AVP, Operations Consultant (Sanctions Screening), Global Payments Operations

Job Description:

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Job Description:

About Sanctions Screening Center of Excellence (SSCoE): The Center of Excellence for economic sanctions monitoring is part of Global Payment Operations (GPO).

SSCoE serves BAML's eight lines of business, delivering global, regional and local capabilities through secure, fast and reliable technology, and people with the knowledge and experience to deliver timely and accurate review of all sanctions alerts across all products of Bank of America.

Team also has the responsibility to provide support to client facing teams and clients where needed to educate on compliance program, drive better quality of data defining the customer and their day-to-day banking transactions.

GPO is the central hub for Bank of America in playing a monumental and mission critical role in establishing, servicing, supporting and monitoring two of the most widely used electronic payment processing vehicles - Wire and ACH - in the financial services arena worldwide.

GPO is also accountable for the SSCoE (Sanctions Screening Center of Excellence) that reviews all of Bank of America's customers and transactions to ensure compliance with Bank of America's Economic Sanctions Program.

There are two Models used for Sanctions Screening purposes using two different vendor products (Fircosoft & Netreveal) and all rules and detections related to creation and suppression of alerts is handled by SSCoE Filter Support team.

COE Level 3 review of sanction alerts generated on customer or transactional data contents - typically referred to as Relationship Screening and Transactional Screening.

Responsibilities:

• Advises on the design, development, and implementation of complex products, systems, and services in an operations environment using discretionary judgment
• Advises on projects and directs activities of a team related to special initiatives
• Advises as a technical expert in assigned area, providing an understanding of the business unit's operations processes and implications on other groups within the operations function
• Consults on present-state, develops alternative future-state approaches, and facilitates implementations by creating a clear and coherent approach to guide effective program/initiative setup, execution, and control
• Identifies and recommends responsibilities and accountabilities for key programs/projects

Requirements:

• Experience & knowledge of economic sanctions program requirements and disposition of sanction alerts.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Team Player attitude, enthusiasm and commitment.
• Ability to prioritize, use own initiative and be flexible.
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and navigate change.