AML CIU EDD Analyst III Job Listing at Stifel in Saint Louis, MO (Job ID 8109)

Description

The AML- Client Intelligence Unit (CIU) EDD Analyst III is responsible for providing a holistic review of high risk clients from a risk based approach.  The CIU analyst conducts surveillance reviews to identify potential suspicious transactional activity, Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) reviews, negative news/derogatory information reviews (including PEP, sanction, or OFAC reviews), beneficial ownership reviews, Marijuana Related Business (MRB) reviews, subpoena/law enforcement inquiry reviews, internal/external escalation reviews, states/metrics/reporting tracking, and supervisory reviews. This analyst will also be responsible for supporting/leading various projects including, but not limited to remediation, testing efforts, drafting best practices/procedures, reviewing/approving/filing Suspicious Activity Reports, and other projects as assigned by the AML leadership team. This analyst should have strong knowledge in banking and brokerage products.  

• Perform a holistic Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) review of complex high risk customer relationships using customer risk scoring models in accordance with departmental processes and procedures.
• Perform transactional reviews for possible money laundering and terrorist financing using automated AML software monitoring systems, reports and other methods for high risk clients.
• Effectively investigates, documents, and identifies suspicious activity using seasoned judgment to determine if a Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) needs to be filed. 
• Prepares and files SAR's for the AML CIU team.
• Review and approve SAR's that have been escalated from analysts on the EDD team.
• Perform extensive background investigations using public and private databases in accordance with AML and other regulatory standards to help prevent operational and reputational risk.
• Assists in the developments of best practices, processes, policies, and procedures.
• Performs reviews of law enforcement inquiries, subpoenas, internal/external escalations, and assists with internal/external audit requests

• Experience conducting and/or leading complex financial crimes investigations, including fraud, money laundering, and other illicit financial activities involving global clients, with an emphasis on analyzing financial activities, identifying potential risks, and addressing complexities arising from international client relationships.
• Strong understanding of AML BSA Compliance for CIP, KYC, CDD, EDD.
• Ability to identify and report suspicious activity.
• Strong understanding of complex transactional life cycles within a financial enterprise, including but not limited to; brokerage, banking, lending, credit cards, trusts, and investment banking.
• Working knowledge of compliance analysis and reporting with the ability to identify and affect appropriate risk and control mechanisms.
• Strong knowledge of brokerage and banking products.

• Minimum Required: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum Required: 6+ years of financial industry or related experience; 5+ years of AML or related risk experience.

• Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• AML software, Capital Markets surveillance and SQL Server
• Experience with Actimize
• Thomson Reuters Clear, Moody's Data Analytics (RDC)

Stifel is more than 130 years old and still thinking like a start-up.  We are a global wealth management and investment banking firm serious about innovation and fresh ideas.  Built on a simple premise of safeguarding our clients' money as if it were our own, coined by our namesake, Herman Stifel, our success is intimately tied to our commitment to helping families, companies, and municipalities find their own success.

While our headquarters is in St. Louis, we have offices in New York, San Francisco, Baltimore, London, Frankfurt, Toronto, and more than 400 other locations.  Stifel is home to approximately 9,000 individuals who are currently building their careers as financial advisors, research analysts, project managers, marketing specialists, developers, bankers, operations associates, among hundreds more.  Let's talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel, where success meets success.

At Stifel we offer an entrepreneurial environment, comprehensive benefits package to include health, dental and vision care, 401k, wellness initiatives, life insurance, and paid time off.

Stifel is an Equal Opportunity Employer.