Global Financial Crimes Manager - Investigations Risk
Bank of America
Job Description:
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Job Description:
This job is responsible for executing substantive money laundering, economic sanctions and fraud compliance and operational risk practices. Key responsibilities include working directly or through compliance officers for the Front Line Units (FLUs) and Control Functions (CFs) to complete compliance, policy, operational/fraud risk management requirements.
The Global Financial Crimes Investigations Risk Manager is responsible for managing and mitigating financial crime operational risks. This role involves developing risk management strategies and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. The manager will work closely with various departments to create a robust financial crime risk framework and promote a culture of compliance and ethical behavior.
Risk Management Activities will include:
Identify, assess, and monitor AML and Fraud financial crime operational risks
Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards
Collaborate with internal stakeholders, such as legal, compliance and audit teams during investigations
Coordinate with external stakeholders, including law enforcement and regulatory agencies as needed
Influence peers and executives across organization to remove road blocks and take action on QA deliverables, regulatory requirements and process improvements
Ensure proper testing and validation of process and key metrics aligned to process inventory
Maintains a culture of compliance and supports identification, escalation and timely mitigation of compliance risks
Applies knowledge and expertise to influence business managers and peers to ensure enforcement of high quality and risk standards
Notifies key stakeholders of trends and concerns in order to ensure timely response to issues. Interfaces with auditors, business and support leaders
Prepare and present regular reports on financial crime risks and investigations to senior management
Maintain comprehensive documentation of investigation processes, findings, and outcomes
Ensure timely and accurate reporting to regulatory authorities as required
Foster strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organization
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 committees
Identifies, aggregates, reports, escalates, inspects, and challenges the remediation and thematic analysis of issues and control enhancements related to financial crimes
Responsibilities:
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
Produces and/or oversees independent financial crimes risk management reporting to Global Compliance & Operational Risk (GC&OR) Senior Leaders and FLU/CF Senior Leaders
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
Required Qualifications:
Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
Knowledge of anti-money laundering (AML) and related AML legislation
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong communication and interpersonal skills
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing
Regulatory Compliance
Risk Management
Strong leadership and decision making capabilities
Ability to influence and drive change across the organization
Proficient in using technology and data analytics
Issue Management
Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management
Strategy Planning and Development
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:
Critical Thinking
Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing
Regulatory Compliance
Risk Management
Coaching
Issue Management
Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management
Strategy Planning and Development
Written Communications
External Resource Management
Reporting
Talent Development
Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)Hours Per Week:
40