Senior Fraud Analyst - Financial Crimes

Edward Jones • Tempe, AZ

95d

About The Position

Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500 company where people come first. With over 9 million clients and 20,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we're proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns. Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging. People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.

Requirements

• High school diploma, Bachelor's preferred.
• 3+ years experience.
• 2+ years of brokerage or financial services industry or related experience with a focus on fraud, BSA/AML investigations, audit, or risk management strongly preferred.
• Knowledge of brokerage operations, banking operations, risk management, investigations, forensic accounting, business, finance, fraud or anti-money laundering a plus.
• Strong working knowledge of major Operations and Compliance functions, specifically the movement of funds and securities and related regulations.
• Knowledge of fraud typologies, policies and frameworks, applicable regulations, audits, risk management and internal controls.
• Professional certifications such as CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) or CFCS (Certified Financial Crime Specialist).
• Experience with data analysis tools (e.g., Excel, SQL, Python).

Responsibilities

• Conducts investigative research using appropriate investigative techniques to determine fraud risk.
• Performs detailed analyses to detect patterns, trends, anomalies and schemes in transactions and relationships across multiple businesses/products.
• Develops and implements testing strategies and methodologies.
• Evaluates the adequacy and effectiveness of procedures, processes and internal controls.
• Reviews and analyzes investigative findings and makes recommendations based upon outcomes.
• Drafts corrective action plans and assists in managing change to prevent/mitigate risk.
• Develops and delivers a wide range of training for team members and firm associates related to the identification of fraudulent activity.
• Conducts comprehensive analysis of escalations or referrals to assess the risk of potential fraud or suspicious activity.
• Responsible for seeing all aspects of the case through to completion.
• Determines whether a case can be appropriately mitigated and closed, or whether red flags still exist, and a SAR/STR is warranted.
• Drafts the SAR narrative if a SAR/STR is warranted.
• Reviews account activity and client behavior to identify trends with client accounts.
• Establishes relationships and shares information with Legal, Compliance, and other internal departments, governmental agencies and law enforcement.
• Maintains working knowledge and enforces the Firm's Financial Crimes Policies.
• Ensures compliance with sanctions screening program as required by OFAC, FinCEN, and BSA regulations.

Benefits

• Medical and prescription drug coverage.
• Dental and vision insurance.
• Voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness).
• Short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Basic life and basic AD&D coverage provided at no cost to associates.
• 401k retirement plan.
• Health savings account and flexible spending account.
• Ten paid holidays.
• 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year.
• Sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism.
• Eligibility for bonuses and profit sharing.
• Employee Assistance Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree