Introduction
A career in IBM Consulting is rooted in long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe.
You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio, including Software and Red Hat. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. You will be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centres on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As a Promontory Anti-Money Laundering Analyst you'll be a trusted business advisor. You'll have the opportunity to position IBM for long-term financial growth delivering analysis and providing insight and innovation into the business. You'll be redefining how we manage our organization and how we work while achieving budgeted targets and ensuring the delivery of a high-quality product.

Analysts will engage in compliance reviews, transactional analysis, and procedural work in support Promontory’s financial services clients meeting and exceeding regulatory expectations. Analysts are expected to positively contribute to Promontory’s success in a variety of areas related to today’s heightened regulatory climate.

Promontory recruits individuals who possess excellent writing, research, analytical, and critical thinking skills and other applicable experience that leads to success in the role, such as strong work ethic and natural curiosity. Analysts must be able to judiciously analyze, assess, and write clearly and concisely. The nature of this work requires individuals to be flexible, learn new skills, work within time constraints, and meet uncompromising quality requirements and production expectations while working closely with others in a dynamic team environment.

Principal Responsibilities:

• Perform intermediate to complex analysis that requires knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) schemes.
• Conduct complex alert and case investigations, perform Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) and draft comprehensive Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs).
• Apply logic, reasoning, and sound decision-making skills to recommend SAR filings.
• Ensure work adheres to defined engagement policies and procedures
• Produce quality work within program standards.
• Manage work efficiently to meet production goals and project deliverables.
• Work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Assist with other responsibilities as needed, such as file assignments, and request for information tracking and routing.
• May assist in performing quality assurance on Analyst I work product.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employee may perform other related duties as to meet the ongoing needs of the organization.

Key Competencies:

• Accountability & Dependability
• Adaptability & Flexibility
• Self-Direction
• Teamwork
• Decision Making & Problem-Solving

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
2+ Years experience in AML
Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel, with the ability to perform data manipulation and pivot tables.
Results oriented team player with strong initiative and flexibility.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Undergraduate degree in Finance, Journalism, Criminal Justice or related field. Masters’ degree or JD a plus.
• At least 2 years of AML Alert and Case Investigation experience, with hands-on experience in Customer Due Diligence (CDD) and Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD).
• Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem solving abilities and able to decipher high risk attributes (transactional, geographical, product, customer type, etc.)
• Superior writing skills with the ability to convey ideas clearly, succinctly and efficiently.
• High competency in written and oral communication; strong interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently; take initiative; and able to adapt to change.
• Quick learner able to readily understand regulatory compliance, financial concepts and issues, exercise sound judgment and observe the highest degree of confidentiality.
• Adept at multi-tasking and meeting deadlines in high-pressure environment.
• Results oriented team player with strong initiative and flexibility.
• Ability to thrive in a production-based environment.
• Demonstrated computer software competency, including Microsoft Word and Outlook, is required.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel, with the ability to perform data manipulation and pivot tables, etc.

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

This job requires you to provide your COVID-19 vaccination status where legally permissible.

In a world where technology never stands still, we understand that, dedication to our clients success, innovation that matters, and trust and personal responsibility in all our relationships, lives in what we do as IBMers as we strive to be the catalyst that makes the world work better.

Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

Are you ready to be an IBMer?

IBM’s greatest invention is the IBMer. We believe that through the application of intelligence, reason and science, we can improve business, society and the human condition, bringing the power of an open hybrid cloud and AI strategy to life for our clients and partners around the world.

Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

• Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being

- Financial programs such as 401(k), the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs

• Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
• Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
• Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

IBM is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.