Business Control Specialist - Sanctions Screening Center of Excellence

Company: Disability Solutions
Location: Scranton
Posted on: October 25, 2024

Job Description:

Job Description: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-faceted 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!About Sanctions Screening Center of Excellence: The Center of Excellence for economic sanctions monitoring is part of Global Payment Operations (GPO). 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. 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.Job Description:This job is responsible for executing on internal control discipline and operational excellence within a Line of Business (LOB) or Enterprise Control Function (ECF). Key responsibilities include providing analytical and administrative support for LOB or ECF specific processes and tools to drive adherence to enterprise-wide standards. Job expectations include supporting the implementation of quality assurance and quality control processes within the LOB or ECF by gathering and organizing data to help identify, track, and report issues and control improvements for remediation.Responsibilities:

• Assesses the design and effectiveness of the risk and control environment to support Client Operational Services and ensure adherence to enterprise-wide standards
• Provides administrative support for the monitoring and testing of controls by gathering and organizing data to identify issues and control improvements for remediation
• Complies with controls and Quality Assurance (QA) practices to support business continuity efforts
• Conducts and coordinates quality inspection reviews to enhance employee performance and control effectiveness
• Performs QA activities including executing on controls, managing cases, and reporting results
• Supports initiatives by identifying potential procedural updates, test script updates, and data discrepancies to enhance QA program success
• Supports operational research required for regulatory exams, internal audits, and other monitoring and inspection reviews and captures data and information relevant to inspection metrics to support governance activities for dashboard reportingRequired Qualifications:
  • Minimum 1 year experience within Economic Sanctions, AML, Wire Transaction and/or previous Compliance.
  • Analytical and detail oriented.
  • Good oral and written communications skills, ability to influence over a variety of levels.
  • PC proficiency and excellent Keyboarding/Typing skills.
  • Ability to work independently, as well as, within a team.
  • Overtime as required.Desired Qualifications:
    • Strives to bring new thoughts and ideas to teams in order to drive innovation and unique solutions.
    • Excels in working among diverse viewpoints to determine the best path forward.
    • Experience in connecting with a diverse set of clients to understand future business needs - is a continuous learner
    • Commitment to challenging the status quo and promoting positive change.
    • Participate in and drive collaborative efforts to advance tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve an evolving client base.
    • Believes in value of diversity so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world.Skills:
      • Controls Management
      • Issue Management
      • Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing
      • Quality Assurance
      • Risk Management
      • Analytical Thinking
      • Attention to Detail
      • Critical Thinking
      • Problem Solving
      • Written Communications
      • Decision Making
      • Innovative Thinking
      • Prioritization
      • Recording/Organizing Information
      • ResearchShift:1st shift (United States of America)Hours Per Week: 40

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