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Job Description:

What It Means to Be a Consultant at Crowe
Consulting is a dynamic business focused on solving problems for our clients and serving our core markets through innovative solutions. As technology and AI continue to reshape the consulting landscape, we are looking for individuals who are curious, adaptable, and eager to learn. At Crowe, consultants are expected to build both technical and transferable skills, think critically, and use technology to solve real business problems. In this role, you will continuously learn, collaborate across teams, and explore how tools, including emerging AI capabilities, can improve efficiency, insights, and client outcomes.

As you grow, you'll also begin to take ownership of client relationships, contribute to account strategy, and support the delivery of high-impact work. Developing a sense of account leadership, including understanding client needs, ensuring delivery excellence, and building trusted partnerships, is part of what sets successful consultants apart.

Success in this role comes from a growth mindset, strong communication skills, advanced critical thinking, and the ability to navigate new challenges with confidence.

The Financial Crime Review Analyst is responsible for performing transaction activity reviews, investigations and customer due diligence reviews on customers that have been alerted for potentially suspicious activity, potential sanctions list matches or that have been identified as posing elevated risk for money laundering and terrorist financing. They will be responsible for ensuring that reviews and investigations are maintained at a level commensurate with regulatory expectations. This role will assist in Suspicious Activity Reporting (SAR), and/or enhanced due diligence (EDD) reviews on customers identified as posing a higher inherent risk and/or sanctions screening.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Reviewing and investigating alerts, performing investigations, or enhanced due diligence reviews for potentially suspicious activity, making risk-based SAR recommendations and preparing SARs.
• Conducting periodic holistic reviews of higher risk individuals or entities.
• Reviewing and investigating potential matches with sanctions lists.
• Maintaining a solid working knowledge (functional and operational) of the rules and regulations, including but not limited to, BSA, USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC and Sanctions Screening.
• Assist in the delivery of financial crime consulting services to Financial Services companies, including Banks, Money Service Businesses (MSB's), Third Party Payment Providers, and FinTechs.
• Handle other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma.
• 1-year minimum experience in financial services Financial Crime compliance management, retail banking, commercial banking, and/or global diversified financial services organizations.
• Knowledge of the laws applicable to money laundering, to include the BSA, USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC requirements and Suspicious Activity Reporting requirements.
• Strong writing, analytical, and communication skills and the ability to multi-task and complete projects on time.
• Strong research skills and sound knowledge in the use of the Microsoft Office Suite and experience with on-line research systems including the Internet.
• Knowledge of client and transactional monitoring processes.
• Detail oriented with the ability to multitask and quickly adapt to changing assignments.
• Ability to work autonomously and with teams in different locations.
• Highly effective communication with all levels of the organization.
• Ability to anticipate, draw conclusions, and adapt to changing needs and demands.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with all levels of staff and management.
• Strong analytical skills, problem solving, strategic thinking and reasoning abilities.
• A high degree of integrity, professionalism, and capacity to excel in a cohesive team environment.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Associate's degree and/or Bachelor's Degree.
• Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (CAMS), or other relevant professional certification.
• Experience performing AML and financial crime investigations, customer due diligence reviews and/or sanctions screening reviews.
• Experience working in AML software solutions including transaction monitoring systems, customer risk rating systems, and/or case management tools like Actimize, Verafin, Fiserv, FCRM, Jack Henry Yellow Hammer, Patriot Officer.
• General banking compliance knowledge.
• Experience working in a professional services or project-based environment.
• Expertise in common financial crime technology platforms like CLEAR, LexisNexis, World Check etc.
• Prior financial crime consulting experience.
• Bilingual Spanish.

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We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe's values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Crowe is not sponsoring for work authorization at this time.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Crowe, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $18.75 - $35.75 per hour.

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More about Crowe:
Crowe (www.crowe.com) is one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the United States. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities while also helping clients reach their goals with tax, advisory, risk and performance services. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the country's best places to work. Crowe serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.
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