AVP – AML Analytics
| Company | Synchrony Financial |
|---|---|
| Location | Newport Beach, CA, USA, Bentonville, AR, USA, Stamford, CT, USA, Chicago, IL, USA, Altamonte Springs, FL, USA, Alpharetta, GA, USA, New York, NY, USA, Draper, UT, USA, Cincinnati, OH, USA |
| Salary | $90000 – $155000 |
| Type | Full-Time |
| Degrees | Bachelor’s, MBA |
| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree AND 5+ years’ experience in a consumer credit/risk analytics role in a bank or large financial institution; OR, in lieu of Bachelor’s degree, 9+ years’ experience in consumer credit/risk analytics role in a bank or large financial institution
- 5+ years’ experience with SAS/SQL or other transferable logic-based programming
- 1+ years’ experience working with data related to Compliance Oversight, particularly Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) programs
Responsibilities
- Analyze complex data sets from a variety of data sources, and develop full-file testing and monitoring to support compliance with BSA / AML / OFAC
- Validate data feeds from the source system including analysis of the codes to ensure all required data is sent for AML Transaction Monitoring and Customer Risk Ratings
- Build exception reporting to identify root cause for filtered data from AML monitoring systems
- Build and execute framework for ongoing monitoring to validate accuracy and completeness of AML related data feeds
- Develop full file testing and validation for QA / QC within the AML Sanctions and Transaction Monitoring programs
- Use data and analytics to help support the closure of critical, time-sensitive projects such as regulatory requests and matters requiring attention (MRA)
- Direct, assist, and advise on AML Committee Reporting and Visualization
- Partner with and provide subject matter expertise to guide the India Risk Analytics Team on optimal, efficient, and quick analytical solutions to business problems
- Drive extended usage of analytics to gain more efficiencies and effectiveness within risk management processes and activities
- Understand, leverage and promote value of data and analytics to create bigger impact and value to the business
- Develop, present, and explain the value and vision of proposed solutions to cross-business senior leaders and stakeholders
- Promote innovation and proactively look for and identify opportunities to solve risk problems with integrated analytics solutions
- Performs special projects regarding Bank compliance activities which may require research and analysis, including presentation to senior compliance leadership
- Perform other duties and/or special projects as assigned
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in a STEM related or Business field
- MBA or Master’s degree in a STEM field
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, organize work flow and timelines
- Solid understanding of the consumer credit lending lifecycle and card programs
- Exposure to R, Python and Machine Learning tools
- Advanced reasoning skills in conjunction with an intimate understanding of how consumer credit systems work and how their outflows tie into the data warehouse
- Elevated aptitude in deciphering and interpreting analytical documentation and criteria and the ability to translate that into independently created logic
- 2+ years’ experience with Tableau or other Visual Analytics tool such as PowerBI or SAS VIYA
- Experience working alongside and in unison with off-shore teams
- Strong oral and written communication skills with impact and influence
- Excellent communication skills with impact and influence
- Commercially effective and collaborative across teams and functions
- Intermediate EXCEL skill-set