Senior Investigator, Anti-Money Laundering
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Senior AML Investigator investigating complex financial crime cases for BMO, a Canadian bank. Producing filings, reports, dashboards, and risk recommendations while collaborating with regulators and financial institutions.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct investigations to identify, assess, decide on, and report activity indicating exposure to financial crimes
- Evaluate, document, manage, and escalate potential threats and investigations according to standard operating procedures
- Provide subject matter expertise and oversight of criminal risk using an intelligence-based approach to detection and research
- Develop solutions and recommendations based on business strategy and stakeholder needs
- Advise assigned business/groups on solution implementation
- Determine business priorities and sequencing for business/group strategy execution
- Conduct independent analysis and assessment to resolve strategic issues
- Support strategic initiatives with internal and external stakeholders
- Build relationships with law enforcement agencies and other financial institutions to collaborate on investigations
- Integrate information from multiple sources to improve processes, analysis, and reporting
- Identify business needs and develop content, tools, and training programs, including training delivery
- Analyze complex incidents or cases across multiple product lines
- Prepare reports, notifications, and activity/case filings according to guidelines and standards
- Support programs to minimize risk exposure and improve analytical process efficiency and effectiveness
- Recommend process and customer service improvements
- Monitor financial crime risk trends, regulations, and compliance standards
- Monitor and analyze information from detection systems, tools, reports, and manual sources to investigate cases and determine actions
- Collect evidence and information for incident reports/filings, loss prevention, litigation, criminal prosecution, management information, statistics, and process improvements
- Document investigation actions and findings in account/case files
- Gather and format data into regular and ad-hoc reports and dashboards
- Analyze data and information to provide insights and recommendations
- Execute routine service requests, transactions, and queries within service level agreements
- Notify and provide information and instructions to internal and external stakeholders regarding incidents
- Think creatively and propose new solutions
- Exercise judgment to identify, diagnose, and solve problems within established rules
- Perform other broader work or accountabilities as assigned
- Apply BMO’s Risk Management Framework, Risk Culture, approved Risk Appetite, policies, laws, and regulations while protecting bank assets and supporting business strategy
Requirements:
- Typically, between 3-5 years of relevant experience
- Post-secondary degree in a related field of study or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Knowledge of risk and regulatory requirements as they apply to financial crimes is an asset
- Knowledge of banking products, services, processes, and organization is an asset
- Specialized knowledge from education and/or business experience
- In-depth verbal and written communication skills
- In-depth collaboration and team skills
- In-depth analytical and problem-solving skills
- In-depth influence skills
- Ability to follow financial crime management processes, frameworks, techniques, policies, standards, procedures, laws, and regulations
- Ability to work mostly independently
- Ability to take measured risks and make sound, risk-informed decisions within the approved Risk Appetite
Benefits:
- Performance-based incentives
- Discretionary bonuses
- Other perks and rewards
- Health insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Accident insurance
- Life insurance
- Retirement savings plans
- In-depth training and coaching
- Manager support
- Network-building opportunities
- Accommodations available on request during the selection process
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