Operations Consultant - Sanctions Screening Center of Excellence

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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.

• →2+ year experience in Operations or Compliance; Economic Sanctions experience highly desired
• →Experience & Knowledge of economic sanctions program requirements and disposition of sanctions alerts or extensive background with WTX and/or ACH experience
• →Experience in client due diligence and KYC
• →Highly organized individual - Demonstrates a bias for action and a commitment to achieving sustainable results. Makes timely and fact based decisions
• →Analytical and detail oriented.
• →Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines and navigate change
• →Ability to work independently, as well as, within a team.
• →Strong risk framework and approach.
• →Ability to prioritize, use own initiative and be flexible
• →Good oral and written communications skills.
• →PC proficiency and excellent Keyboarding/Typing skills.
• →Schedule: Tuesday to Saturday
• →Ability to work additional hours outside of the standard work schedule as business needs dictate.

• Experience in Global Banking & Markets business process
• Knowledge of Excel, Word, Outlook
• Team player attitude, enthusiasm and commitment
• Monitor work flow and team progress, provide feedback to manager/team 
• Monitor escalations received from Lines of business and response in timely manner
• Coordinate with other sites/regions to ensure daily SSCOE goals are met
• Provide training to new hires and up skill training to existing associates
• Ensure existing training is updated appropriate to adjust for changes in environment over time