Senior Operations Consultant – High Risk Detection

Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Operations Consultant – High Risk Detection  

Corporate Title: AVP

Location: Dublin

Company Overview:

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.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

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!

Location: Dublin

Find us at our Central Park office, Leopardstown, where you will find our state-of-the-art facilities based in Dublin’s premium business park. With an onsite gym, staff restaurant and coffee shop, all your daily needs are conveniently catered for. There are also a range of travel options available to staff, including the LUAS network and the Central Park shuttle service between Dublin City Centre and Central Park, which means getting to work has never been so easy.

Role Description:

The Global Banking & Global Markets Anti-Money Laundering organization is a central control function which governs, facilitates, and oversees the end-to-end AML program across all businesses and jurisdictions globally. The High-Risk Detection Team is part of AML Operations supporting Global Banking and Global Markets businesses which is designed to manage high risk through ongoing monitoring and due diligence.

Responsibilities:

• You will review client and party screening for determination of adherence to Global Laws, Rules, and Regulations
• You will manage complex client types and collection of enhanced due diligence.
• You will oversee client types and collection of enhanced due diligence
• You will complete reviews of clients who fall under the purview of High-Risk Detection Team
• You will support Audit, Exam and/or Testing processes, ensure proper governance and protocol is followed; assist with preliminary research and response tracking
• You will provide solutions to help with implementation of process improvements or remediation plans to drive efficiencies and demonstrate control sustainability
• You will coordinate and partner across other support teams and stakeholders to ensure end-to-end process engagement and timely resolution of monitoring cases
• You will be proactive in risk identification and mitigation through activity monitoring processes

What we are looking for:

• You will have experience interacting with, compliance, senior bankers, and senior management
• You will have a bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent experience
• You will be detail oriented with ability to consolidate KYC and screening information. Understanding of evolving Laws, Rules and Regulations for AML is core and applying this to day-to-day-engagement with both operations and bankers is key to success
• You will have the ability to adapt to unexpected events, prioritize and multi-task in a deadline driven environment

Additional Skills:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, Word, and SharePoint
• Working knowledge of Global Banking & Global Markets and applicable systems/tools
• Process improvement and six-sigma experience
• ACAMS accreditation

Benefits of working at Bank of America
Ireland

• Private healthcare for you and your family plus an annual health screen to help you manage your physical wellness with the option to purchase a screen for your partner
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work because of a disability or health reasons
• 20 days of back-up childcare including virtual tutoring and 20 days of adult-care per annum
• Ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, specified illness cover etc
• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits
• Access to free counselling through an Employee Assistance Programme and virtual GP services
• Opportunity to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
• Opportunity to join our Arts & Culture corporate membership programme and receive discounted entry to some of the UK and Ireland’s most iconic cultural institutions
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area

Bank of America

Good conduct and sound judgment are crucial to our long-term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.

We are an equal opportunity employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, gender identity, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, responsibilities for dependants, physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications, and experience.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.