Business Application Specialist - Street West, United Kingdom - TD Bank

TD Bank
TD Bank
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Street West, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Work Location:
Toronto, Ontario, Canada


Hours:
37.5


Line of Business:
Enterprise Enabling Functions


Pay Details:

Job Description:


  • Department Overview:
  • The Global Anti-Money Laundering (GAML) group at TD Bank Group (TDBG) is accountable for establishing TDBG's global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Anti-Terrorist Financing (ATF) program to ensure that all TDBG businesses remain compliant with AML/ATF regulatory expectations in all jurisdictions where TDBG operates. This includes setting consistent standards across business segments that may be further tailored to specific business or jurisdictional requirements, conducting annual enterprisewide AML risk assessments, maintaining the Global AML Policy (including Know Your Customer (KYC) and Enhanced Due Diligence on High-Risk Customers); currency transaction and suspicious transaction monitoring and reporting; screening TDBG customers against regulatory watch lists; a hierarchy of designated AML officer functions; enterprisewide and specialized AML training of employees, and independent AML testing.
  • Job Description:


The Strategies, Solutions, and Transformation (SST) group is a core pillar of the GAML's program, and a first line function in the three-line-of-defense risk management model.


The SST team consists of the following subgroups:

  • Business Architecture & Change Delivery (BACD)
  • Focusing on defining strategies & roadmap for AML capabilities, and advancing the roadmap via technology and nontechnology projects, and operating model/governance/process enhancements. This team is the owner of AML capabilities and accountable to the effectiveness of key pillars in TD's AML Program (e.g., High Risk Customer, Transaction Monitoring & Reporting, Sanction Screening, Large Cash Transaction reporting etc.)


  • Data Analytics

  • Focusing on areas such as data analysis, reporting, and model tuning
  • Risk Monitoring & Optimization (RMO)
  • Focusing on areas such as model performance monitoring, identifying optimization opportunities, and model documentation
We are looking for a Business Information Management Specialist to join the BACD team, directly reporting to BACD's AVP.

As a Business Information Management Specialist, you will:

  • Be the business lead of Name Screening (i.e., customer screening against Sanctions, Political Exposed Person, Negative News lists) and Large Cash Transaction Report (LCTR) initiatives, collaborate with a team of AML, Project Management, Change Management and Technology professionals to deliver on Name Screening and LCTR priorities
  • Own scope and requirements (operational, data, algorithm/model requirements) aligned with the Name Screening and LCTR capability roadmap to ensure GAML's objectives are met
  • Lead discussions at working group level on key AML control deliverables such as name screening parameter inclusion/exclusion, matching algorithm/model calibration; build consensus at working group level and make recommendations to executive sponsor and stakeholders for endorsement
  • Partner with the Risk Monitoring & Optimization team to ensure algorithm/model is sound from both qualitative and quantitative perspectives; model development approach, decisions, rationale, assumptions, and outcome are satisfactory to Model Validation
  • Partner with impacted operational stakeholders to ensure their readiness for change
  • Identify opportunities to streamline and improve completion of AML deliverables to support successful implementations of Name Screening changes
  • Keep current on emerging ML/TF trends and regulatory requirement changes
  • Take ownership of assigned tasks; provide regular status updates, escalate key issues appropriately, and propose solutions and remediation plans
  • Job Requirements:
  • 5+ years of AML compliance experience in the financial services industry or equivalent
  • Indepth knowledge of and experience in AML/ATF Name Screening/Sanctions program, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices
  • Demonstrated experience working with AML/ATF algorithms/models in areas such as but not limited to model development, model tuning
  • Strong in data analysis, using data to tell stories and explain "sowhat" from AML risk & control perspective
  • Strong and demonstrated communication, writing, and presentation skills
  • Strong storytelling, slide development, and report writing skills
  • Demonstrated time management, and stakeholder management skills; Ability to work effectively in a fastpaced environment while demonstrating flexibility to adjust to changing work priorities
  • Highly organized and diligent individual with the ability to work independently and manage multiple workstreams
  • CAMS certificate is an asset

Who We Are:


TD is one of the world's leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores.

Every day, we deliver legendary customer experiences to over 27 million households and businesses in Canada, the United States and around the world.

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