Job Description:
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
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Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.
Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!
Job Description:
The Global Financial Crimes (GFC) Forecasting and Capacity team is looking for a motivated individual who can analyze operational volumes to develop, maintain, and execute quantitative forecasts for staffing decision-making through the application of statistical models. Utilizes mathematics, statistical methods, engineering methods, and other advanced analytics methods. Strong presentation skills with the ability to take complex concepts and communicate at all levels. Interacts with senior partners and supports management in key decision making, influencing, and gaining support from financial analysts, and management a team.
The selected candidate will have the ability to work in a team-oriented environment with strong aptitude for problem solving and collaboration, as well as strong communication and interpersonal skills - specifically the ability to communicate complex ideas in a clear and concise manner to key stakeholders. This person will also have natural curiosity and drive to answer important business questions and high aptitude for self-motivation and self-determined project work.
Responsibilities:
Reviews LOBs financial performances and provides strategic direction to teams by assisting with synthesizing key trends, assessing current and future business risks, and preparing, analyzing, and reporting on financial results and key metrics.
Manages forecasting and/or budgeting and compares current performance against plan, prior periods, and forecasts to evaluate current and future performance trajectory.
Builds management reports, presentations, and ad hoc analyses for LOBs and/or finance partners.
Performs complex analysis of financial models, market data, financial data, and portfolio trends to understand product performance and improve portfolio risk, profitability, performance forecasting, and operational performance.
Identifies business trends based on economic and portfolio conditions and communicates findings to senior management.
Partner /Collaborate with finance and key stakeholders on the communication of forecast drivers, impacts, loss performance, and reconciliation.
Prepare, distribute, and consolidate weekly, monthly, quarterly workforce packages.
Identify and implement improvements with recurring monthly reporting and adheres to all deadlines.
Advises and directs the development and maintenance of financial crimes owned policies and standards, and reviews relevant Front Line Units/Control Functions-owned policies and standards to ensure that regulatory requirements and operational risks are appropriately addressed
Monitors the changes in regulations applicable to Global Financial Crimes, including advising business leaders, directing the appropriate areas to implement or amend policies, standards, procedures and/or processes to address regulatory requirements, and challenging the implementation plan as needed
Participates in industry forums and monitors regulatory expectations, emerging legislation and regulation, political scrutiny, litigation and key influencers to identify and mitigate emerging risks
Escalates financial crimes related compliance and operational risks and issues to appropriate governance routines, management/board level committees
Identifies, aggregates, reports, escalates, inspects, and challenges the remediation and thematic analysis of FLU/CF-owned issues and control enhancements related to financial crimes
Reviews and challenges internal and external operational loss events, including the development of remediation plans to strengthen controls and providing oversight to ensure they are addressed appropriately
Develop and modernize time-series models using advanced algorithm-based forecasting techniques
Execute quarterly volume forecast model production and presenting results to executive leadership in support of financial budgeting routines
Help to drive forecast consistency and innovation across team.
Required Qualifications:
Minimum of seven years of relevant experience
Degree in Mathematics, Statistics, Applied Economics, Operations Research, Advanced Analytics or other STEM field –OR—Equivalent experience
Knowledge of anti-money laundering (AML) and related AML legislation
Desired Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in related field
Experience in financial services and/or a related government entity
Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)
Skills:
Regulatory Compliance
Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing
Critical Thinking
Risk Management
Issue Management
Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management
Strategy Planning and Development
Coaching
Written Communications
Reporting
External Resource Management
Talent Development
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)Hours Per Week:
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