Compliance- Financial Crime Compliance - Suspicious Activity Monitoring & Reporting (SAMR) - Associate

BUSINESS UNIT AND ROLE OVERVIEW

Financial Crime Compliance (“FCC”) has primary responsibility for the execution of the firm’s enterprise-wide Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”), anti-bribery, and government sanctions compliance programs and, among other things, performs enhanced due diligence and government sanctions screening, as well as surveillance and investigations designed to identify potential terrorist financing, money laundering, bribery, market abuse, or other suspicious activity. 

OPPORTUNITY
FCC is seeking an individual to join its FCC SAMR Level 2 Investigations team (“FCC SAMR Investigations”). FCC SAMR Investigations is seeking an analyst or associate, ideally with financial industry experience and AML experience. 

The analyst will conduct in-depth transactional investigations to identify AML red flags probative of potential illicit activity. When problematic transactions are identified, the investigator will take the appropriate steps to escalate, discontinue, and/or mitigate such activity. The ideal candidate would have strong analytical skills, the ability to collaborate with others, the ability to manage projects and processes, and the ability to multi-task. In this role, the analyst will work closely with compliance, operations, technology and business personnel, and would be expected to quickly gain an understanding of the firm's businesses and the rules and regulations under which the firm operates.

Principal Responsibilities:

The successful candidate will join the Financial Crime Compliance group and assist in reviewing transaction surveillance alerts and conducting case investigations to identify potential suspicious activity for reporting purposes.  Additionally, the role involves identifying patterns and trends consistent with money laundering, terrorist financing, and other types of suspicious activity.  

Responsibilities of the role include the completion of daily tasks and supporting projects to meet the overall department goals in line with the firm’s AML program.  The role supports various AML & Fraud processes, including but not limited to, transaction activity reviews, suspicious activity, fraud referral, investigations, fulfillment of information sharing and law enforcement requests, and filing of Suspicious Activity Reports (“SAR”).

Preferred Qualifications:

Ability to work independently and in team-oriented workflowsStrong analytical and risk assessment skillsExcellent written and verbal communication skillsAbility to prioritize work-flows and ensure deadlines are metAbility to forge strong relationships with colleagues and clientsProactive, self-motivated, detail-oriented and well-organizedPrior compliance experience – prior AML experience would be a bonusOne year + of experience preferred