Special Investigations - Senior WCIB Investigator

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Job Description

The Special Investigations Unit (SIU) is part of U.S. Bank’s Enterprise Financial Crimes Compliance (EFCC) organization, a second line of defense responsible for identifying and preventing individuals and businesses from using U.S. Bank products and services for illegal purposes and reporting suspicious activity to FinCEN and law enforcement.

The Special Investigations (SI) Team is responsible for investigating high-risk and/or sensitive financial crime activity (AML and Fraud) as well as broker-dealer and Wealth, Corporate, Commercial and Institution (WCIB) investigations.

As a WCIB Investigator you will be responsible for conducting thorough investigations which may include analyzing transactional information, claims of fraud, customer data, and open-source research for the purpose of recommending whether not a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) should be filed with FinCEN.

This is an AML focused role, and the ideal candidate will have an understanding of broker-dealer and WCIB operations, products/services, systems, and associated risks/controls.

This role will require FINRA association as a non-registered associated person of a registered broker-dealer firm, which will be completed after hire.

Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
- Typically more than three years of applicable experience

Preferred Skills/Experience
- Intermediate knowledge of applicable laws, regulations, financial services, and regulatory trends that impact their assigned line of business
- Intermediate understanding of the business line’s operations, products/services, systems, and associated risks/controls
- Thorough knowledge of Risk/Compliance/Audit competencies
- Strong analytical, process facilitation and project management skills
- Effective presentation, interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills
- Proficient computer navigation skills using a variety of software packages, including Microsoft Office applications and word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentations
- Applicable professional certifications

Location expectations 
This role requires working from a U.S. Bank location listed three (3) or more days per week.

If there’s anything we can do to accommodate a disability during any portion of the application or hiring process, please refer to our disability accommodations for applicants.

Benefits: 

Our approach to benefits and total rewards considers our team members’ whole selves and what may be needed to thrive in and outside work. That's why our benefits are designed to help you and your family boost your health, protect your financial security and give you peace of mind. Our benefits include the following:

• Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

• Basic term and optional term life insurance

• Short-term and long-term disability

• Pregnancy disability and parental leave

• 401(k) and employer-funded retirement plan

• Paid vacation (from two to five weeks depending on salary grade and tenure)

• Up to 11 paid holiday opportunities

• Adoption assistance

• Sick and Safe Leave accruals of one hour for every 30 worked, up to 80 hours per calendar year unless otherwise provided by law

Review our full benefits available by employment status here.

U.S. Bank is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or veteran status, and other factors protected under applicable law.

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