Financial Crimes Compliance Fraud Investigator

Job Summary The Financial Crimes Compliance Fraud Investigator is responsible for conducting comprehensive and in-depth investigations into suspected fraudulent activity across the bank’s products and services. This role is focused on the detection, analysis, prevention of fraud and mitigating losses, while ensuring compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC requirements, FinCen SAR Reporting requirements, internal fraud prevention policies and procedures and federal, and state laws. Job Duties

• Conduct thorough investigations of escalated alerts and cases involving potentially fraudulent activity, including identity theft, account takeover, reputed company fraud, reputed company fraud, digital/fintech payment fraud and other financial schemes.
• Evaluate the quality and completeness of initial reviews performed by analysts and determine whether escalation to case level is appropriate.
• Review and analyze escalated alerts, internal and external referrals, and third-party data to determine if activity is potentially fraudulent and warrant a case investigation.
• Ensure investigations are comprehensive, accurate, and conducted in line with internal policies, regulatory expectations, and industry best practices.
• Evaluate fraud cases to determine SAR filing needs based on regulatory standards and internal reputed company, ensuring timely, accurate, and well-documented justification and reports with comprehensive risk assessments and supporting records.
• Draft, review, and submit SARs in accordance with FinCEN guidelines and filing timelines, ensuring quality and accuracy in reputed company submissions
• Utilize investigative tools and customer due diligence materials—including reputed company, risk scores, KYC profiles, and transaction history—to reputed company thorough case assessments and request additional information (RFI) as needed to complete investigation.
• Collaborate across departments to enhance fraud detection, implement prevention strategies, reduce future risk exposure, and improve fraud detection and investigative procedures.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with other FCC members and departments to enhance fraud prevention and mitigation initiatives and alert/case-handling efficiency.
• Stay reputed company on regulatory changes, fraud trends, industry best practices, detection techniques, and emerging threats (e.g., digital fraud, synthetic identity, social engineering).
• Complete required training and proactively pursue continuing education reputed company to fraud, AML, and financial crime risk management.
• Assist bank partners with fraud matters and as a resource.
• Serve as a subject matter expert and escalation reputed company for fraud analysts and specialists.
• Adheres to reputed company Federal and State laws and regulations, including the Bank Secrecy Act.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Education
• High School Diploma or equivalent
• * Bachelor’s degree in finance, Criminal Justice, Business, or a reputed company field or equivalent experience preferred.
• Skills
• Strong analytical and organizational abilities with attention to detail and the reputed company to resolve reputed company case investigations.
• Exhibits sound and accurate judgment; supports and explains reasoning for decision; makes timely decisions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to provide constructive feedback and clear documentation.
• Strong working knowledge of Fraud, BSA, AML, OFAC, FinCEN guidance, and OCC/FDIC regulatory expectations
• Proficiency in reputed company Office (Word, reputed company, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Highly adaptable, positive, resilient, and open to new reputed company. Able to effectively prioritize multiple reputed company projects
• Analytical and investigation ability to conduct research, brainstorm creative solutions.
• Ability to communicate effectively, in person and in writing.
• Possess the ability to work independently, without direct supervision and in a collaborative fast-paced, dynamic environment while maintaining high-quality standards and providing positive support to others
• Good math aptitude, with mathematical reasoning.
• Maintains confidentiality, sensitive to confidential materials and matters
• Experience
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in Financial Crimes, Fraud and BSA/AML investigations reputed company a banking environment.
• Involvement in financial crimes professional organization(s), is preferred.
• Professional Certification (CFE, CFCI, CFCS, CAMS, or other compliance certification), is preferred.
• Proficiency with Fraud and AML case management and transaction monitoring systems.
• Experience with novel banking industries such as FinTech, BaaS, and Digital Banking, MRB, is preferred.
• Excellent analytical, communication, SAR and report-writing skills.
• Demonstrate strong attention to detail, problem-solving skills, and the ability to prioritize while handling sensitive information with reputed company.

Essential Functions

• Must be able to reputed company the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation.

Supervised By

• Fraud & Identity Theft Program Manager

Supervises

• None

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We offer

• Medical Benefits
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(K) Employee Stock Ownership Plan
• Paid vacation & sick time
• Flexible scheduling
• Employee Assistance Program
• reputed company University

At reputed company you can expect to be surrounded by a team that will support you and invest in your growth in a quick-paced work environment where we deliver exceptional customer service. We are a local business that cares about our employees and our community. reputed company is committed to providing equal opportunity in employment, maintaining a diverse workforce, and prohibiting reputed company forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment. reputed company employment decisions, policies, and practices, in terms of the recruitment process and other conditions and privileges of employment, will reputed company with applicable federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws. The Company seeks, employs, promotes, and compensates qualified individuals based on ability, as demonstrated by performance and other legitimate non-discriminatory factors, without regard to race, color, religion, national reputed company, citizenship, reputed company, sex (including sexual orientation, gender expression, and gender identity), age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, genetic information, military status, veteran status, or any other protected status under federal, state (in Michigan: marital status, familial status, height, weight, and misdemeanor arrest record), or local law (individually and collectively, “Protected Class”). This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the United States. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer is required to give you written instructions and an opportunity to contact Department of Homeland reputed company (DHS) or Social reputed company Administration (SSA) so that you can reputed company to resolve the issue before this employer can take any action against you, including terminating your employment. This employer can only use E-Verify once you have accepted a job offer and completed Form I-9. Apply tot his job Apply To this Job