Job Opportunity for Senior Risk Analyst:
About the Role
The Financial Crimes Risk Management team seeks an experienced and skilled Senior Risk Analyst to support the execution of financial crime risk management strategy.
This role is a critical component of the First Line of Defence (1LOD) and covers Corporate, Investment, and Commercial Banking businesses.
The successful candidate will be responsible for identifying, assessing, and mitigating financial crime risks, as well as supporting the implementation of policies, procedures, and controls to ensure compliance with relevant regulations.
Key Responsibilities
* Conduct reviews using data analysis and monitoring to detect suspicious activity and trends, identify key emerging and existing financial crime risk areas, and implement mitigation strategies.
* Review recent news, court documents, and public/private sector white papers to detect trends and "connect the dots" amongst disparate data sets.
* Raise inquiries to stakeholders and follow-up for Information critical to conclude the reviews.
* Analyze results, provide ongoing reports, present data in charts, graphs, tables and documentation to communicate key risk metrics, findings, and initiatives.
* Work collaboratively with the team and stakeholders to analyze and review typologies to establish review processes.
* Utilize pertinent information to write clear and concise summaries on the findings of the investigation and advise senior management on next steps.
* Timely escalate matters which impact the timelines of reviews, closely track completion of all initiatives.
* Independently run portfolio reviews to enhance financial crime risk management capabilities.
Qualifications
* Excellent research skills, including experience with online research tools, strong analytical inquisitiveness and problem-solving ability.
* Experience of working in a global, dynamic environment and ability to work independently and under pressure to manage deadlines.
* Experience in complex financial or data analysis in a consulting firm, forensic accounting firm, or a fraud management/investigation environment in financial services.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with colleagues and senior stakeholders and preparing business presentations.
* Knowledge of laws applicable to money laundering, including Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), The USA Patriot Act, OFAC, FinCEN requirements, and SAR requirements is preferred.