Anti-Money Laundering/ Financial Crime Investigator

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct thorough investigations of transaction monitoring alerts related to correspondent banking, wire transfers, and high-risk customer activity
• Review and analyze complex correspondent banking transactions for potential money laundering, sanctions violations, and other financial crime typologies
• Perform enhanced due diligence on customers, counterparties, and nested banking relationships
• Identify suspicious patterns, emerging risks, and red flags requiring escalation
• Prepare detailed investigative reports and case documentation in accordance with regulatory requirements and internal policies
• Make informed decisions on alert dispositions, including SAR/STR filing recommendations
• Maintain accurate case management records and ensure timely completion of investigations within established SLAs
• Support regulatory examinations and audits by providing case files and investigative summaries
• Partner with Compliance, Legal, Operations, and Business teams to resolve complex cases and mitigate financial crime risk
• Contribute to the refinement of transaction monitoring scenarios and investigation procedures
• Stay current on AML/BSA regulations, OFAC sanctions, emerging typologies, and industry best practices

Preferred Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience in one or more of the following: AML/BSA compliance and regulatory oversight, Financial crime investigations (money laundering, fraud, sanctions), Correspondent banking due diligence and monitoring, Transaction monitoring alert investigations and case management
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesize large volumes of data and identify meaningful patterns