Sanctions Escalation Analyst

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We are looking for a Sanctions Escalations Analyst to join the Bank's Financial Crimes Compliance group. As part of the team, you will be responsible for investigating transactions and customers to identify potential exposure to sanctioned parties. The role will provide significant exposure to the Bank's global operations to continuously detect and mitigate risks associated with Financial Crimes. You should have a passion for investigations, national security, and financial crimes compliance to succeed.Responsibilities:- Review financial and trade alerts identified by screening systems to figure out if the alerts are true or false-positive matches.- Conduct additional investigation when necessary, documenting all decisions and findings with supporting rationale.- Escalate suspicious cases and/or patterns to senior leadership within Americas Sanctions Compliance and other areas of the Bank.- Identify areas of improvement around the decision and investigations processes- Identify and recommend list management improvements, for example, clarify handling instructions or recommend enhancements to geographic or risk-entity patterns triggering false-positives.- Provide reporting and system maintenance support.- Attend regular meetings with the Head of Americas Sanctions and Global Head of Sanctions.- Liaise and partner with Sanctions colleagues in the US (first and second line), Japan, London, and Singapore on reviewing transactions.The right candidate will have:- 3 years experience working in Sanctions Compliance or a related field- Knowledge of sanctions and/or anti-money laundering laws and regulations- Strong communication skills- Bachelor's degree

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities duties and skills required of personnel so classified.

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