Job Description
Why Stifel Stifel strives for a culture that puts its clients and associates first: a culture where everyone belongs, everyone is welcome, and everyone contributes to the success of our clients, their careers, and the firm as a whole.
Let's talk about how you can find your place here at Stifel,
where success meets success .
What You'll Be Doing The AML - Client Intelligence Unit (CIU) Customer Due Diligence (CDD) Analyst holistically reviews highrisk
clients from a risk-based approach. The AML-CIU CDD Analyst conducts surveillance reviews to
identify potential high-risk transactional activity, Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs) reviews, sanctioned
individual reviews, negative news/ derogatory information reviews, potential Office of Foreign Assets
Control (OFAC) match reviews, beneficial ownership reviews, Marijuana Related Business (MRB)
reviews, and new foreign account reviews. The role is also responsible for working with the Customer
Identification Program (CIP) process to ensure the client's identity adequately satisfies CIP requirements.
What We're Looking For - Perform a holistic transactional/trade review of high-risk customers through use of customer risk scoring models per departmental processes and procedures.
- Effectively identify, investigate, and document suspicious activity and use seasoned judgment to determine if a SAR should be filed.
- Review and conduct adverse media searches and suggest account restrictions and/or account closures based on risk to the institution.
- Assist in CDD reviews for PEPs, sanctioned individuals, negative news/derogatory information, potential OFAC matches, and MRB reviews.
- Per AML and other regulatory standards, perform background investigations to help prevent operational and reputational risk.
- Review and monitor CIP fail records to determine underlying CIP issues and share resolutions to resolve the problem promptly to limit risk.
What You'll Bring - Understanding of AML BSA Compliance for CIP, KYC, CDD, EDD, and Transaction Monitoring.
- Understanding of the financial industry, including operational and risk/control, financial markets, products, and an understanding of complex transaction life cycles.
- Ability to produce accurate work in a timely fashion while managing time and priorities to ensure deadlines are met.
- Working knowledge of brokerage and banking compliance analysis and reporting, with the ability to identify and use appropriate risk and control mechanisms.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Education & Experience - Minimum Required: Bachelor's Degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum Required: 2+ years of experience in the financial industry, related field, or an advanced degree in a related field.
- Experience in AML or related field is preferred.
Systems & Technology - Proficient with Microsoft 365 (Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
- Familiarity with AML software and SQL Server.
- Familiarity with Actimize AML Solutions.
About Stifel 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.
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