the Head of Corporate Banking Compliance and the strategic vision of the WUIB AML & Banking Compliance team by mitigating and managing the risks associated with money laundering and terrorist financing in regards to WUIB's Banking products and services.

**Role Responsibilities**
- Keeps oversight of the Digital Banking compliance program, particularly KYC, CDD & ECDD, Sanctions and transaction monitoring & reporting processes
- Analyzes KYC Data collected from the customers, escalates to Global Data Quality teams and oversees implementation of required KYC enhancements
- Escalates to third party vendors Customer onboarding related issues/required regulatory changes.
- Manages the oversight of outsourced operational activities including procedural changes/questions/escalations of ROC teams, as well as sample monitoring & SLA updates
- Handles escalations for monitoring and reporting, PEP screening, KYC profile information updates, Digital Banking account suspends/closures, marks special DPS flag in WUIB JIRA
- Updates Digital Banking related Procedures, Manuals, and other documentation, when needed
- Supports from Compliance perspective with new country launches (e.g. participates in testing, provides KYC requirements, etc.) and technical enhancements
- Supports Senior Manager in implementation of changes due to local regulatory developments and needed updates of compliance program accordingly
- Supports in the areas of internal and external audits, regulatory exams, risk assessments and tests related to Digital Banking
- Drives the compliance assessment of new products/initiatives related to Digital Banking under WUIB

**Role Requirements**:

- Strong analytical skills and innovative problem-solving skills
- AML/CFT Compliance and Fraud prevention knowledge
- Project Management skills
- High level of oral and written communication skills
- In-depth knowledge of online-services and tools, preferably in the Financial Services environment
- Highly developed interpersonal skills and presentation skills
- Tact and diplomacy as well as ability to understand foreign cultures
- Ability to work in a changing environment with multiple priorities
- Proven ability to make sound decisions under constantly changing and ambiguous circumstances
- Ability to work efficiently in a multicultural environment
- Fluency in English, German nice to have

**We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for **what’s** next**.**

Western Union is positioned to become the world’s most accessible financial services company —transforming lives and communities. We’re a diverse and passionate customer-centric team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories, reaching customers and receivers around the globe. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.

**Salary**

We are under legal obligation to indicate the minimum salary, which is EUR 44,000 gross per year for this position. However, our attractive compensation packages follow current market salaries and can therefore be significantly above the indicated minimum salary.

**Benefits**
- Comprehensive life & medical cover
- Contributory pension plan
- Luncheon vouchers
- Other partner discounts

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Estimated Job Posting End Date:
11-28-2024