Financial Crimes Specialist

This role will be responsible for performing key aspects of processes and functions including Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) and Ongoing Enhanced Due Diligence (ODD), while delivering sustainable and exceptional service to our internal clients. Desired candidates will be a subject matter expert on specific and unique high risk client typologies, including industry, geographic, and transactional risk. Ensuring all internal deadlines, standards/policy, regulatory requirements, and expectations associated with internal policy, the Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, and Economic Sanctions laws and regulations are met will be critical to the candidate success. In this role, you will: • Perform enhanced due diligence activities, specifically focused on the assessment and due diligence of high risk customers per established guidelines • Draft clear, concise summaries identifying customer risks and associated mitigating factors, to include providing overall comfort rationale and a final recommendation for customer retainability • Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, managers and internal and external partners to resolve issues and achieve goals • Maintaining current knowledge of the external regulatory environment and continuously assessing and reporting real and potential impacts to businesses Required 4 years of Due Diligence experience, or equivalent (including risk management, client service, operations support, or business process management) demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education Desired BSA/AML/OFAC Regulatory Compliance experience in large, diverse financial institutions Experience performing complex financial crimes due diligence and risk analysis, to include transactional reviews Previous experience assessing and underwriting high risk customer segments Demonstrated ability to communicate, through writing, relevant risk and recommendations in a simple, decisive, timely and market-appropriate manner Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail and accuracy Advanced Microsoft Office skills Ability to interact with all levels of an organization Certified Anti Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) Certified Fraud Examiner