Senior Manager, AML Financial Intelligence Unit – 12 Month Contract

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Job Title

Senior Manager, AML Financial Intelligence Unit – 12 Month Contract

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

As Senior Manager, you plan and co-ordinate money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF) investigations referred by Team members, internal Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) and RBC partners. You provide clearly reasoned and timely outcomes, findings and actions for the purpose of mitigating financial, regulatory, reputational and legal risk to RBC, consistent with putting our clients first. You prioritize and oversee investigations conducted by the Team and manage Team members’ performance. Additionally, you work with Investigation Team and other FIU partners to ensure that investigations are referred or possibly escalated where relevant, and that investigations are conducted within defined RBC guidelines, processes and procedures and are conducted using a risk-based approach.

What will you do?

• Mentor and Coach team members for on-going professional development to ensure that individuals and collective team knowledge is current and comprehensive to support the investigation process and to ensure that outcomes, including decisions and recommendations are based on a thorough understanding of risk and made in the context of relevant and full knowledge.
• Prioritizes and manages investigations conducted by the Team and Team members’ performance.
• Reviews Suspicious Transaction/Activity Reports/ Recommendation for submission to FINTRAC or Jurisdictional MLRO in consultation with the Director, AML-FIU and provides quality control for similar submissions by the Team.
• Reviews investigation summary reports for submission to the Client File Review Committee providing quality assurance over the teams
• Where required, attend Client File Review committee meetings in liaison with the Director, AML-FIU.
• Provides quality control for the team member’s investigation reports as required by your role in the FIU including the results of PEP / High Risk, EDD, Compliance and CIS referrals.
• On behalf of the Director, AML-FIU, has responsibility of ensuring that Team members have the knowledge, right skills sets, competencies, training and resources to best achieve the team goals
• Personally responsible and accountable for self-development and maintaining up to date knowledge, best practices and skills sets for relevant ML, TF, sanction and other regulatory matters in support of the investigative function.
  
  

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• University degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years’ experience in financial and money laundering crime investigation and / or a law enforcement / regulatory background and/or banking background.
• Strong knowledge of correspondent banking relationships and risks
• Intuitive and inquisitive thinker – demonstrated critical thinking skills
• Strong interpersonal / interviewing skills.
  
  

Nice-to-have

• Knowledge of banking systems and processes
• Strong AML knowledge – CAMS designation, (or able to attain within 6 months)
• Strong knowledge of relevant predicate offences, e.g. fraud is considered an advantage
• Skilled in Open Source research
  
  

What’s in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best, progressive thinking to keep growing, and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
• Work in an agile, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
• The opportunity to interface with senior level executives from many different parts of the organization
  
  

Job Summary

Address:

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia, Canada

City:

CAN-NS-BEDFORD

Country:

Canada

Work hours/week:

37.5

Employment Type:

Full time

Platform:

Group Risk Management

Job Type:

Contract (Fixed Term)

Pay Type:

Salaried

Posted Date:

2022-06-20-07:00

Application Deadline:

2022-06-25-07:00

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