Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Investigator (Vice President-Sr Specialist, SAR Investigations II) at BNY

At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.    

We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.

We’re seeking a Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) investigator (Vice President-Sr Specialist, SAR Investigations II) to join our Financial Crimes Legal Investigations (FC Legal Investigations) team. This role is located in Lake Mary, FL, or Pittsburgh, PA - HYBRID.

The FC Legal Investigations team carries out the company’s enterprise-wide financial intelligence and suspicious activity investigation and reporting function.  FC Legal Investigation’s primary mission is to mitigate company risk through excellence in suspicious activity investigations and reporting.  The team works closely with the company’s Financial Crimes Compliance (FCC) group, regulatory enforcement investigations, Information Security and Legal departments.  Activity investigated by the team includes money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption, fraud (, market manipulation, data breaches and economic sanctions violations.

Responsibilities: 
 

• Conducting proactive investigations to address money laundering and terrorist financing concerns in alignment with the National Priorities issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN).  
• Analyzing complex transactional data, performing in-depth research, decisioning cases stemming from proactive investigations, drafting Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), and making recommendations to escalate concerns to internal stakeholders.
• Demonstrates a strong understanding of global financial crimes money flows.
• Drafting timely, error-free and SARs and No SARs that follow FinCEN regulations and the team’s internal guidance and policies. 
• Managing a portfolio of case work in an organized manner with the ability to work efficiently within tight deadlines.  
• This team member must also effectively communicate and develop relationships with internal stakeholders and collaborate on significant investigative matters. 
• The team member will be expected to apply an understanding of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and the USA PATRIOT Act and apply it to the banking products and services offered by the organization.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience required. 
• Graduate Degree in Law, Business, Intelligence Studies, or International Relations preferred.  
• 7-10 years of total work experience preferred. 
• Experience working for a financial institution in an AML investigations function, particularly in the correspondent banking space, and/or ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) certification and intelligence work in the private or public sector preferred.
   

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards: 

• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023-2024
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
• Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter. 

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

For over 230 years, the people of BNY Mellon have been at the forefront of finance, expanding the financial markets while supporting investors throughout the investment lifecycle. BNY Mellon can act as a single point of contact for clients looking to create, trade, hold, manage, service, distribute or restructure investments & safeguards nearly one-fifth of the world's financial assets. BNY Mellon remains one of the safest, most trusted and admired companies. Every day our employees make their mark by helping clients better manage and service their financial assets around the world. Whether providing financial services for institutions, corporations or individual investors, clients count on the people of BNY Mellon across time zones and in 35 countries and more than 100 markets. It's the collective ambition, innovative thinking and exceptionally focused client service paired with a commitment to doing what is right that continues to set us apart. Make your mark: bnymellon.com/careers.