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. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being a diverse and inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:
This job is responsible for performing end-to-end investigations or investigations support functions of external financial crimes activities across one or more lines of business. Key responsibilities include conducting routine to complex investigations, including fraud committed by external parties, money laundering, or terrorist financing and acting as the liaison to Law Enforcement as required.

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 metricsCompletes Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) in a timely and accurate manner for submission to regulators and/or law enforcementReports 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 investigationsPerforms 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 crimesTechnical or Functional Experience in Financial Services and/or related government entityKnowledge of global markets, banking and investment banking businesses, and related financial crimes risksExcellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to distill a complicated fact pattern into a coherent and concise narrativeProficiency with MS Office programs and ability to quickly learn proprietary technology applicationsExperience analyzing large amounts of data, intelligence and information in order to detect suspicious activityAbility to work in a high energy environment and to adhere to strict deadlinesBe a team player, with ability to work independentlyExercise discretion while prioritizing case work based upon management directionAbility to thoroughly analyze and make case related decisions with justificationExperience using closed-sourced and open-sourced research channelsKnowledge of global markets, banking and investment banking businesses, and related financial crimes risks

Required Qualifications:

Minimum of five years of relevant experienceMinimum 1-2 years’ experience with AML, Risk, or Compliance experience and/or knowledge of financial crimes typologiesBachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience in areas such as financial services, fraud, investigative service or law enforcementBSA knowledge relative to AML as well as general understanding of AML typologies/red flagsProficiency in Microsoft Excel / data analyticsAbility to analyze and manipulate large data setsStrong command in English (written and spoken)Critical ThinkingFraud ManagementRegulatory ComplianceExcellent Written CommunicationsInvestigation ManagementPolicies, Procedures, and Guidelines ManagementReportingRisk ManagementIssue Management

Desired Skills:

SIE, Series 3, Series 4, Series 7, and/or Series 24 licensesKnowledge of anti-money laundering (AML) regulation and guidance for broker-dealersBSA/AML knowledge and/or Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS) certificationKnowledge of FICC or Equity products and services and/or Prime Brokerage

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40