A commercial bank located in either Whitestone, NY or Hauppauge, NY looking to bring on board a "BSA Analyst" to join their team. The role is a full-time opportunity, currently on a hybrid schedule (4 days in office / week).

Responsibilities:

• Review and evaluate the Transaction Monitoring system’s alerts (including related modules) for Low, Medium, and High-Risk accounts as assigned and directed.

• Review and evaluate customer transactions upon referral from other Bank departments (UARs), or as otherwise directed.

• Contact branches for additional information needed to explain activity that has been identified as potentially unusual or suspicious.

• Identify and refer potentially suspicious activity for further investigation by grouping the suspect transactions and gathering supporting documentation.

• Complete investigations of potentially unusual or suspicious transactions by preparing and/or finalizing an investigation narrative and gathering supporting documentation in accordance with departmental guidelines.

• Prepare SARs in accordance with departmental procedures and templates.

• Justify alerts and UARs that are not deemed suspicious with detailed narrative in accordance with departmental guidelines.

• Perform additional due diligence and analysis as required for high-risk customers, and as otherwise directed by the Senior BSA Manager.

• Perform quarterly Customer Identification Program (CIP) quality assurance reviews and report any systemic issues to BSA Management.

• Perform Annual CTR Exemption reviews as directed and in accordance with department procedures.

• Perform quality assurance reviews of prepared CTRs prior to filing.

• Assist in maintaining departmental policies and procedures.

• Provides guidance and quality assurance for BSA Analysts and Associate BSA Analysts as needed.

• Assist with BSA/AML Compliance training development and updates for new employees and other Bank departments.

• Gather and provide data for quarterly Compliance Committee of the Board reports and updating of the Bank’s BSA/AML and OFAC Risk Assessments.

• Handle other duties or special projects as assigned by BSA Management.