Description
The Financial Crimes Senior Analyst is responsible for overseeing KYC and watchlist screening operations, including OFAC, to identify false positives and positive matches.
In this role, you can expect to:
- Oversee investigators who leverage data to confirm positive matches or false positives
- Reach out to customers to understand customer behavior and obtain additional details pertinent to evaluating activities under review, if needed
- Make determinations on whether a match is a true positive
- Provide in-depth subject matter expertise for list screening, watchlist, and OFAC
- Perform other job-related duties or special projects as assigned
- Assist with dispositioning cases according to agreed-upon business Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
- Recommend relationship retention or termination and track account closures, if required
To thrive in this role, you have:
- 5+ years of experience in banking, risk management, or fraud detection/investigation
- CAMS certification is a plus
- Prior experience with Fraud and/or AML investigations, with a preference for both, including the ability to identify potentially unusual activity
- Practical experience managing audits, independent reviews, or examinations by bank partners or regulators, including the resolution of identified issues
- Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to multi-task, maintain accuracy, and meet deadlines in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
- Effective analytical and problem-solving skills, with abilities in analyzing data patterns and investigating customer transactions
- Self-starter possessing the ability to work independently while supporting a team environment
- Strong attention to detail and high concern for data accuracy with the ability to follow directions and apply proper policies, procedures, and guidelines
- Knowledge of laws applicable to money laundering, including the Bank Secrecy Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, US Treasury AML guidelines, OFAC requirements, and Unusual/Suspicious Activity Reporting requirements preferred
- Proficiency with, or ability to quickly gain proficiency with, banking account monitoring and compliance software tools, Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word)
- Aptitude and/or curiosity toward adoption of AI tooling is preferred
- Travel up to 10%
- At least 4 days in office per week. Chicago location preferred. San Francisco or New York City offices are possible.
The base salary offered for this role and level of experience is $112,000-$155,000 USD. Full-time employees may also be eligible for bonus(es), competitive equity, and benefits.