Financial Crimes Associate Job in Bengaluru at Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo is hiring for the role of Financial Crimes Associate!

Responsibilities of the Candidate:

• Participate in and provide support for low complexity initiatives
• Investigate, negotiate and mitigate potential or known moderate dollar loss or risk claims with customer suspects
• Examine evidence and work with more difficult customers or collect losses from responsible party
• Examine fraud findings to determine extent of fraud risk
• Review issues and policies or procedures for which answers can be quickly obtained related to lower risk tasks and deliverables with narrower impact
• Research and scrutinize complex transactions and referrals to prevent and detect financial crimes activities, policy violations and suspicious situations with low to moderate risk
• Perform analysis to detect patterns, trends, anomalies and schemes in transactions and relationships across multiple businesses or products
• Receive direction from supervisor and exercise judgment within defined parameters while developing understanding of function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements
• Draft report of findings and trend evaluation and make recommendations to mitigate risk
• Provide information to managers, functional colleagues and stakeholders
• Provide litigation support, under guidance by more experienced colleagues, by providing support documentation, testimony and evaluating cases for potential risk
• Conduct education for financial crimes awareness

Requirements:

• Knowledge & understanding of BSA & USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC Sanctions Programs
• Experience using screening tools like World Check, Lexis Nexis, Dow Jones & RDC
• Understanding of payments / transactions such as SWIFT, ACH, Wires etc.
• Ability to identify red flags and disposition alerts using a risk based approach
• Eye for detail, prioritization and time management
• Ability to take initiative and work independently with minimal supervision
• Basic Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) skills
• Good customer service skills, team work and stakeholder connect
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to manage multiple responsibilities and tasks simultaneously
• Graduate, preferably in Finance / Business Administration
• ACAMS or other industry Certifications