Global Financial Crimes Compliance Investigator

Job Description:

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Job Description:
This job is responsible for performing end-to-end investigations or investigations support functions of external financial crimes activities across one or more lines of business. Key responsibilities include conducting routine to complex investigations, including fraud committed by external parties, money laundering, or terrorist financing and acting as the liaison to Law Enforcement as required.

The Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) Investigator performs end-to-end investigations across one or more lines of business relevant to the Investigators specific area of responsibility. In the investigative role, the Investigator conducts routine to complex investigations, including fraud committed by external parties, money laundering, or terrorist financing. Responsibilities for this role include completing investigations while ensuring cases meet or exceed closure and quality metrics, reporting facts of the investigation to assist in identifying potential operational or compliance risks, and completing Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) in a timely and accurate manner for submission to regulators and/or law enforcement. This role may partner with GFCC Risk Management, front line units or other stakeholders to resolve investigations. This role may ultimately report to any number of teams across Anti-Money Laundering (AML) or Fraud Investigations.

Responsibilities:

• Completes investigations while overseeing cases meet or exceed closure and quality metrics

• Completes Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) in a timely and accurate manner for submission to regulators and/or law enforcement

• Reports facts of the investigation to senior stakeholders, assisting in identifying potential operational or compliance risks and partners with Global Financial Crimes (GFC) Management and/or Front Line Units (FLU) to resolve investigations

• Performs quality control functions, training, communications, guidance, monitoring scenario development/enhancement input and testing, or law enforcement liaison responsibilities in an investigative support role

• Communicates and develop relationships with federal, state and local law enforcement

• Partners with GFC Management, front line units (“FLU”) or other stakeholders to resolve investigations

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 or more years’ experience with Fraud, AML, Risk, or Compliance experience and/or knowledge of financial crimes typologies

• Bachelor’s degree or 5 or more years equivalent work experience in areas such as financial services, fraud, investigative services, or law enforcement

• BSA knowledge relative to AML or Fraud as well as general understanding of AML typologies/red flags

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel / data analytics

• Self-starter capable of analyzing and reporting independently

• Ability to analyze and manipulate large data sets

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in related field

• Experience in financial services and/or a related government entity

• Additional Technical/Functional Experience (e.g. Industry type): Financial Services and/or related government entity

• Experience interacting with Front Line Units & Customers/Clients

• Certifications:

  • ACAMS – Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists

  • CFE – Certified Fraud Examiner

Skills:

• Critical Thinking

• Fraud Management

• Regulatory Compliance

• Written Communications

• Investigation Management

• Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management

• Reporting

• Risk Management

• Coaching

• Issue Management

• Talent Development

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