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Financial Crime Prevention Sanctions Officer

UBS, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37247

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Your role Do you want to protect the financial system from direct and indirect sanctions risk? Are you someone who likes to do the right thing? Do you know how to maintain independence and objectivity?

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

Salary information

Washington: the salary range for this role is $91000 to $114000

Weehawken: the salary range for this role is $111000 to $144000

Job Type Full Time

Job Reference # 323623BR

City Nashville, Raleigh, Washington, Weehawken

Your team We are currently seeking a Sanctions Officer who will be working within the Financial Crime Prevention Team. Our role is to assist UBS in the fight against money laundering, fraud, corruption and terrorist financing.

Your expertise

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

Disclaimer / Policy statements UBS is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We respect and seek to empower each individual and support the diverse cultures, perspectives, skills and experiences within our workforce.

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