Analyst, AML Job Description
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Analyst, AML Job Description
- Conduct comprehensive enhanced due diligence reviews of both new and existing clients
- Participation in ad hoc and project work as required remediation projects, process changes
- Ensure that any non-core tasks, are completed in an accurate and timely manner
- Utilize information found on internal systems (BETALink, ClientSource, PostEdge, ) in the public domain to complete activity analysis and make informed conclusions
- Provide end-to-end project delivery support, including conducting walkthroughs, providing test support, performing defect coordination, implementation & warranty support
- Investigation of cases generated by Transaction Surveillance
- Maintain the European Watch Lists
- Review Production Orders, warrants, subpoenas, analyzing/escalating them and maintaining a production log
- Liaison with relevant law enforcement authorities and peer institutions in relation to financial crime intelligence matters
- Assisting in the submission of SARs
- Office professional environment
- Fast paced / work under tight timelines
- Must have approximately 4-7 years of experience in a related industry or function
- University degree, college diploma, or equivalent experience considered an asset
- Obtain account statements, transaction histories, wire transfer details and check images related to each investigation
- Communicate with bank personnel and management to verify accuracy of information
Analyst, AML Job Description
- Provide highly and effective communication during implementation and outages
- Lead requirements and/or issues walkthrough reviews of all technical specifications with business, IT members and executives as required
- Resolve technical conflicts/issues and escalates to others as appropriate
- Prepare and deliver presentations/reports to business and technology partners and senior management, selecting the appropriate approach based on the audience
- Develop documents and executes unit test, system integration and acceptance test (PIV) using different languages and testing tools for functions of high complexity
- Develop plans and accurate estimates for completion of requirements, continuously improving the level of details and accuracy of estimates
- Apply advanced coverage analysis techniques to ensure relationship between scope, detailed requirements, and testing through to implementation
- Communicate the impact of changes through cost-benefit analysis taking into consideration time, effort, and business priorities
- Manage the detail aspects of day-to-day operations with 3rd party vendors as required
- Analyze and document detailed business and system solution requirements using Agile Iterative requirements methodology (Sprint Planning, Stand-up, Sprint Reviews and Retrospective meetings)
- 3-4 years of work experience in banking & the BSA/AML field
- Good working knowledge of AML risk and compliance management requirements for federally regulated financial institutions and industry best practices would be an asset
- 2+ experience using QTP Web Service, Web Add-Ins, Quality Center 11
- Knowledge of data structure and database reporting techniques (SQL and relational databases)
- Experience with web-based software testing and creating full life cycle test plans
- Experience with .NET, unit tests, and test-driven development (asset)
Analyst, AML Job Description
- Act independently to coordinate and control an investigation and make key real time decisions
- Prepare necessary reports and information for relevant internal departments, Financial Intelligence Units, law enforcement and regulatory organisations
- Work closely with other departments across PPB including Retail management, Customer Operations, Risk, Integrity and VIP/Premium teams
- Receive internal suspicious activity reports, record and investigate possible instances of Money Laundering (ML)
- Performs day-to day maintenance and processing for the Bank's transaction monitoring system to ensure data integrity and quality, including reviewing, repairing and reconciling data to source systems
- Participates in the annual risk assessment through data extraction, transfer, and synthesis from a variety of sources and Bank systems
- Collaborates with technology and operations partners to ensure dependencies are identified and supporting systems are operating effectively
- Participates in independent model validation(s) in accordance with the Bank's Model Risk Management Policy
- Evaluate CIP and CDD processes for compliance to bank’s procedures and handling outstanding exceptions
- Conduct ongoing monitoring and evaluation of rule performance with procedures for responding to any problems that appear
- Provide support to approved projects
- Provide country support for User Acceptance Testing and ensure that schedules are published and adhered to
- Provide system training for end users as required
- Complete business analysis and business rule development tasks where required
- Assist in development and testing of simple to moderately complex queries, according to the specifications
- Prepare data according to the needs of the end-user or client including the provision of simple downloads of the information to developing simple to moderately complex reports, which may require data manipulation and analysis
Analyst, AML Job Description
- Bachelor’s degree (or corresponding education) preferred, or equivalent job experience in the financial services industry
- Knowledge of global law and regulations applicable to consumer protection a plus
- Must have advance, extensive and expert working knowledge of operational functions and sound internal control concepts
- Must possess a high degree of objectivity and display a global view
- Understanding of international regulatory bodies and organizations
- Developing User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scripts and providing project management assistance
- Good communication and presentation skills desired
- Identify and resolve problems following established guidelines, accounting for internal guidelines outside regulatory requirements
- Conduct location reviews within New Zealand
- Perform Agent and consumer enhanced due diligence
- A plus if the individual can write PL/SQL queries
- Proficient in Microsoft office, databases, and internet research
- Leadership and management of the people agenda within the team employee motivation and morale, training, capability development, succession and talent management
- Work with Management and the Bank's Compliance Department to identifying, review and implement process improvements - this includes reviewing thresholds, operating procedures and internal controls
- Assist with investigations of potentially fraudulent activity on customer accounts and work with management and the Compliance function to resolve
- The on-going maintenance and development of a robust control environment within the unit ensuring that all risks are appropriately managed and operational losses are minimised
Analyst, AML Job Description
- Independently identifies and resolves problems following established guidelines, accounting for internal guidelines outside regulatory requirements
- Capable of analyze complicated data sets to identify patterns and issues in backend database environment
- Maintaining and creating custom reports and dashboards, and interpreting data for analysis
- Conducts research and analysis of internally identified suspicious activity patterns, industry risks, or any complex, critical issues concerning the trends associated with money laundering or other financial crimes
- Searches for meaningful patterns, trends, and relationships amongst large amounts of data
- Create clear presentations, which highlight the effectiveness and efficiency of your rules-based scenarios and models, in order to better understand our risk universe
- Creates, manages and maintains monthly and ad hoc reports and dashboards
- Provide data, including data preparation and query support to assist simulation and analysis requests of compliance business partners
- Identify and leverage new data, adopt new techniques and technology to improve model performance and existing process
- Interact with technology partners and vendors to ensure the systems supporting the program are operating effectively, and improve implementation efficiency
- An in-depth knowledge of the AML process and Regulatory guidelines is essential
- Ability to execute consistently, and function independently on a team
- Conduct testing and/or lead testing engagements in accordance with the Global AML Testing Methodology ensuring completion within established budget, time and scope parameters
- Develop and execute detailed testing plans specific to the business unit or operational/control unit with direction from Manager/Senior Manager
- Accurately document test results and present concerns, findings and recommendations to testing team management and unit management as appropriate
- Work independently and interact with internal and external stakeholders including partners within Global AML and management within the business units and operational/control units being tested