Senior Internal Investigator

Job Description:

As a Bank of America Senior Investigator you will conduct routine to complex investigations in diversified operations within the bank or investigations that generate information relative to current and/or prospective customers. A senior investigator may participate in, or lead investigative related task forces and/or special projects that represent significant loss exposure and/or are highly visible. You may provide consultation and guidance to line and senior management on investigative related issues. You may identify significant issues and control weaknesses, and make recommendations to line management to minimize exposure or loss. A senior investigator may formulate and recommend action response to allegations, file crime reports and testify in court proceedings. You will analyze, evaluate and make recommendations to management on investigations that expose the bank to large losses. You will prepare reports for manager covering investigative details, results and recommend loss and recovery prevention actions or reports summarizing information used by bankers in making credit decisions. You may interpret and analyze information gathered from numerous databases and third party sources and identify "red flags" that prompt further inquiry. This position may require you to direct and or coordinate, provide direction to multiple investigators on complex investigations.

Internal Enterprise Investigations team is part of the Legal Division. The primary focus of our team is conducting investigations into potential insider abuse or fraud with regulatory reporting responsibilities and heavy engagement with law enforcement and internal business partners. Our business partners include Global Financial Crimes Compliance, Audit, Detection and Monitoring Teams, Human Resources and Risk Partners across the company. Key priorities for our team are conducting thorough, prompt investigations, meeting regulatory compliance filings and providing and escalating crisp detailed factual information to partners to make important employee, operations and compliance decisions. This teammate will be responsible for the following:

Conducting complex investigations primarily involving employee or vendor matters within diversified bank wide operations spanning multiple lines of businesses.
Effective in case analysis, evaluation, developing fact based reviews of data and information and conducting in person interviews of witnesses and potential involved parties.
Requires financial crimes investigation experience specifically evaluating transactional activity, being able to trace funds, identify suspicious activity and understanding banking operations.
This role will have a high degree of working with senior level management providing detailed findings, recommendations in policy/procedure or performance enhancements.
Will be writing detailed investigative finding reports including demonstration of activity via charting and graphing of activity.
This role will be addressing complex investigations will work independently and support team investigations.
The incumbent will be engaged in potential settlement matters, may be engaged in coordinating trial activities, and testify in court proceedings. Based on current loss trends, incumbent will be asked to deliver stand up knowledge and training presentations to business partners providing relevant loss, prevention, and recovery information.

Enterprise Description:

Conducts routine to complex investigations in diversified operations within the bank or investigations that generate information relative to current and/or prospective customers. May participate in, or lead investigative related task forces and/or special projects that represent significant loss exposure and/or are highly visible. May provide consultation and guidance to line and senior management on investigative related issues. May identify significant issues and control weaknesses, and make recommendations to line management to minimize exposure or loss. May formulate and recommend action response to allegations, file crime reports, and testify in court proceedings. May analyze, evaluate, and make recommendations to management on investigations that expose the bank to large losses. May prepare reports for manager covering investigative details, results and recommend loss and recovery prevention actions or reports summarizing information used by bankers in making credit decisions. May interpret and analyze information gathered from numerous databases and third party sources and identify "red flags" that prompt further inquiry. May direct/coordinate, provide direction to multiple investigators on complex investigations.

Job Description

Conduct routine to complex investigations in diversified operations, suspected internal abuse and fraud involving employees/vendors/contractors.
Conducts interviews of suspects and witnesses, gathers comprehensive work papers and evidentiary material to support findings and prepare comprehensive reports of findings.
Must be able to identify effective mitigation strategies, analyze, evaluate data and information that results in a thorough investigative effort.
May make recommendations to line management to close process gaps, mitigate risk and address policy/procedure violations.
May make recommendations to line of business owners around employment outcomes, provide guidance and input as needed and identify training opportunities.
Participates in, or leads investigative related task forces and/or special projects that represent significant loss exposure and/or are highly visible.
Formulates and recommends action response to allegations, files crime reports as appropriate, and testifies in court proceedings as appropriate.
As necessary, prepares reports for management covering investigative details, results and recommended loss and recovery prevention actions.
A Sr. Investigator may direct/coordinate activities of multiple investigators on complex investigations and provide technical guidance to less experienced investigative staff if needed. Investigator role will not lead or train others.
Must be able to develop law enforcement relationships and industry partner relationships.
“This position is posted as a more senior position- Senior Internal Investigator but is flexible to be filled as a lower level position- Internal Investigator if the posted qualifications are met by a strong lower level applicant.”