Inside a bank or fintech, you analyze AML compliance posture — testing the bank's adherence to BSA, USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC, and FinCEN rules — running independent reviews that compliance and audit functions act on.
Days run across testing engagements, gap analyses, and remediation tracking — pulling samples of CDD files or transaction-monitoring alerts, comparing against regulatory requirements, drafting findings, supporting business-side remediation. Test outcomes and finding accuracy anchor the operating measures.
What surprises people new to the work is the regulator-and-business dual audience — AML compliance analyses serve both internal management decisions and external regulatory expectations, and findings must be defensible under both. Variance across employers is sharp: large banks run AML compliance under dedicated programs; fintechs run AML compliance under emerging regulatory frameworks; money-service businesses run programs tied to product-specific risks.
It fits people rule-text-fluent, comfortable with examination scrutiny, and patient through the regulatory-cycle calendar. CAMS and CRCM credentials anchor advancement. The trade-off is the messenger-of-findings dimension — compliance analyses surface issues that the business may not want to see, and analysts navigate the resulting friction.
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View all Business Operations roles →Inside a bank or fintech, you analyze AML compliance posture — testing the bank's adherence to BSA, USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC, and FinCEN rules — running independent reviews that compliance and audit functions act on.
Median pay for an Anti Money Laundering Compliance Analyst (AML Compliance Analyst) is about $78K nationally, with the field ranging roughly from $46K to $130K depending on experience, employer, and metro (BLS).
Core skills for this role include Active Listening, Writing, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, and Judgment and Decision Making.
Most people in this role hold a bachelor's degree.
Employment in this field is projected to grow about 3% through 2034, with roughly 397,770 people working in it today (BLS).
Closely related roles include Compliance Director, Senior Anti Money Laundering Compliance Analyst (Aml Compliance Analyst), and Compliance Operations Manager.
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