GFC Executive - AML & Sanctions Risk Assessments

Job Description:

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The Global Financial Crime (“GFC”) Executive I contributes to the direction and drives the development of enterprise-wide money laundering, economic sanctions, and fraud compliance and operational risk practices consistent with applicable laws, rules, regulations and regulatory guidance. The GFC Executive I serves as a trusted advisor to the Chief Compliance and Operational Risk (“C&OR”) Officers of the Front Line Units (“FLU”) and Control Functions (“CF”) for the company and to the leaders of the FLUs and CFs directly.

The Global Financial Crimes Risk Management Executive serves as a direct report to the Global Financial Crimes Executive – Consumer, Small Business & Merchant Services (CSBB) and is a member of Bank of America’s Global Financial Crimes (“GFC") leadership team.  This executive is accountable for execution of the AML & Sanctions Risk Assessments, inclusive of Targeted Risk Assessments.

The GFC Risk Management Executive must exercise judgment and demonstrate the ability to influence, challenge, and coordinate across peers on the Global Financial Crimes leadership team and across the First Line Units.  The executive will be responsible for a range of deliverables including leading the Enterprise AML & Sanctions Risk Assessment Process and ad hoc AML & Sanctions advisory to First Line Units. 

Responsibilities:

• Update and overhaul Risk Assessment Methodology and Process for AML & Sanctions, to include Targeted Risk Assessments across all business units

• Lead Enterprise AML & Sanctions Risk Assessments across all business units

• Provide subject matter expertise to Consumer, Small Business business unit

• Serve as liaison to key Compliance partners

• Ensure policies and standards are up to date

• Key Risk Inventory (KRI) and Key Performance Indicator (KPI) management

• Oversight of Global Financial Crimes vendors

Managerial Responsibilities:

This position may also have responsibilities for managing associates. At Bank of America, all managers at this level demonstrate the following responsibilities, in addition to those specific to the role, listed above.

• Breaks down barriers to create a more inclusive environment that supports company D&I goals

• Challenges end-to-end process efficiency and effectiveness, champion data driven decision-making and removes obstacles to optimize operations

• Contributes to enterprise strategy and influence messaging to connect team contributions to business purpose, results, and success

• Inspects and challenges risk controls, governance and culture to ensure the timely identification, escalation, debate and remediation of risk across the organization

• Coaches to sustain and elevates organizational performance while differentiating to ensure pay for performance

• Efficiently allocates and manages resources across the organization to drive short and long term profitability

• Inspects and manages the health of the bench to ensure succession for the organization, while supporting enterprise talent needs

• Mobilizes organizational resources to deliver the full range of the bank’s capabilities to meet client needs and to gain competitive advantage

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in AML & Sanctions industry or experience in a related field

• Direct experience leading AML & Sanctions Risk Assessments

• Critical thinker with expertise in leveraging data to optimize decision-making

• Expertise in AML & Sanctions risk management and compliance

• Deep knowledge of AML & Sanctions and corresponding regulations

• Track record of engaging and influencing senior executives

• Demonstrated ability to overcome obstacles and resistance to drive change

• Effectively package and communicate complex content and information

• Systems-thinking and process thinking ability / Operational Excellence mindset

• Demonstrates the ability to multi-task in fast-paced environment

• Can operate with independence in ambiguous environment

• Strong collaboration and people leadership skills

• Organizational skills and attention to detail

Leadership Competencies:

• Engages and influences at the executive level, drives followership, and establishes and maintains collaborative partnerships

• Demonstrates strategic thinking skills to envision new and better ways of doing things

• Translates strategies into highly pragmatic solutions that meet the needs of multiple stakeholder groups across a large, global organization

• Builds and leverages enterprise knowledge and relationships to drive impact and results

• Navigates complexity; thrives in a highly matrixed environment

• Demonstrates sound judgment

• Fosters an environment that welcomes feedback, encourages debate and engages and teammates at all levels in the organization

• Creates and articulates a well-informed point of view at all levels of the company, even if it is in contrast with others

Skills:

• Regulatory Compliance

• External Resource Management

• Strategy Planning and Development

• Change Management

• Decision Making

• Issue Management

• Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management

• Talent Development

• Risk Management

• Written Communications

• Fraud Management

• Investigation Management

• Coaching

• Inclusive Leadership
   

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