Operations Control Analyst - AML Specialty Operations

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This job is responsible for conducting routine analysis, research, and investigations in diversified compliance operations aligned to the bank’s Financial Crimes Enterprise Policy and the Financial Crimes Global Standard. Key responsibilities include executing against regulatory requirements and economic sanctions compliance practices, understanding and anticipating inherent risks to the business, and building and maintaining business relationships.

Responsibilities:

• Performs day-to-day activities aligned to the team's common goals, strategy, and metrics and works on improving capabilities through learning and development
• Identifies and analyzes problems related to product lines or functions and develops and implements process improvements to address and resolve issues
• Provides quality assurance review and testing on operating key controls
• Supports special projects that represent significant risk exposure and identifies and escalates risks accordingly with a sense of urgency
• Ensures quality service and effective and efficient operations support for the assigned area's internal business partners and external clients
• Interprets and analyzes information gathered from numerous applications and third party sources and identifies issues that prompt further inquiry

Skills:

• Adaptability
• Analytical Thinking
• Critical Thinking
• Data Collection and Entry
• Data Quality Management
• Collaboration
• Decision Making
• Interpret Relevant Laws, Rules, and Regulations
• Problem Solving
• Research Analysis
• Customer and Client Focus
• Innovative Thinking
• Oral Communications
• Prioritization
• Quality Assurance

Line of Business Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Global Banking & Global Markets Anti-Money Laundering (GBGM AML) Governance and Offboarding team. The team plays an important role to safeguard the interest of the bank by supporting AML compliance within GBGM and taking remediating action to restrict/close accounts that are not AML compliant. The group is required to effectively collaborate with internal teams including GBGM Sales COOs, Refresh team, GFC and Reporting and Technology teams.

Responsibilities :

The ideal candidate will have an interest in understanding AML KYC/CDD policies and want to work within a fast-paced environment with exemplary attention to detail and proficiency in accuracy of work.

Key Job responsibilities include:

• Provide operational support to Global Markets and Global Banking FLUs to ensure client and bank-initiated client account closures are off boarded within a reasonable timeframe to ensure SLA adherence.
• Effective management of daily activities ensuring adherence to deadlines and procedures in conjunction with regulatory requirements.
• Effectively collaborate with internal teams to source and analyze data pertaining to KYC information within multiple systems of record.
• Leverage large data set to build account reconciliation reports to include statuses and recommendations.
• Involvement in producing monthly metrics within process.
• Driving opportunities to consolidate metrics and standardize across process where possible.
• Identify and generate ideas for automation opportunities.

Required Skills and Experiences:

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and manage workload through fluctuating volume periods; ability to multitask whilst managing competing priorities and meeting deliverable deadlines.
• Highly motivated and proactive self-starter; strong sense of ownership & ability to create and execute plans without daily oversight.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Experience in a data driven role with the skillset to interpret data to derive meaningful intel and output.
• Power user of Microsoft products. Experience in business analysis via excel based analytics with skills to create v-lookups, pivot tables and the ability to handle large volumes of data. Ability to create macros preferred but not essential.

• Ability to communicate with people across the organization in a variety of roles to effectively managed risk and achieve desired results.

• Excellent attention to detail, consistent performer with a focus on accuracy and detail.
• Able to demonstrate flexibility and experience working in a fast paced and challenging environment.
• Ability to challenge the status quo with the drive to recommend and influence best practices and recommended actions.
• Strives to bring new thoughts and ideas to team in order to drive innovation and unique solutions.

Minimum Education Requirement :

• High School Diploma / GED / Secondary School or equivalent

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:

40