Financial Intelligence Analyst - Financial Crimes Investigation

Associated Bank•Green Bay, WI

About The Position

The Financial Intelligence Analyst plays a key role in identifying, investigating, and documenting potentially suspicious activity across customer accounts and relationships. The analyst reviews transactional and customer data, supports regulatory compliance, and helps protect the organization by identifying financial crime risks and trends. The role also serves as a resource for fraud-related investigations and contributes to reporting, research, and risk mitigation efforts. The analyst conducts investigations using available reports, databases, system applications, and other resources; analyzes customer and transactional data; and evaluates and documents suspicious activity patterns, escalating concerns when appropriate. The position prepares detailed case documentation and investigative narratives in a centralized case management system and completes regulatory reporting requirements, including Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) when necessary. The role supports compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and investigative procedures. It also monitors customer and account information, identifies trends, assists with research and reporting, and contributes to departmental initiatives involving metrics development, testing, reporting, threshold analysis, and system tuning.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in Risk, Compliance, Audit, Banking, Business, Law Enforcement, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
At least 1 year of experience in risk, compliance, audit, banking, business, or a related field.
Comply with applicable enterprise policies and procedures and applicable laws and regulations, including the Bank Secrecy Act.

Nice To Haves

At least 2 years of experience in risk, compliance, audit, banking, business, or a related field.
Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certification.
Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE) certification.

Responsibilities

Investigate reports, databases, system applications, and other available resources to identify unusual or suspicious activity.
Analyze customer and transactional data to detect irregular activity, changes in customer behavior, and potential financial crime risks.
Use sound judgment to identify, evaluate, and document suspicious activity patterns, escalating concerns when appropriate.
Prepare detailed case documentation and comprehensive investigative narratives in a centralized case management system.
Complete regulatory reporting requirements, including Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) when necessary.
Support compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies, and investigative procedures.
Monitor and interpret customer and account information, identify trends, and assist with research and reporting activities.
Contribute to departmental initiatives, including metrics development, testing, reporting, threshold analysis, and system tuning.
Report suspicious activity to Financial Intelligence.
Report customer complaints and procedure violations to management or HR, and report ethical concerns through the appropriate channel.