Banking

Financial Crimes Analyst

Contract

Strategic Staffing Solutions

Financial Crimes Analyst

Location:  Charlotte, NC
Pay: $55/hr – W2 Only
Duration:  12 Months Contract – W2

Job Description

  • Review Trade Finance transactions to identify material heightened risk activity based on common red flag; assess the risks presented and recommend commensurate risk mitigation steps if warranted; and complete product transaction due diligence forms establishing customer activity baselines.
  • Work with 1,000s of rows and cells of data in Microsoft Excel to identify risk based on multiple factors including industries and geographical locations of parties to transactions, underlying goods shipped, transaction sizes, etc.
  • Work with the group s technology partners, mid-level managers, and cross-functional business partners to develop strategies, techniques and tools to facilitate the advancement of reviews.
  • Write bolstered observations and risk dispositions that help business partners better understand customers behavior and manage the risk.
  • Serve as an Anti-money laundering / Counter Threat Finance subject matter expert for more junior members of the team.
  • 4+ years of risk management, business controls, business operations, compliance, or process experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
  • commercial banking and credit analysis experience
  • Strong understanding of financial crimes risk
  • Knowledge of Trade Finance Products
  • Demonstrated ability to evaluate risks and to communicate relevant risk in a simple, decisive, timely and market-appropriate manner
  • Ability to think with a risk control mindset
  • Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Advanced MS Excel including the ability to manage extremely large and complex sets of transactional data (v-lookups, pivot table, charts)
  • Demonstrated ability to build strong partnerships across business units
  • Industry certifications (e.g. CAMS certified and/or AML/Sanctions Credential Program, etc.)

Additional Skills:

  • Investigation experience or in trade.
  • Excellent writing skills
  • Advanced Excel used
  • Well round financial crimes background, not seeking fraud investigations
  • Must have commercial banking experience and credit analysis

Job ID: JOB-239934
Publish Date: 23 Jan 2025

Tagged as: Financial Crimes Analyst