Audit & Compliance Analyst

The Ash Group is hiring an Audit & Compliance Analyst for our client, one of the largest private credit providers in the US agricultural economy. This is a 6-month contract position working in Greenwood Village, CO (Hybrid - Wednesdays onsite).

About the role

The Audit & Compliance Analyst will support KYC/AML processes, transaction monitoring, and compliance audits for lending and cash management offerings.

Responsibilities

• Processes new customer KYC applications for lending and cash management offerings.
• Reviews the accuracy of the customer’s AML Risk Score, prepared by noncredit services or the CoBank relationship manager, and makes revisions as appropriate.
• Assists in validating prepared and/or updated AML Risk Scores to ensure that they are correct and in accordance with bank requirements.
• Updates existing AML Risk Scores based on customers’ foreign wire activity observed during transaction monitoring.
• Assesses Beneficial Ownership documents and handles requests for additional information.
• Conducts research and validation of entity data using appropriate internal and external data sources, including legal name, address, entity type, and ownership verification.
• Performs initial OFAC searches, identifies false positive hits, and escalates true hits to OFAC Lead.
• Performs customer transaction monitoring across all products and services to identify suspicious activity requiring a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR).
• Assists in performing periodic audits of new customer records to ensure all appropriate customer identity verification and KYC information has been collected and stored and that any advanced due diligence requirements based on the AML Risk Score have been addressed and documented.
• Assists in reviewing and recommending improvements for internal processes, including forms/checklists, data collection methods, analyses and reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, criminology, politics, economic crime management, forensic accounting, or law is preferred.
• 3+ years of experience, preferably in banking or financial services, compliance or risk management; or an appropriate combination of education and experience.
• Must have demonstrated knowledge of MS Office applications (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access).
• Must have knowledge of ACBS, PAYPlus, eDocs, COSTAR, GTS, Lansa/Client or similar query tools.
• OFAC screening experience preferred.
• Patriot act experience is a plus.
• US Citizens or Green Card Holder Only. No C2C or 3rd Parties.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and direct primary care benefits.
• After six months of employment, enjoy a 4% matched 401(k) plan with immediate 100% vesting.

Pay

Up to $36/hr W2.

Schedule

6-month contract; Greenwood Village, CO (Hybrid - Wednesdays onsite).