Global Financial Crimes Investigations Lead

Bank of America; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking an experienced GFC Investigations Risk Manager to lead money laundering, sanctions and fraud compliance programs within Global Financial Crimes. You will manage end‑to‑end investigations, drive process improvements, and influence policy with functional leaders across Front Line Units and Control Functions.

The role emphasizes risk reduction, quality of investigative outputs, and strong compliance governance.

Qualifications

• Minimum seven years of experience in Financial Crimes or related field.
• Knowledge of anti-money laundering (AML) and related AML legislation.
• Strong knowledge of business process management methodology.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
• Proven ability to conduct root cause analysis and solve complex problems collaboratively.
• Solutions‑oriented mindset with strong critical thinking and business acumen.
• Ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, ambiguous environment and manage multiple priorities effectively.
• Highly organized with strong multi‑tasking capabilities.
• Ability to analyze complex data and recommend outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Advises and directs the development and maintenance of financial crimes owned policies and standards, and reviews relevant Front Line Units/Control Functions‑owned policies and standards to ensure that regulatory requirements and operational risks are appropriately addressed
• Produces and/or oversees independent financial crimes risk management reporting to Global Compliance & Operational Risk (GC&OR) Senior Leaders and FLU/CF Senior Leaders
• Monitors the changes in regulations applicable to Global Financial Crimes, including advising business leaders, directing the appropriate areas to implement or amend policies, standards, procedures and/or processes to address regulatory requirements, and challenging the implementation plan as needed
• Participates in industry forums and monitors regulatory expectations, emerging legislation and regulation, political scrutiny, litigation and key influencers to identify and mitigate emerging risks
• Escalates financial crimes related compliance and operational risks and issues to appropriate governance routines, management/board level committees
• Identifies, aggregates, reports, escalates, inspects, and challenges the remediation and thematic analysis of FLU/CF‑owned issues and control enhancements related to financial crimes
• Reviews and challenges internal and external operational loss events, including the development of remediation plans to strengthen controls and providing oversight to ensure they are addressed appropriately
• Identify, assess, and monitor emerging risks within financial crimes investigations.
• Conduct end‑to‑end process analysis to uncover inefficiencies and recommend improvements that enhance investigative outcomes.
• Lead initiatives to reduce non‑value‑added processes and create robust, high‑value investigation outcomes.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing

Regulatory Compliance

Risk Management

Coaching

Issue Management

Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines

Strategy Planning

Written Communications

External Resource Management

Reporting

Talent Development

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in related field

Tools

Data Analysis, Interpretation & Decisioning

Process Management

Job description

Bank of America is seeking an experienced GFC Investigations Risk Manager to lead money laundering, sanctions and fraud compliance programs within Global Financial Crimes. You will manage end‑to‑end investigations, drive process improvements, and influence policy with functional leaders across Front Line Units and Control Functions.

The role emphasizes risk reduction, quality of investigative outputs, and strong compliance governance.