Compliance-Bengaluru-Analyst-Financial Crime Controls

Job Description

Compliance- Financial Crime Compliance – Transaction Banking- Analyst/Associate

BUSINESS UNIT AND ROLE OVERVIEW Financial Crime Compliance (“FCC”) has primary responsibility for the execution of the firm’s enterprise-wide Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”), anti-bribery, and government sanctions compliance programs and, among other things, performs enhanced due diligence and government sanctions screening, as well as surveillance and investigations designed to identify potential terrorist financing, money laundering, bribery, market abuse, or other suspicious activity.

Goldman Sachs Bank USA (the “Bank”) is a New York State-chartered bank and a member of the Federal Reserve System. All of the firm’s revenue divisions conduct business in the Bank. Bank activities include the acceptance of client, customer and brokered deposits; the origination of bank loans and mortgage loans; entering into interest rate, credit, currency, and other derivatives; and agency lending. The Bank facilitates client transactions and makes markets in fixed income products.

OPPORTUNITY

FCC is seeking an individual to join its FCC Transaction Banking -Transaction Investigations team (“FCC TxB Investigations”). FCC TxB Investigations is seeking an analyst, ideally with corporate banking and / or other financial industry experience.

The analyst will conduct in-depth transactional investigations to identify AML red flags probative of potential illicit activity. When problematic transactions are identified, the investigator will take the appropriate steps to escalate, discontinue, and/or mitigate such activity. The ideal candidate would have strong analytical skills, the ability to collaborate with others, the ability to manage projects and processes, and the ability to multi-task. In this role, the analyst will work closely with compliance, operations, technology and business personnel, and would be expected to quickly gain an understanding of the firm's businesses and the rules and regulations under which the firm operates.

Principal Responsibilities

The successful candidate will join the Financial Crime Compliance group and assist in reviewing transaction surveillance alerts and conducting case investigations to identify potential suspicious activity for reporting purposes. Additionally, the role involves identifying patterns and trends consistent with money laundering, terrorist financing, and other types of suspicious activity.

Responsibilities of the role include the completion of daily tasks and supporting projects to meet the overall department goals in line with the firm’s AML program. The role supports various AML & Fraud processes, including but not limited to, transaction activity reviews, suspicious activity, fraud referral, investigations, fulfillment of information sharing and law enforcement requests, and filing of Suspicious Activity Reports (“SAR”).

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to work independently and in team-oriented workflows
• Strong analytical and risk assessment skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to prioritize work-flows and ensure deadlines are met
• Ability to forge strong relationships with colleagues and clients
• Proactive, self-motivated, detail-oriented and well-organized
• Prior compliance experience – prior AML experience would be a bonus
• One year + of experience preferred