Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ameris Bank is a purpose-driven company dedicated to bringing financial peace of mind to communities. The Financial Crimes Alert Analyst is responsible for assessing alerted activity, identifying unusual activity, and ensuring compliance with financial regulations.
Responsibilities
- Perform assessments of alerted customer activity generated from transaction monitoring software
- Ensure timely identification and escalate unusual activity
- Analyze customer activity to make independent judgements of whether the activity is unusual and requires escalation
- Draft reports and documenting analysis in a logical manner that sufficiently supports decisions
- Work with front line staff to obtain any information that would be helpful during the alert assessment and analysis
- Apply critical thinking skills to recognize patterns, trends and inconsistencies within transactional and customer data to detect, prevent, mitigate and report potentially suspicious activity
- Understand complex issues and customer risks associated with money laundering, terrorist financing, financial crimes or other legal and reputational risks
- Stay current with money laundering and terrorist financing behaviors, trends, patterns and typologies
- Stay current with rules, laws and regulations
- Maintain attention to detail
Skills
- Computer literacy and proficiency in Microsoft Office suite
- Working knowledge and understanding of BSA/AML rules, laws and regulations including the USA PATRIOT Act
- Sound oral and written communication skills
- Sound critical thinking ability
- Sound analytical, problem solving and organizational skills
- Detail oriented
- Ability to be a self-starter
- Ability to build relationships
- 2+ years of direct AML experience
- CAMS certification (ACAMS)
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent of education and related training or experience required
- Working knowledge of a bank operating environment and applicable systems preferred
- CAMS certification preferred
Benefits
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
- Ameris Bank absorbs a major portion of the cost of healthcare
- You become eligible for coverage on the first of the month following 30 days of employment
- Life Insurance provided at no additional cost to employees
- Accidental Death & Dismemberment Coverage
- Long-Term Disability Coverage
- Paid Sick and Vacation Leave
- 11 Holidays
- Volunteer/Service Day
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Ameris Bank matches 50% of your first 8% of contributions to the plan
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Health Savings Account
- Health Reimbursement Arrangement
- Supplemental Life & Other Insurance Plans
- Identity Theft Protection
- Pet Insurance
- Legal Insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Employee Advocacy Program
- Tickets at Work (Entertainment discounts for Ameris Bank Employees)
- AT&T Employee Discount
- Wellness Discounts for Medical Premiums and Other Rewards
- Employee Referral Incentive
- Education Assistance
- Employee Resource Groups
- Free Interest Checking
- Free Safe Deposit Box
- Free Money Orders, Travelers’ Checks and Cashier Checks
- Discount on Mortgage Origination Fee
- Free Online Banking and Free Unlimited Online Bill Payment
- Employee Banking Perks
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