Job Description

Responsibilities

• Conduct holistic Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) reviews of complex high-risk customer relationships using customer risk scoring models.
• Perform transactional reviews for potential money laundering and terrorist financing using automated AML monitoring systems, reports, and other methods.
• Investigate, document, and determine if suspicious activity warrants a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) filing.
• Prepare and file SARs for the AML CIU team.
• Review and approve SARs escalated by EDD analysts.
• Conduct extensive background investigations using public and private databases in accordance with AML and regulatory standards.
• Assist in developing best practices, processes, policies, and procedures.
• Perform reviews of law enforcement inquiries, subpoenas, internal/external escalations, and assist with audit requests.
• Support and lead various projects including remediation, testing, drafting procedures, and other assignments from AML leadership.
• Conduct supervisory reviews, reporting, and metrics tracking.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum 6+ years of financial industry or related experience, including 5+ years in AML or related risk roles.
• Proven experience conducting and/or leading complex financial crimes investigations (fraud, money laundering, illicit financial activities).
• Strong knowledge of AML BSA compliance requirements (CIP, KYC, CDD, EDD).
• Ability to identify, escalate, and report suspicious activity.
• Solid understanding of complex transactional life cycles in brokerage, banking, lending, credit cards, trusts, and investment banking.
• Experience with compliance analysis, risk identification, and control mechanisms.
• Strong knowledge of banking and brokerage products.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Experience with AML software, Capital Markets surveillance, SQL Server, Actimize, Thomson Reuters Clear, and Moodys Data Analytics (RDC).

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