Aml Sanctions And Kyc Compliance Officer

Jefferies Financial Group Inc. (‘‘Jefferies,’’ ‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’) is a U.S.-headquartered global full service, integrated investment banking and securities firm. Our largest subsidiary, Jefferies LLC, a U.S. broker-dealer, was founded in the U.S. in 1962 and our first international operating subsidiary, Jefferies International Limited, a U.K. broker-dealer, was established in the U.K. in 1986. Our strategy focuses on continuing to build out our investment banking effort, enhancing our capital markets businesses and further developing our Leucadia Asset Management alternative asset management platform. We offer deep sector expertise across a full range of products and services in investment banking, equities, fixed income, asset and wealth management in the Americas, Europe and the Middle East and Asia.

Primary Responsibilities:

This position is in the AML Compliance Group and will be primarily responsible for the following:

• Reviewing and approving customer relationships designated as Medium or High Risk pursuant to the Firm’s Customer Identification Program
• Providing advisory guidance with respect to the Firm’s Customer Identification Program requirements, FinCEN’s Customer Due Diligence Rule and Government Economic Sanction Programs.
• Initiating and responding to Section 314(b) Voluntary Information Sharing Requests sent to, and received from, other U.S. Financial Institutions in connection with suspicious activity reviews.
• Preparing MI reports for Senior Management.
• Analyzing the escalation of fund transfer movements with potential matches to parties subject to government asset blocking.
• Assessing escalations of adverse media, political exposure, and regulatory sanctions in connection with the screening of new and existing customer relationships.
• Special projects.
• Recommending policy, process and surveillance enhancements to the overall AML Program
• Reviewing and assessing customer dealings with government sanctioned countries and parties to determine sanction risk exposure to the Firm
• Suspicious activity reviews of customer trading and fund transfer activity for the purpose of detecting and reporting to relevant government authorities.
• Organizing the drafting and review of Suspicious Activity Reports for filing with the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) within regulatory timeframes.

Required Background/ Desired Experience & Skills:

• Working knowledge of Oracle or other suspicious activity monitoring/customer list filtering fintech solution
• Bachelor’s degree
• Understanding of OFAC economic sanctions
• Fluent in Excel, Word and Powerpoint
• Knowledge of the securities market and trading strategies
• 7-10 years of AML, Sanction and KYC compliance experience at a global financial institution
• Expertise with respect to the USA PARTRIOT Act of 2001, FinCEN’s Customer Due Diligence Rule, FINRA, SEC, and other AML rules and regulations

Additional Qualifications:

• Highly motivated and organized self-starter
• Effective communicator with the ability to develop and foster relationships
• Ability to operate in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Excellent writing and presentation skills

The salary range for this role $130,000-$220,000.

At Jefferies, we believe that diversity fosters creativity, innovation and thought leadership through the infusion of new ideas and perspectives. We have made a commitment to building a culture that provides opportunities for all employees regardless of our differences and support s a workforce that is reflective of the communities where we work and live. As a result, we are able to pool our collective insights and intelligence to provide fresh and innovative thinking for our clients.

Jefferies is an equal employment opportunity employer . We practice equal opportunity for all, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, ancestry, color, gender, pregnancy, age, physical or mental disability, national origin, marital, family and social status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, reproductive health decisions, trade union membership or any other factor protected by law. We are committed to hiring the most qualified applicants and complying with all federal, state, and local equal employment opportunity laws . As part of this commitment, Jefferies will extend reasonable accommodations or adjustments to individuals with qualified disabilities, as appropriate , under applicable law .

All employees must follow Jefferies’ COVID-19 protocol policy , which is subject to change.