Global Financial Crimes (GFC) Investigator

Charlotte, North Carolina;Jacksonville, Florida; Atlanta, Georgia; Pennington, New Jersey; Plano, Texas; Dallas, Texas; Tampa, Florida; Tampa, Florida; Chicago, Illinois

Job Description:

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Job Description:

• The Global Financial Crimes Compliance (GFCC) Investigator performs end-to-end investigations across one or more lines of business relevant to the Investigators specific area of responsibility. The Investigator conducts routine to complex investigations, including but not limited to fraud committed by external parties, money laundering, human and narcotics trafficking, and terrorist financing.

• Responsibilities:

• Completes investigations while ensuring cases meet or exceed closure and quality metrics

• Completes Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) in a timely and accurate manner for submission to regulators and/or law enforcement

• Reports facts of the investigation to senior stakeholders, assisting in identifying potential operational or compliance risks and partners with Global Financial Crimes (GFC) Management and/or Front Line Units (FLU) to resolve investigations

• Performs quality control functions, training, communications, guidance, monitoring scenario development/enhancement input and testing, and law enforcement liaison responsibilities in an investigative support role

Your background:

• Knowledge of criminal typologies and experience investigating financial crimes

• Technical or functional experience in financial services and/or related government entity

• Knowledge of global markets, banking and investment banking businesses, and related financial crimes risks

• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to distill a complicated fact pattern into a coherent and concise narrative

• Strong command in English (written and spoken)

• Proficiency with MS Office programs and ability to quickly learn proprietary technology applications

• Experience analyzing large amounts of data, intelligence and information in order to detect suspicious activity

• Ability to work in a high energy environment and adhere to strict deadlines

• Be a team player, with ability to work independently

• Exercise discretion while prioritizing case work based upon management direction

• Ability to thoroughly analyze and make case related decisions with justification

• Experience using closed-sourced and open-sourced research channels

• Knowledge of global markets, banking and investment banking businesses, and related financial crimes risks

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in financial crimes, including financial crimes investigations management, fraud management, regulatory compliance, risk management, or issue management

• Experience in manual report writing (compliance reporting, regulatory reporting, SARs reports)

• Proficiency with writing Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management

Desired Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in related field

• SIE, Series 3, Series 4, Series 7, and/or Series 24 licenses

• Knowledge of anti-money laundering (AML) regulation and guidance for broker-dealers

• BSA/AML knowledge and/or Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certification

• Knowledge of FICC or Equity products and services and/or Prime Brokerage

• Law enforcement background

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Self-starter capable of analyzing and reporting independently

• Critical thinker who is intellectually curious

• Experience in financial services and/or a related government entity

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40

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