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Scotiabank · 1 day ago

Senior Analyst, Financial Intelligence Unit

Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas, committed to helping customers achieve success through a broad range of financial services. The Senior Analyst for the Financial Intelligence Unit will assist in detecting and reporting suspicious activities in compliance with regulatory requirements, while collaborating with various teams to investigate and escalate unusual transactions.

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Responsibilities

Review alerts or exceptions generated by transaction monitoring system or other internal and external sources
Responsible for documenting alerts and exceptions investigations using Google, WorldCheck, Internal Databases and other available sources
Provide guidance and instruction to the other FIU analysts as needed
Work in conjunction with the FIU and Compliance team in NY/Dallas and Canada where necessary to identify, investigate, and escalate transactions that represent unusual or potentially suspicious activity
Liaise with operations and on-boarding teams as needed to obtain KYC information on customers if needed during an investigation and ensure that the profiles are consistent with current account activity
Obtain any additional information needed to gain a better understanding of a customer or transactional activity via Requests for Information (“RFIs”)
Document AML Cases and supporting documentation in ORACLE case management system
Maintain a log of Suspicious Activity to evidence investigate activity, disposition, and reasons for conclusions
Prepare recommendations for disposition of cases and draft SAR reports for filing with FinCEN
Keep abreast of regulatory changes, industry best practices and potentially suspicious patterns of activity and recommend changes to rules, parameters and thresholds maintained within internal systems to ensure its continued effectiveness
Assist in preparing MIS AML Monitoring Reports
Assist as needed in the UAT testing related to case management system or monitoring rules enhancements
Using the established procedures report system, data or monitoring rules issues to the appropriate parties for timely resolutions

Qualification

AML knowledgeTransaction Monitoring systemsRegulatory complianceCapital Markets knowledgeAnalytical skillsExcel proficiencyCommunication skillsInterpersonal skillsCritical thinking

Required

A minimum of 1-2 years' experience working in a regulatory and/or compliance, law enforcement or other investigative capacity within a financial institution setting
Bachelor's Degree in business administration, finance, or similar field
Working knowledge of Capital Markets and current regulatory environment in the Financial Service Industry
Strong understanding of the U.S. Regulatory Landscape
Knowledge of Transaction Monitoring systems (i.e. ORACLE case management system) and other investigative tools (i.e. WorldCheck and others)
Experience in working on dynamic and multifaceted projects
Strong analytical, critical thinking, writing, communication and interpersonal skills
Working knowledge of Excel, including data analysis

Benefits

Flexible benefit programs are designed to help support your unique family, financial, physical, mental, and social health needs

Company

Scotiabank

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Scotiabank is a banking firm that provides banking and financial services.

H1B Sponsorship

Scotiabank has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (52)
2024 (55)
2023 (29)
2022 (38)
2021 (38)
2020 (15)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$1.07B
2024-04-17Post Ipo Debt· $1.07B
1972-03-01IPO

Leadership Team

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Jabar Singh
President & CEO Scotiabank Colpatria (Colombia) & Head Central America & Caribbean
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L.Scott Thomson
President and CEO
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