Global Financial Crimes Investigator - Consumer

Global Financial Crimes Investigator - Consumer

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. This role will entail completing investigations while ensuring cases meet or exceed closure and quality metrics, reporting facts of the investigation to assist in identifying potential operational or compliance risks, and completing Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) in a timely and accurate manner for submission to regulators and / or law enforcement.

This role may ultimately report to any number of investigations teams across the consumer or client managed lines of business, as well as roles filled within specialized investigations. An Investigator may be asked to partner with Global Financial Crimes (GFC) Risk Management, front line units or other stakeholders to resolve investigations. The Investigator will maintain a working knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), USA PATRIOT Act, Anti-Money Laundering efforts, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) and awareness of industry best practices.

Responsibilities

• Completes investigations while overseeing cases meet or exceed closure and quality metrics
• Completes Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) 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
• Managing a significant case inventory while prioritizing cases based upon risk and / or management direction while adhering to department Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
• The Investigator will perform research and analysis of transaction information, customer data, public records, social media platforms or other external research tools to aide in the investigation to determine whether the activity appears to be normal for the client type.
• The Investigator communicates with GFC Management, front line units or other internal stakeholders, and law enforcement to obtain additional information and documentation as needed to resolve investigations.
• The Investigator recommends appropriate follow-up and possible account closure for customers that exceed the Bank's risk tolerance; and identifies and escalates potential operational or compliance risks.

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Bank of America and its affiliates consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our teammates.