Crime Analyst
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Job Location:
Johannesburg - South Africa
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
10 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Requisition Details & Talent Acquisition Consultant
REQ 143835 Veronica Manyike
Location: Johannesburg
Closing Date: 5 February 2026
Career Stream
- Forensics
Leadership Pipeline
- Manage Self: Technical
Job Purpose
- To support Group Financial Crime Forensics and Security through transforming raw financial and thirdparty data into actionable antimoney laundering (AML) intelligence to prevent detect and disrupt money laundering activity and related predicate offenses supporting Money Laundering investigations Subpoena team High Risk Advisory committee and External Stakeholders being the Financial Intelligence Centre and South African Anti-Money Laundering Integrated Task Force (SAMLIT).
Job Responsibilities
Data Acquisition & Management
Source & integrate internal datasets (customer KYC/CDD/EDD transactions channels geographies alerts case outcomes) and
External datasets (FIC SAMLIT typologies law-enforcement requests sanctions lists adverse media).
Intelligence Development (Strategic Tactical Operational)
Strategically identify emerging criminal money laundering and financial crime risks and typologies.
Tactical: Generate target packages network maps priority subjects high-risk corridors facilitators and enablers.
Produce timely reports while supporting live investigations and ensure case escalation (Section 27s 29 32 and 34) and review is done timeously.
Typology & Red Flag Management
Share knowledge of trends and identified risks with team and stakeholders so that relevant upskilling takes place.
Obtain buy-in for developing new and/or enhanced processes that will improve the functioning of stakeholders businesses.
Maintain a typology library mapped to scenarios and controls; update red flags indicators and keywords across products and channels.
Translate SAMLIT/FIC guidance into detection logic.
Essential Qualifications - NQF Level
- Matric / Grade 12 / National Senior Certificate
Preferred Qualification
- Bachelors Degree. Preferably within the field of data analysis forensic investigation and/or auditing.
- Preferred Certifications: Institute of Commercial Forensic Practitioners (ICFP) and/or Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE)
- Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (ACAMS)
Minimum Experience Level
- Minimum 5 years in the Anti Money Laundering field and/or conducting forensic investigations.
- AML monitoring investigations or financial crime analytics
- Exposure and understanding of banking environment.
- Team player with an investigative mindset.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Technical / Professional Knowledge
- SQL / Python graph analytics feature engineering BI dashboards (Power BI/Tableau) data modelling.
- AML knowledge: FATF recommendations FIC Act STR standards POCDATARA awareness sanctions screening principles.
- Investigative: Hypothesis-driven analysis narrative drafting evidentiary standards linkage analysis.
- Communication: Clear written intel products concise briefings stakeholder engagement.
- Governance & Ethics: Data protection audit readiness control documentation
Behavioural Competencies
- Communication
- Self-management
- Continuous Learning
- Decision Making
- Quality Orientation
- Technical/Professional Knowledge and Skills
Please contact the Nedbank Recruiting Team at
Required Experience:
IC
Key Skills
- ArcGIS
- Intelligence Community Experience
- GIS
- Python
- Computer Networking
- Data Collection
- Intelligence Experience
- R
- Relational Databases
- Analysis Skills
- Data Management
- Application Development
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