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Job Description:
Financial Services - Financial Crime Review Analyst
Job Summary:
Join our Consulting Financial Crime practice to lead our markets and the clients we serve within the financial services industry. From day one of your career, you will collaborate with our clients to transform their financial crime programs. We will enable an entrepreneurial and innovative environment for you to deliver transformative risk consulting services and to develop deeply specialized skill sets demanded in today’s market.
For nearly 20 years, Crowe has been the leader in providing financial crime service to the financial community. We are a diverse, innovative, and driven group that operates across the country. We collaborate with the leading providers and organizations in financial services to bring our clients leading solutions.
Why we exist
To better enable our clients to realize their purpose by helping them to optimally achieve their goals.
How we serve
We bring the best of our authentic selves, working as a diverse team, to achieve our highest potential in serving our clients.
What we offer
We provide innovative and high value solutions, by dedicated individuals, who are passionate about helping our clients to enable their own success.
This role is responsible for performing transaction activity reviews, investigations and customer due diligence reviews on customers that have been alerted for potentially suspicious activity, potential sanctions list matches or that have been identified as posing elevated risk for money laundering and terrorist financing. They will be responsible for ensuring that reviews and investigations are maintained at a level commensurate with regulatory expectations. This role will assist in Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR), and/or enhanced due diligence (EDD) reviews on customers identified as posing a higher inherent risk and/or sanctions screening. This position has minimal/no travel.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Reviewing and investigating alerts, performing investigations, or enhanced due diligence reviews for potentially suspicious activity, making risk-based SAR recommendations and preparing SARs.
- Conducting periodic holistic reviews of higher risk individuals or entities.
- Reviewing and investigating potential matches with sanctions lists.
- Maintaining a solid working knowledge (functional and operational) of the rules and regulations, including but not limited to, BSA, USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC and Sanctions Screening.
- Assist in the delivery of financial crime consulting services to Financial Services companies, including Banks, Money Service Businesses (MSB’s), Third Party Payment Providers, and FinTechs.
- Handle other duties as assigned by employer.
Qualifications:
Required:
- High School Diploma.
- 1-year minimum experience in financial services Financial Crime compliance management, retail banking, commercial banking, and/or global diversified financial services organizations.
- Knowledge of the laws applicable to money laundering, to include the BSA, USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC requirements and Suspicious Activity Reporting requirements.
- Strong writing, analytical, and communication skills and the ability to multi-task and complete projects on time.
- Strong research skills and sound knowledge in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite and experience with on-line research systems including the Internet.
- Knowledge of client and transactional monitoring processes.
- Detail oriented with the ability to multitask and quickly adapt to changing assignments.
- Ability to work autonomously and with teams in different locations.
- Highly effective communication with all levels of the organization.
- Ability to anticipate, draw conclusions, and adapt to changing needs and demands.
- Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and management.
- Strong analytical skills, problem solving, strategic thinking and reasoning abilities.
- A high degree of integrity, professionalism, and capacity to excel in a cohesive team environment.
Preferred:
- Associate’s degree and/or Bachelor’s Degree.
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (CAMS), or other relevant professional certification.
- Experience performing AML and financial crime investigations, customer due diligence reviews and/or sanctions screening reviews.
- Experience working in AML software solutions including transaction monitoring systems, customer risk rating systems, and/or case management tools like Actimize, Verafin, Fiserv, FCRM, Jack Henry Yellow Hammer, Patriot Officer.
- General banking compliance knowledge.
- Experience working in a professional services or project-based environment.
- Expertise in common financial crime technology platforms like CLEAR, LexisNexis, World Check etc.
- Prior financial crime consulting experience.
- Bilingual Spanish.
We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe’s values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times.
Our Benefits:
At Crowe, we know that great people are what makes a great firm. We value our people and offer employees a comprehensive benefits package. Learn more about what working at Crowe can mean for you!
How You Can Grow:
We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity. You will have the chance to meet on a consistent basis with your Career Coach that will guide you in your career goals and aspirations. Learn more about where talent can prosper!
More about Crowe:
Crowe Capability Center – India, operating under the legal entity C3 India Delivery Centre LLP (formerly known as Crowe Horwath IT Services LLP) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Crowe LLP (U.S.A.), a public accounting, consulting and technology firm with offices around the world. Crowe LLP is an independent member firm of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory firms in more than 130 countries around the world.
Crowe does not accept unsolicited candidates, referrals or resumes from any staffing agency, recruiting service, sourcing entity or any other third-party paid service at any time. Any referrals, resumes or candidates submitted to Crowe, or any employee or owner of Crowe without a pre-existing agreement signed by both parties covering the submission will be considered the property of Crowe, and free of charge.
We are committed to a merit-based hiring process, evaluating all candidates consistently using objective, job-related criteria such as relevant experience, demonstrated skills, measurable impact, and alignment with the role’s responsibilities, and making employment decisions in a fair and inclusive manner free from discrimination.
