Senior Specialist, Compliance & Control (AML Surveillance Transaction Monitoring)

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Specialist, Compliance & Control (SSP) to join our Financial Crimes Compliance team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA or Lake Mary, FL.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways: 

• Conduct transaction-based investigations involving potential money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, and other financial crimes. Investigations will require research, analysis of transactional data, well-written narratives, and ability to leverage multiple bank applications
• Leverage bank systems/applications when searching for signs of suspicious activity and evaluating internal party or external party AML risk
• Analyze high volume of transactional data while identifying potential suspicious activity through behaviors of detecting patterns/trends, inconsistencies in KYC or other potential AML key risks
• Support the firm’s Global Anti-Money Laundering program including providing thorough investigations for Suspicious Activity Report (“SAR”) consideration.

•  Under limited supervision, complete and submit Incident Reports following the conclusion of alert investigations, as applicable
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills to perform effective risk-based sampling methodology and research
• Participate in projects and tasks intended to enhance regulatory and compliance requirements
• Contribute to the achievement of team objectives

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following: 

• Bachelors’ degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required
• 3 – 5 years of total work experience preferred. Financial Services, Audit or Compliance background and/or experience with financial services compliance and/or experience with the assigned products, services or business lines/areas and the pertaining laws, regulations and rules of relevant regulators preferred.  
• Experience in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Transaction Monitoring and/or investigations desired
• Knowledge of financial crimes investigations involving digital assets, correspondent banking services, institutional custody, and/or private wealth
• ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) or CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) certification and intelligence work in the private or public sector, is preferred.