UBS · 5 hours ago
Financial Crime Prevention Sanctions Officer
District of Columbia, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$91K/yr - $114K/yr
5+ years expUBS is a leading global wealth manager and universal bank based in Switzerland. They are seeking a Financial Crime Prevention Sanctions Officer to protect the financial system from sanctions risks by reviewing customer transactions against global sanctions lists and conducting background research on entities and individuals.
Asset ManagementBankingFinancial ServicesWealth Management
Responsibilities
Review customers and payments for names on the global sanctions lists to ensure no transactions are being processed with the restricted parties on the lists
Review and supervise real-time payment hit handling by second cut review team to assess sanctions alerts and decision appropriately
Perform searches of names on the global sanctions lists and ensure we have no accounts/clients at the Firm for the subjects named on the lists
Perform background research on entities and/or individuals using databases such as Lexis, as well as the Internet and coordinate with Regional and Global Compliance, Operations or Business counterparts to obtain further information on clients/accounts
Perform sanctions controls testing respective to list updates, alerts investigation and system reviews
Identify and initiate list additions/updates and continuously monitor Sanctions regulatory developments
Manage payment/securities-trading cases in case management tool
Compile MI / metrics and participate in other ad hoc projects / assignments
Escalate unusual or suspicious activities
Complete UBS's annual BSA/AML/OFAC training
Qualification
Required
ideally 4 year college degree or international equivalent
ideally 5+ years of Sanctions/AML experience with a wealth management, broker dealer, retail and/or private bank, and/or correspondent bank
experience in Microsoft Excel including use of v-look up, pivot tables and macros a plus
prior knowledge and ability to execute a variety of other computer based and proprietary systems including, LexisNexis, Internet Explorer, other MS Office applications, and/or various compliance related and databases
excellent verbal/written skills as well as analytically and technologically advanced
analytical / critical thinking skills, with the ability to provide practical solutions; able to prioritize a diverse workload with multiple deadlines
result-oriented and assertive (you don't shy away from challenging situations)
detail-oriented with the ability to multi-task and change directions based on business demands
self-starter abilities with the initiative to work independently, as well as with others
Company
UBS
UBS is a financial services firm engaged in wealth management, investment banking, asset management, and retail banking.
10001+ employees
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