Senior Specialist, SAR Investigations

SAR Reviewer, SAR Investigations

For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets and can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies, and every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service, paired with a commitment to doing what is right, that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: bnymellon.com/careers.

The BNY Mellon Legal Department mitigates risk and handles legal affairs to ensure the security of the company and its clients. The Department also has overall responsibility for government affairs, advises on advocacy and policy initiatives to support BNY Mellon's domestic and international operations, and supports all bank regulatory and supervisory issues.

Description

As part of the BNY Mellon Legal Department, the Suspicious Activity Response Team ("SART") carries out the company's enterprise-wide financial intelligence and suspicious activity investigation and reporting function, and the Team also works closely with the company's Compliance, Corporate Security, and Information Security Departments. Activity investigated by the Team includes money laundering, various types of fraud and identity theft, terrorist financing, public corruption, market manipulation, data breaches, and economic sanctions violations.

SART seeks a Senior Specialist, SAR Reviewer to join its team of legal and investigative professionals. The SAR Reviewer is primarily tasked with evaluating case investigations performed by SART Investigators, with a focus on suspected structuring, check fraud, ACH fraud, and other similar high-volume case types. The role requires critical analysis of transaction data, internal records, and open-source research, and the SAR Reviewer is expected to make timely and informed decisions about whether to report suspicious activity as required under the Bank Secrecy Act and USA PATRIOT Act; provide feedback, guidance, and support to the SART Investigators; ensure that all investigations demonstrate high-quality research and writing; and identify cases and issues that merit escalation. There are also opportunities to propose and implement process enhancements, to collaborate on business issues with senior colleagues in Legal, Compliance, Risk, and Audit, to help with special investigations and research projects, and to manage investigators.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience required. Preferred experience: Graduate Degree in Law, Business, or Intelligence; 7-10 years of total work experience (including roles with supervisory or oversight responsibilities); experience working for a financial institution on AML, KYC, or anti-fraud related projects; experience with intelligence work in the private or public sector; and/or ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) or CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) certification. Experience managing people and teams a plus.