Global Financial Crimes Specialist € Proficiency Coach in Belfast

Location: Belfast

Corporate Title: up to VP

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Company Overview

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well‑being. Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi‑faced approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization. Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Global Anti‑Money Laundering Operations

We’re committed to creating up to 1,000 new roles, starting with positions in Global Anti‑Money Laundering Operations and Global Financial Crimes Compliance. These teams will focus on critical areas such as client due diligence, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance support – key functions that safeguard the integrity of the international financial system.

Job Description

This job is responsible for performing end‑to‑end investigations or investigations support functions of external financial crimes activities across one or more lines of business. Key responsibilities include reviewing routine to complex investigations, including fraud committed by external parties, money laundering, or terrorist financing and acting as the liaison to Law Enforcement as required. Job expectations include providing coaching and inputs to investigators to improve case quality, ensure all cases are sufficiently investigated and findings are adequately documented.

Responsibilities

• Reviews, analyses, and makes recommendations on investigations, while identifying enhancements to ensure cases meet or exceed closure and quality metrics.
• Reviews Activity Intelligence Reports (AIRs) in a timely and accurate manner for submission to regulators and/or law enforcement.
• Reports facts of the investigation to senior stakeholders, assisting in identifying potential operational or compliance risks and partners with Global Financial Crimes (GFC) Management and/or Front‑Line Units (FLU) to resolve investigations.
• Performs quality control functions, training, communications, guidance, monitoring scenario development/enhancement input and testing, or law enforcement liaison responsibilities in an investigative support role.
• Supports the identification of improvements to the investigations and case assignment processes to enhance the effectiveness of investigative procedures.

Required Qualifications

• Robust relevant business and functional experience.
• Degree required: Bachelor’s or equivalent work experience.
• Prior anti‑money laundering / financial crimes investigation experience in a financial institution or government position, as well as relevant experience of AML/Compliance and/or knowledge of AML typologies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel is needed.

Desired Qualifications

• Additional technical/functional experience (e.g., Financial Services and/or related government entity).
• Certifications: ACAMS Association of Certified Anti‑Money Laundering Specialists.
• Knowledge of global markets, global banking and investment banking businesses and products, and related financial crimes risks.
• Ability to analyse large amounts of data, intelligence, and information to detect suspicious activity.

Skills

• Coaching
• Fraud Management
• Quality Assurance
• Regulatory Compliance
• Investigation Management
• Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management
• Risk Management
• Issue Management
• Reporting
• Written Communications

Benefits

• By UK Private healthcare for you and your family.
• Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons.
• 20 days of backup childcare including virtual tutoring and 20 days of backup adult care per annum.
• The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc.
• Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits.
• Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, and virtual GP services.
• Access to the Peppy App which provides 1:1 support, consultations and resources relating to men’s health, women’s health, fertility, menopause and pregnancy & parenthood.
• Access to a range of gyms, exercise classes and wellbeing Apps through Wellhub, including Headspace and Calm.
• Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution.
• Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area.

Equal Opportunity Statement

We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religious or similar philosophical belief, political opinion, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio‑economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience. We monitor the community background and sex of our job applicants and employees in order to demonstrate our commitment to promoting equality of opportunity in employment and to comply with our duties under the Fair Employment & Treatment (NI) Order 1998.

We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.