Operations Lead - Global Anti-Money Laundering Operations

Job Description:

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Job Description:

This job is responsible for overseeing a unit or section of a segment for a site, region, or product line within the bank's internal operations. Key responsibilities include identifying, analyzing, and resolving complex problems, ensuring compliance with policies, and identifying opportunities to improve process performance and operating efficiency. Job expectations include knowledge of operations support management and expertise in functional area(s) gained through increasingly more responsible management positions in operations.

Global Operations, Anti Money Laundering (AML) is responsible for completing Refresh Activities such as Know Your Customer (KYC) and Client Due Diligence (CDD) checks for all clients that do business with the Bank. Refresh Teams are responsible to collect and maintain client documents to ensure activities are executed in alignment with Laws, Rules, Regulation, and Bank Policies.

The Operations Lead will manage a team of associates performing affiliate refresh.

Responsibilities:

• Develops and implements procedures to enhance productivity and efficiency and manage business change
• Serves as an escalation point to resolve broad and complex operational issues
• Responsible for expense management, reporting and forecasting for operations areas managed as well as compensation decisioning, talent planning, and performance management at a senior level
• Manages a large team or multiple smaller teams across one or more sites, regions or product lines in an operations support function
• Supports functions carrying a substantial risk of exposure and potential loss with significant impact on major corporate customer relationships
• Oversight and production management of the AML Bank Affiliate process ensuring timely and accurate completion of all refresh activities.
• Monitor daily staffing reports, SLA performance, Key Controls.
• Ensuring review of refresh requirements for assigned jurisdiction in line with related Client Identification Profile (CIP)/CDD Procedures to ensure adequacy and accuracy before the requirements are sent to the client.
• Support team members liaising with sales teams to obtain and validate correct documentation to fulfill Refresh requirements.
• Managing the performance and productivity of internal affiliate refresh Teams.
• Ensure teams is in adherence to all jurisdictional regulatory requirements related to KYC.
• Ensure cases requiring remediation are completed within service level agreements.
• Engage with senior stakeholders and leaders to identify issues and/or control improvements for remediation.
• Support business with KYC related queries and requests.
• Participate in remediation items aligned to internal/external Audits.
• Lead & develop managers of teams in all aspects of the AML Refresh process, including career development.

Managerial Responsibilities:

This position may also have responsibilities for managing associates. At Bank of America, all managers at this level demonstrate the following responsibilities, in addition to those specific to the role, listed above.

• Opportunity & Inclusion Champion: Models an inclusive environment for employees and clients, aligned to company Great Place to Work goals.
• Manager of Process & Data: Demonstrates deep process knowledge, operational excellence and innovation through a focus on simplicity, data-based decision making and continuous improvement.
• Enterprise Advocate & Communicator: Communicates enterprise decisions, purpose, and results, and connects to team strategy, priorities and contributions.
• Risk Manager: Ensures proper risk discipline, controls and culture are in place to identify, escalate and de