Financial Crimes Specialist - Quality Assurance

• Participate in complex initiatives and identify opportunity for process improvements within scope of responsibilities
• Perform risk assessment and modeling to provide input and recommendations for financial crimes strategies and models
• Evaluate the adequacy and effectiveness of policies, procedures, processes and internal controls
• Conduct data and onsite reviews, review findings, determine risk level and recommend fraud prevention strategies
• Review and assess business, operational, or technical assignments or challenges that require research, evaluation, and selection of alternatives, and exercise independent judgment to guide medium risk deliverables
• Perform investigative research, root cause evaluation and consulting regarding complex financial crimes transactions, policy violations and suspicious situations with moderate to high risk
• Perform detailed examination to detect transactional and relationship patterns, trends, anomalies and schemes across multiple businesses or products
• Act as an escalation point for more complex cases
• Present recommendations for resolving more complex situations and exercise independent judgment while developing full knowledge proficiency in the function, policies, procedures and compliance requirements
• Take action on control failures in bank processes and procedures
• Represent organization in handling court appearances, depositions, mediations, and arbitrations
• Collaborate and consult with associates on all levels
• Lead, participate in and provide support for projects and initiatives
• Provide input to development and delivery of a wide range of individual education for financial crimes awareness
• Prepare documentation and refer cases for Suspicious Activity, Identity Theft Operations and Suspected Financial Abuse, reports to government agencies and makes recommendations to management
• Provide support and evaluation/validation guidance to quality assurance staff by answering questions on regulations or compliance, procedures and policies
• Escalate key maintenance errors identified during evaluation & validation process and ensure resolution of same, reviewing programs, processes, documentation, to ensure compliance with internal company requirements or government regulations
• Review systems to ensure company standards are met, exceptions are notated, and issues escalated as necessary
• Assist in development and design of product specific databases
• Review and evaluate work
• Prepare calibration feedback and facilitate calibrations across the team to ensure consistency of quality evaluations delivered to clients
• Monitor quality assurance programs and processes to identify gaps and risk assessment
• Design and conduct training as needed
• Provide coaching to staff and track performance expectations and results
• Make final evaluation decisions on disputes which impact quality results
• Interact with staff and business partners to promote teamwork and departmental effectiveness
• Evaluate output from the Global Sanctions Office & AML Program which includes Corporate Politically Exposed Persons, Global Sanctions Screening & Reporting, and Enhanced Due Diligence
• Effectively manage a personal work queue and consistently deliver error free quality control reviews
• Use approved policies and procedures in order to complete reviews that are clear, concise, and easily understood by due diligence consultants and leaders
• Examine and analyze programs, processes, and/or files of unusual, complex and/or higher risk transactions to ensure compliance with internal company requirements and/or agency or government regulations
• Clearly communicate overall process or transaction quality and provide feedback to appropriate contacts regarding identified material deficiencies or issues including identification of inconsistencies
• Analyze risks and offset and develop solutions for problems identified
• Work directly with peers and leaders throughout all groups within the Customer Due Diligence Group

2+ years of Financial Crimes, Operational Risk, Fraud, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery, Corruption experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Experience in Financial Crimes, Operational Risk, Fraud, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery, Corruption, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

• Equal opportunity employer
• Support for building strong customer relationships balanced with risk mitigating and compliance-driven culture
• Adherence to all risk and compliance program requirements
• Disability accommodation available upon request during the application or interview process
• Drug-free workplace