Financial Crimes Compliance Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Analyst

Job Title:

Financial Crimes Compliance Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Analyst

Location:

West Sahara

What you'll do:

As an AML Program Analyst, you'll assist to administer enterprise-wide Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), anti-money laundering (AML), Office of Foreign Asset Control (OFAC), Fraud Management policies and procedures and support the overall staff within the department. You'll also provide support, as needed, to the First Line of Business (i.e., Lending/Operations/Support Area staff for effective BSA/AML and OFAC compliance and assist to coordinate Financial Crimes Compliance with internal and external audits/regulatory exams. You'll assist by providing support to the enterprise-wide BSA/AML/OFAC and Fraud Risk Assessments teams, to include documenting corporate governance processes to ensure controls are in place for proper compliance, may assist with new product/service risk assessments, and provide overall program metrics for ongoing Board of Director and Executive Management reporting. Also, at the direction of FCC Directors/Managers, use creative skills to develop and launch training content that covers a variety of industry related BSA/AML/OFAC and Fraud training, advisories, and bulletins.

• Assist in the creation, maintenance, and distribution of FCC communications, including advisories, forms, policies, procedures, etc.
• Support the development and delivery of FCC-related training materials.
• Track and report on training completion and compliance, monitor progress, and support continuous improvement.
• Assist with registration and tracking of external training opportunities (e.g., ACFE, ACAMS) for team members, including monitoring attendance and maintaining related records.
• Help maintain and update business continuity and disaster recovery plan for the FCC team.
• Update FCC owned SharePoint sites to ensure content is current and accessible.
• Support preparations for internal audit and regulatory exams
• Support FCC efforts contributing to special projects, risk assessments, mitigation activities, and related efforts.
• Execute responsibilities independently where appropriate, while working closely with and under the direction of the AML Program Manager.

What you'll need:

• 3+ years of related experience.
• Bachelor's degree in related field is preferred.
• Entry level to intermediate knowledge of general banking operations, including deposit operations, loan administration, treasury management and/or other commercial banking products and services.
• Entry level to intermediate knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Intermediate knowledge of BSA/AML/KYC/OFAC and Fraud regulations and best practices, etc. Knowledge of transaction types across the spectrum of commercial and consumer products (deposit, lending, ACH, ATM, RDC, and correspondent banking).
• Intermediate knowledge of computer operational skills required (Microsoft Office products) and other software that assist create training content . Basic experience using BSA/AML transaction monitoring and/or case management software required.
• Intermediate speaking and writing communication skills.
• Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist preferred.

Benefits you’ll love:
We offer all the important things you'd want — like competitive salaries, an ownership stake in the company, medical and dental insurance, time off, a great 401k matching program, tuition assistance program, an employee volunteer program, and a wellness program. In addition, you’ll have the opportunity to bolster your business knowledge, learning the ins and outs of how successful companies operate and manage their finances, giving you invaluable hands-on experience to help grow your career!

About the company:

Western Alliance Bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Alliance Bancorporation. Alliance Bank of Arizona, Alliance Association Bank, Bank of Nevada, Bridge Bank, First Independent Bank, and Torrey Pines Bank are divisions of Western Alliance Bank; Member FDIC.  AmeriHome Mortgage is a Western Alliance Bank company.

Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to equal employment and will consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, sex, color, religion, age, nation origin, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or genetic information. Western Alliance Bancorporation is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process and/or need an alternative method of applying, please email HR@westernalliancebank.com or call 602-386-2488.  When contacting us, please provide your contact information and state the nature of your accessibility issue.  We will only respond to inquiries concerning requests that involve a reasonable accommodation in the application process.

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