Global Financial Crimes Specialist € Proficiency Coach

Global Financial Crimes Specialist Proficiency Coach

Location:

Belfast

Corporate

Title:

up to VP

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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. One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world.

We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well‑being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi‑faced 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!

We’re committed to creating up to 1,000 new roles, starting with positions in Global Anti‑Money Laundering Operations and Global Financial Crimes Compliance. These teams will focus on critical areas such as client due diligence, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance support – key functions that safeguard the integrity of the international financial system.

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 reviewing 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. Job expectations include providing coaching and inputs to investigators to improve case quality, ensure all cases are sufficiently investigated and findings are adequately documented.

• Reviews, analyses, and makes recommendations on investigations, while identifying enhancements to ensure cases meet or exceed closure and quality metrics.
• Reviews Activity Intelligence Reports (AIRs) in a timely and accurate manner for submission to regulators and/or law enforcement.
• Reports 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 investigations.
• Performs quality control functions, training, communications, guidance, monitoring scenario development/enhancement input and testing, or law enforcement liaison responsibilities in an investigative support role.
• Supports the identification of improvements to the investigations and case assignment processes to enhance the effectiveness of investigative procedures.

• Robust relevant business and functional experience.
• Degree required:
  Bachelor’s or equivalent work experience.
• Prior anti‑money laundering / financial crimes investigation experience in a financial institution or government position, as well as relevant experience of AML/Compliance and/or knowledge of AML typologies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is needed.

• Additional technical/functional experience (e.g., Financial Services and/or related government entity).
• Certifications:
  
  ACAMS Association of Certified Anti‑Money Laundering Specialists.
• Knowledge of global markets, global banking and investment banking businesses and products, and related financial crimes risks.
• Ability to analyse large amounts of data, intelligence, and information to detect suspicious activity.

• Coaching
• Fraud Management
• Quality Assurance
• Regulatory Compliance
• Investigation Management
• Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management
• Risk Management
• Issue Management
• Reporting
• Written…