Vice President, Financial Crimes Investigator (Securities / Broker-Dealer)

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We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Financial Crimes Investigator (Securities / Broker - Dealer) to join our Financial Crimes Compliance Securities / Broker-Dealer Investigation Team.

The Financial Crimes Compliance Investigations team carries out the firm’s enterprise-wide suspicious activity investigation and reporting function. FCC Investigations’ primary mission is to mitigate risk through excellence in suspicious activity investigations and reporting. Activity investigated by the Team includes money laundering, terrorist financing, identify theft, wire fraud, securities fraud, market manipulation, check fraud and debit card fraud.

FCC Investigations seeks a Vice President to join its team of investigative and compliance professions. The VP conducts complex investigations primarily involving instances of securities fraud, market manipulation and account takeovers. The VP is also responsible for drafting Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) filed by BNY with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) or documenting decisions not to file SARs.

This role is in Lake Mary, FL or Pittsburgh, PA.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

Receive transaction monitoring or other potentially suspicious activity escalations and conduct comprehensive anti-money laundering and / or securities-related investigations of escalated activity
Recommend to SAR Reviewers whether to file a SAR with FinCEN
Draft timely, error-free and well-written SARs and No SARs that follow FinCEN regulations and BNY guidance and procedures
Create a comprehensive and well-organized case file
Present significant SARs to Senior Management and / or governance committees
With minimal guidance, contribute to assessments of the effectiveness of controls that help ensure ongoing compliance with key laws, regulations and policies affecting BNY businesses
Contribute to the preparation of time sensitive reporting and appropriately escalate issues
Perform quality control reviews and/or conduct transaction-based investigations
Work comfortably with large data and inputs while investigating evidence of suspicious activity
Serve as a subject matter resource to coach and guide the team on securities fraud types such as Information abuse, Market Manipulation, Sales Practice violations, Execution/supervision
Contribute to the achievement of team objectives

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

Bachelors’ degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required
Prior AML and/or securities fraud investigative experience at a financial institution or a broker / dealer.
Subject matter expertise in financial crimes investigations involving securities transactions, digital assets, correspondent banking, institutional custody, and/or private wealth
Experience working for a financial institution on AML/ KYC/ anti-fraud related projects and/or ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) or CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) certification and intelligence work in the private or public sector, is preferred.
FINRA Series 7 license preferred

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