Global Financial Crimes Manager

Job Description:

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Job Description:

This job is responsible for supporting compliance with substantive Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Economic Sanctions compliance and operational risk practices. Key responsibilities include developing, implementing, and maintaining a comprehensive AML and Economic Sanctions risk assessment program, ensuring proactive identification, mitigation, and communication of potential risks and the quality of risk management efforts.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the design, implementation and maintenance of a robust and comprehensive AML and economic sanctions risk assessment methodology aligned with industry best practices, regulatory expectations, and the company's risk appetite. This includes conducting regular risk assessments, performing data analysis, analyzing results, identifying potential vulnerabilities, and assisting, when appropriate, in the development of mitigating strategies.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to enhance existing financial crimes risk assessment work products such as questionnaires/surveys, reports, and presentations
• Analyze risk and control data to draft comprehensive reports detailing risks of financial crimes activities
• Identify and enhance existing procedures and processes to ensure compliance with Bank of America policy, applicable financial crimes laws and regulations, regulatory guidance and compliance, and industry best practices
• Oversee process design and execution including designing and maintaining detailed project plans and process maps.
• Manage, coordinate, track regulatory examinations, internal audit and control testing to ensure reviews are conducted efficiently.
• Proactively monitor and analyze changes in AML/Economic Sanctions requirements, assess impact on the organization, and implement necessary changes to ensure ongoing compliance. This includes staying abreast of emerging threats and the trends in regulatory and financial crime.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal business units, external auditors and regulatory agencies.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience with Anti Money Laundering (AML)/Sanctions risk assessments or similar experience
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in the decision-making process when analyzing data to verify and validate requirements
• Must be a self-motivated worker who is comfortable and effective working with varying levels of guidance
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Intermediate or better knowledge of Microsoft Office products (specifically Excel and Word)
• Relationship building skills

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Compliance/operational risk experience
• Process/workflow design
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize multiple tasks
• Detail oriented

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

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