Business Control Executive

Bank of America; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution seeks a Business Control Executive for its Global Payments Solutions team. This role involves leading strategy on financial crimes compliance, overseeing risk management frameworks, and ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in the payments industry and a strong understanding of regulatory frameworks. This position provides a unique opportunity to contribute to the compliance efforts of a major financial services provider.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years experience in payments industry and financial crimes compliance.
• Bachelor's degree preferred or relevant work experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead design strategy for financial crimes compliance in Global Payment Solutions.
• Identify issues related to financial crimes, assuring action plans & control improvements.
• Oversee implementation of optimized controls and quality assurance practices.

Skills

Controls Management

Payments product knowledge

Financial Crimes regulatory requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Business Control Executive (Global Payments Solutions)

New York, New York; Charlotte, North Carolina

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve.

Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations.

At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us!

Job Description:

This job sits within the front line Business Controls team in Global Payment Solutions (GPS) and is responsible for leading and designing the strategy related to financial crimes compliance within the GPS business. Key responsibilities include ensuring capabilities are in place to drive the day-to-day execution of the Operational Risk Management Framework, including the implementation of LOB specific processes and tools to drive adherence to regulatory requirements and enterprise-wide standards & policies related to financial crimes. Job expectations include providing oversight and establishing effective quality assurance and control processes.

Required skills: Must have these skills to be minimally qualified

* Minimum of 10 years experience in the payments industry, international, and Global Financial Crimes experience

Responsibilities:

• Engages with stakeholders to identify issues related to financial crimes and assures action plans & control improvements for issue resolution
• Demonstrates broad understanding of the GPS business including International payments and new payments rails like real time payments, pay by bank, pay to card and virtual accounts management.
• Work closely with control partners in Compliance to ensure two-way communication of business capabilities and regulatory adherence
• Have good understanding of regulatory requirements related to economic sanctions and AML screening of transactions and relationships
• Provide oversight on fraud monitoring including understanding and compliance with regulatory requirements across the globe where GPS provides services
• Have basic understanding of payment related data flows and associated data quality challenges vis-à-vis Banking Secrecy Act (BSA) and travel rule requirements
• Oversees the assessment of the design and effectiveness of the risk and control environment to ensure adherence to enterprise-wide standards
• Oversees the implementation of optimized controls and enhanced Quality Assurance (QA) practices to support business efforts
• Oversees GPS responses for regulatory exams, internal audits, and other monitoring and inspection reviews related to financial crimes
• Active participation in the key governance forums including Business Control Forums, Regulatory Initiative forums, Product & Sales level governance forums
• Acts as an ambassador of the risk culture, monitoring and reporting on the Line of Business or Enterprise Control Function's Operational Risk Profile
• Bachelor's degree preferred or relevant work experience

Required Skills:

• Controls Management
• Payments product knowledge
• Financial Crimes regulatory requirements