Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

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Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Job Description:
This job is responsible for executing substantive money laundering, economic sanctions and fraud compliance and operational risk practices. Key responsibilities include working directly or through compliance officers for the Front Line Units (FLUs) and Control Functions (CFs) to complete compliance, policy, operational/fraud risk management requirements.

The Global Financial Crimes Investigations Risk Manager is responsible for managing and mitigating financial crime operational risks. This role involves developing risk management strategies and ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.  The manager will work closely with various departments to create a robust financial crime risk framework and promote a culture of compliance and ethical behavior. 

Risk Management Activities will include:

Identify, assess, and monitor AML and Fraud financial crime operational risks

Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards

Collaborate with internal stakeholders, such as legal, compliance and audit teams during investigations

Coordinate with external stakeholders, including law enforcement and regulatory agencies as needed

Influence peers and executives across organization to remove road blocks and take action on QA deliverables, regulatory requirements and process improvements

Ensure proper testing and validation of process and key metrics aligned to process inventory

Maintains a culture of compliance and supports identification, escalation and timely mitigation of compliance risks

Applies knowledge and expertise to influence business managers and peers to ensure enforcement of high quality and risk standards

Notifies key stakeholders of trends and concerns in order to ensure timely response to issues. Interfaces with auditors, business and support leaders

Prepare and present regular reports on financial crime risks and investigations to senior management

Maintain comprehensive documentation of investigation processes, findings, and outcomes

Ensure timely and accurate reporting to regulatory authorities as required

Foster strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organization

Monitors the changes in regulations applicable to Global Financial Crimes, including advising business leaders, directing the appropriate areas to implement or amend policies, standards, procedures and/or processes to address regulatory requirements, and challenging the implementation plan as needed

Participates in industry forums and monitors regulatory expectations, emerging legislation and regulation, political scrutiny, litigation and key influencers to identify and mitigate emerging risks

Escalates financial crimes related compliance and operational risks and issues to appropriate governance routines, management committees

Identifies, aggregates, reports, escalates, inspects, and challenges the remediation and thematic analysis of issues and control enhancements related to financial crimes

Responsibilities:

Advises and directs the development and maintenance of financial crimes owned policies and standards, and reviews relevant Front Line Units/Control Functions-owned policies and standards to ensure that regulatory requirements and operational risks are appropriately addressed

Produces and/or oversees independent financial crimes risk management reporting to Global Compliance & Operational Risk (GC&OR) Senior Leaders and FLU/CF Senior Leaders

Monitors the changes in regulations applicable to Global Financial Crimes, including advising business leaders, directing the appropriate areas to implement or amend policies, standards, procedures and/or processes to address regulatory requirements, and challenging the implementation plan as needed

Participates in industry forums and monitors regulatory expectations, emerging legislation and regulation, political scrutiny, litigation and key influencers to identify and mitigate emerging risks

Escalates financial crimes related compliance and operational risks and issues to appropriate governance routines, management/board level committees

Identifies, aggregates, reports, escalates, inspects, and challenges the remediation and thematic analysis of FLU/CF-owned issues and control enhancements related to financial crimes

Reviews and challenges internal and external operational loss events, including the development of remediation plans to strengthen controls and providing oversight to ensure they are addressed appropriately

Required Qualifications:

Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience

Knowledge of anti-money laundering (AML) and related AML legislation

Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Strong communication and interpersonal skills

Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and dynamic environment

Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing

Regulatory Compliance

Risk Management

Strong leadership and decision making capabilities

Ability to influence and drive change across the organization

Proficient in using technology and data analytics

Issue Management

Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management

Strategy Planning and Development

Desired Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Experience in financial services and/or a related government entity

Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS)

Skills:

Critical Thinking

Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing

Regulatory Compliance

Risk Management

Coaching

Issue Management

Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management

Strategy Planning and Development

Written Communications

External Resource Management

Reporting

Talent Development

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