Financial Crimes Consultant

About the position

In this contingent resource assignment, you may: Consult on or participate in moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within Business Execution and contribute to large-scale planning related to Business Execution deliverables. Review and analyze moderately complex Business Execution challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. Contribute to the resolution of moderately complex issues and consult with others to meet Business Execution deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements. Collaborate with client personnel in Business Execution.

Responsibilities

• Review Trade Finance transactions to identify material heightened risk activity based on common red flag; assess the risks presented and recommend commensurate risk mitigation steps if warranted; and complete product transaction due diligence forms establishing customer activity baselines.
• Work with 1,000s of rows and cells of data in Microsoft Excel to identify risk based on multiple factors including industries and geographical locations of parties to transactions, underlying goods shipped, transaction sizes, etc.
• Work with the group's technology partners, mid-level managers, and cross-functional business partners to develop strategies, techniques and tools to facilitate the advancement of reviews.
• Write bolstered observations and risk dispositions that help business partners better understand customers' behavior and manage the risk.
• Serve as an Anti-money laundering / Counter Threat Finance subject matter expert for more junior members of the team.

Requirements

• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
• Commercial banking and credit analysis experience is required
• Strong understanding of financial crimes risk
• Trade finance products investigations is required
• Knowledge of Trade Finance Products
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate risks and to communicate relevant risk in a simple, decisive, timely and market-appropriate manner
• Ability to think with a risk control mindset
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Advanced MS Excel including the ability to manage extremely large and complex sets of transactional data (v-lookups, pivot table, charts)
• Demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships across business units
• Industry certifications (e.g. CAMS certified and/or AML/Sanctions Credential Program, etc.)

Benefits

• Health Insurance
• Life insurance
• 401K
• Voluntary Benefits