Senior Staff Officer - Transaction Monitoring (Branch Network Support Services)
Banking / Insurance / Financial Services
About the Employer
Job Description
Join the Best for a Journey of Excellence
If you are looking for a career that will help you stand tall, join People’s Leasing & Finance PLC (PLC) and fulfil or unleash your potential to change your world. PLC is a public quoted company with enduring vision on being a vibrant award winning financial service provider and a superior player in the last 3 decades of non – banking financial service landscape. PLC is spreading its wings across more than 100 Branches island wide.
Whether you want a career that could take you to the top or to be a game changer or simply take you in an exciting new direction, PLC provides opportunities, support and rewards that would push you towards greater heights. Today, people’s Leasing & Finance PLC is also a formidable group of 6 subsidiary companies comprising of People’s Insurance PLC, People’s Leasing Fleet Management Limited, People’s Leasing Property Development Limited, People’s Micro Commerce Limited and People’s Leasing Havelock Properties Ltd and Alliance Finance in Bangladesh. We are also driven by a performance culture with an unmatched level of quality and integrity by ethical business practices. Hence our brand reputation is held in high esteem. Also Company has been rated A(lka):Out look ( Stable ) by Fitch Ratings Lanka Limited.
Senior Staff Officer – Transaction Monitoring Branch Network Support Services
Role Profile
The selected candidate will report to the Senior Manager – Branch Network Support Services and will be responsible for maintaining an effective, risk-based, regulatory-compliant transaction monitoring framework capable of identifying unusual, suspicious, complex, high-risk, or potentially money laundering and terrorist financing-related transactions in a timely manner.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure compliance with applicable AML/CFT laws, regulations, and internal policies.
- Review transaction monitoring alerts in line with customer profiles and established risk parameters.
- Ensure the timely escalation of unusual, suspicious, or high-risk transaction monitoring activities.
- Maintain strict adherence to regulatory requirements, internal policies, and governance standards.
- Independently review and discount transaction monitoring alerts while ensuring effective oversight of AML/CFT controls and monitoring activities.
- Complete assigned tasks accurately and within established departmental timelines.
- Provide support to other functions and departments as required.
- Liaise with branch teams to ensure effective implementation of transaction monitoring controls and regulatory compliance.
- Contribute to strengthening the organization AML/CFT control environment through continuous monitoring and process improvements.
Candidate Profile
- Minimum of 2-4 years' experience in banking, finance, compliance, AML/CFT, risk management, or a related field.
- Professional qualification in Banking, Finance, or Marketing, or part qualification from a recognized professional body such as ISBL, CIM, CA Sri Lanka, or CMA will be an added advantage.
- Sound knowledge of the regulatory framework governing Licensed Finance Companies, particularly in relation to Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT).
- Good understanding of regulations and guidelines issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- High level of integrity, professionalism, attention to detail, and accuracy.
- Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities and meeting deadlines.
- Sound understanding of evolving business environments and regulatory expectations.
- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively across departments and branch networks.
“Successful Candidate will be provided with an attractive remuneration package and fringe benefits commensurate with benchmarked institutions.”
Any form of canvassing will be regarded as a disqualification.
Applicants are invited to submit comprehensive curriculum vitae with names of two non – related referees, copies of relevant certificates along with a passport size photograph to the address given below on or before 15th July 2026.
Application should be sent to: Head of HR, People’s Leasing & Finance PLC, No.161, Maradana Road, Colombo 08. Web: plc.lk | E-mail: [email protected]. We will correspond only with applicants short listed for interview.
