Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) Digital Asset Analyst

Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) Digital Asset Analyst

Location : CityScape

As an Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) Analyst you'll perform holistic due diligence reviews of High or Moderate Risk Customers in support of the Bank's BSA / AML / KYC policies and procedures. You'll evaluate risk presented by customers at initial onboarding and conduct complex reviews periodically throughout the customer relationship. You'll research and analyze customer information to identify customers that may present a higher degree of risk for money laundering and other financial crimes, or other BSA related risks identified through automated risk scoring and supplemental risk detection and investigation. The Enhance Due Diligence (EDD) Analyst will be working closely with the Digital Asset team.

Responsibilities include :

• Conduct rigorous and thorough reviews of customer and business information; gaining a deep knowledge of the customer's profile, transaction history and future activity; thoroughly investigates the activity and documents any findings or determinations; escalates items appropriately for further research and analysis.
• Perform Enhanced Due Diligence reviews to evaluate money laundering, sanctions, and other financial crime risk of prospective customers, and of existing customers on a periodic basis.
• Provide technical support and assistance to business development officers. Research customers and businesses on internal systems and against various databases (OFAC, CLEAR, etc.). Collaborates with business partners to ensure BSA / AML / KYC programs are understood, functioning, and effective.
• Assist Enhanced Due Diligence Manager and AML Operations Director with activity reports, audit material preparation, and special projects. Support Financial Crimes Compliance management in the development of new and revised procedures, methods, and forms that related to KYC, AML, and other Bank Secrecy Act functions.

Requirements include :

Benefits you'll love : We offer all the important things you'd want like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you'll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company : Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC. AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and / or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488. When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue.