At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.
We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.
Role description and opportunities:
Risk and Compliance provide risk and compliance services across all BNY businesses including the following groups: Risk Management, Compliance, Global Corporate Security, Information Risk Management and Global Business Continuity. Risk Management oversees and delivers risk services and ensures new business risks are reviewed and approved. Compliance helps ensure BNY businesses maintain appropriate processes to comply with applicable laws, regulations, BNY policies and ethics. In EMEA, Compliance is split into four pillars; Business Compliance, Compliance Testing, Anti-Financial Crime and Architecture and Governance. Business Compliance provide the second line of defense on compliance and regulatory issues for all lines of business in EMEA, assisting the business through regulatory requirements, best practices and regulatory relationships.
Responsibilities
- Review and action OFAC, OFSI and EU economic sanctions alert escalations
- Conduct investigations review, action, and approval of complete write ups of alert disposition rationale and/or requests for additional information and documentation pertinent to alert dispositions
- Collaborate with internal business partners as needed on complex transaction alerts and fact patterns, sanctions restrictions and their application depending on jurisdictional touchpoints
- Accountable for supporting the Bank in making informed decisions and judgments about any sanctions-related legal, regulatory, or reputation risks
A successful candidate should ideally have these qualifications:
- Bachelors degree or higher accreditation
- 10-12 years of combined work experience within Financial Services, Audit, and/or Compliance is required.
- Subject matter expert knowledge of Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations as well as knowledge of non-U.S. regulations related to sanctions
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, verbal, and written communication skills
At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards:
- America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
- World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
- Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024
- Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023-2024
- “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
- Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
- Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023
Our Benefits and Rewards:
BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.
BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.
BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $100,000 and $200,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNY total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.
This position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, change in geographic location, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
