Job opening: Compliance Officer
Salary: $94 199 - 145 617 per year
Published at: Aug 22 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
Become part of the team that safeguards the financial system from the abuses of financial crime. At the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), we are at the forefront in preventing and detecting terrorist financing, money laundering, and other financial crime. Serve at the nation's financial intelligence unit and protect the United States financial system from criminals and terrorist financiers.
Duties
The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties and will receive training to help you grow in this position.
Serve as an advisor to the Section Chief / Supervisory BSA Compliance Officer on the formulation, planning, development, and implementation of compliance strategies and initiatives designed to assess, evaluate, examine, and promote adherence with the BSA across a vast array of financial institutions and non-financial trades or businesses.
Maintain a portfolio of compliance and examination assignments and projects of varying degrees of complexity.
Develop and implement plans to effectively and efficiently advance assignments, prioritize cases and projects based on specific criteria, apply regulations and technical expertise to written work-products, assess the efficacy and strength of evidence, and determine the appropriate recommendation and action by OC or FinCEN, in coordination with or at the direction of Section Chief / Supervisory BSA Compliance Officer.
Identify BSA compliance deficiencies or weaknesses within specific or categories of financial institutions or non-financial trades or businesses. Utilize various sources of information to gather pertinent data, including but not limited to BSA reporting submitted to FinCEN, referrals and reports of examination received from federal or state financial regulations, and information gathered during civil law enforcement investigations. Draft recommendations to remediate such matters, which may include amending regulations, conducting examinations, engaging with impacted entities, or issuing guidance.
Qualifications
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
Specialized experience for the GS-13: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service that is directly related to the position and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as experience:
-Conducting regulatory examinations, or preparing formal agency recommendations or actions based on reports of examinations or other relevant forms of investigation, of financial institutions for compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) rules and regulations; AND
- Providing written recommendations to senior officials on BSA/AML compliance rules, regulations, strategies, and initiatives; AND
- Assisting with the development and implementation of BSA/AML compliance or training programs used by financial institutions, law enforcement, or regulators
Specialized experience for the GS-12: You must have one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience at or equivalent to the GS-11 level in the Federal service that is directly related to the position and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience is defined as experience:
-Conducting regulatory examinations, or preparing formal agency recommendations or actions based on reports of examinations or other relevant forms of investigation, of financial institutions for compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and anti-money laundering (AML) rules and regulations; OR
- Providing written recommendations to senior officials on BSA/AML compliance rules, regulations, strategies, and initiatives; OR
- Assisting with the development and implementation of BSA/AML compliance or training programs used by financial institutions, law enforcement, or regulators
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Contacts
- Address ENFORCEMENT DIVSION
Administrative Resource Center
Parkersburg, WV 26101
US
- Name: Applicant Call Center
- Phone: 304-480-7300
- Email: [email protected]
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