Senior AML Investigator

Senior AML Investigator Location Hybrid work in Tampa, FL :

Job ID: 31030

Location: Tampa, US

Area of interest: Governance, Risk Management & Compliance

Job type: Regular Employee

Work style: Hybrid Working

Opening date: 3 Jun 2025

Job Summary The Senior AML Investigator will support the Bank's Financial Crime Compliance Americas division (FCC) in ensuring that the business in the US operates in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements and all Group standards relating to anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing (AML). This role will conduct investigations that detect and report suspicious activity to governmental authorities and enable the Bank to form sound judgments concerning reputational and other risks and meet expectations of regulators and other compliance stakeholders. Key Responsibilities To support and deliver against the Bank's FCC Investigation strategy and broader financial crime compliance strategy and core mission. Processes

• Review and analyze leads for potential suspicious activity, including those generated from detection scenario processes, the service of subpoenas and warrants, negative media reports, as well as other sources to include:
• Identifying, researching and reporting suspicious activity.
• Managing the investigative process from initial detection to disposition.
• Thorough and timely review of reports that identify suspicious activity.
• Formulate and recommend responses to suspicious findings and report such activity to the appropriate regulatory authorities.
• Coordinating responses and requests pursuant to Section 314 of the USA PATRIOT Act.
• Support Managers and Team Leaders in conducting AML investigations.
• Work with team members to determine whether to close cases, escalate findings and/or file a Suspicious Activity Report (“SAR”) with the U.S. Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
• Drafting and reviewing SARs.
• Performing data-entry related to tracking and documenting all investigative steps.
• Promote an environment that supports diversity and reflects SCB core values.

Qualifications Education

• ACAMS certification or equivalent strongly preferred but not required.
• Bachelor degree from an accredited institution or equivalent.
• Advanced degrees (J.D., MBA, etc.) will be viewed positively.
• 3 to 5 years' experience money laundering or complex financial investigations within the financial industry or in the governmental regulatory, intelligence or law enforcement space (international, federal, state and local levels will be considered); or equivalent.
• Correspondent Banking experience is a plus
• Prior law enforcement or regulatory experience will be viewed positively.
• Possess sufficient experience and expertise to assist Team Leaders and Managers in administrative and supervisory duties when required.

About Standard Chartered We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us. Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion. Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long ter

What we offer In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.

Recruitment Assessments Expected annual base pay range for the role is 70,970 USD to 106,460 USD. The final offer will be determined on an individualised basis using a number of variables, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience and education, internal relativity, and specific work location. At Standard Chartered Bank, Base pay is only part of the total compensation package. Discretionary variable pay and a range of attractive bank sponsored benefit programs are available and designed to foster employee overall health and well-being including, but not limited to, a best in class 401k plan with up to 8% employer match, robust medical plan coverage with employer funded Health Savings Accounts, inclusive family building benefits, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements for many of our positions subject to role specific considerations Some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process. Visit our careers website