Financial Crimes Analyst

Motion Recruitment; West Des Moines (IA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment represents a well-known Financial Services Company recruiting a Business Execution Consultant for Des Moines, IA (hybrid). This long-term contract role focuses on screening, due diligence, and risk assessment to support regulatory compliance and customer outcomes.

The role requires deep knowledge of screening processes, strong analytical writing, and leadership experience to guide teams and improve controls. Hybrid work and a long-term horizon are offered.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of name screening (financial crimes, regulatory, risk identification related) experience.
• Ability to read and interpret adverse media content to isolate subject matter and alerting party.
• Proven due diligence experience to validate article details or identify missing data.
• Document rationale clearly and concisely in written form.
• Quality Control awareness and adherence to processes.
• 3+ years of management or supervisory experience.
• Knowledge of financial crimes and related regulations.
• Strong analytical writing and critical thinking to parse risk in news.

Responsibilities

• Mitigate risk by executing due diligence screening within set time frames.
• Exercise independent judgment to guide medium-risk screening deliverables.
• Assist with screening activities beyond standard work queue, including workflow and data gathering.
• Provide SME support on screening policies, procedures, testing, and transformation activities.
• Collaborate with peers and managers to resolve screening process issues.
• Review screening processes and controls for improvements.
• Participate in focus groups to drive screening enhancements.
• Support training, quality review, and post-training help for new staff.
• Coordinate with internal/external customers to resolve issues and meet targets.

Skills

Name screening

Regulatory knowledge

Due diligence

Documentation

Risk assessment

Leadership

Job description

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Business Execution Consultant in Des Moines, IA (hybrid).

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially,

Contract Duration: 6+ Months with possible extensions or full time conversion

In this role, you will:

• Mitigate risk by accurately executing upon due diligence screening within agreed upon time frames.
• Exercise independent judgment to guide medium risk screening deliverables.
• Assist with screening operational activities outside of standard work queue as needed including but not limited to workflow management, business continuity, data gathering, analysis, etc.
• Provide subject matter knowledge, leveraging solid understanding of screening function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements, to assist with process walkthroughs, procedure reviews, testing engagements, and transformation activities.
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, managers to resolve screening process and production related issues.
• Review and analyze screening processes and controls for improvement opportunities.
• Participate in focus group opportunities to assist with screening improvement efforts.
• Partner with senior consultants to aid in training facilitation, quality review, and post training support for new screening consultants.
• Collaborate and consult with peers, colleagues, managers and internal and external customers to resolve issues and achieve goals.
• Aggregate, evaluate and report results and escalate where necessary.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of name screening (financial crimes, regulatory, risk identification related) experience
• Proven ability to read and interpret adverse media content in order to isolate the subject matter, the alerting party, and its (alerting party) role in the article
• Proven research and investigative due diligence experience to validate article details or identify missing data attributes
• Proven ability to document rationale in a clear, concise fashion
• Quality Control awareness
• 3+ years of management, supervisory, experience
• Financial crimes knowledge
• Critical thinking and analytical writing experience demonstrating ability to parse material risk in news and rationalize in writing

Desired Skills & Experience