Senior Operations Consultant, AML Support and SQL Analytics

Senior Operations Consultant

Location : Brooklyn, OH / Buffalo, NY / Albany, NY

This is a hybrid position. The Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Operations Support team (AMLOS) is a support group within Financial Crimes Risk Management (FCRM) that is responsible for providing support and subject matter expertise for AML, customer due diligence, and sanctions screening processes and applications. AMLOS owns the RM Data Validation Program which includes data quality, completeness, and validation for the financial crimes compliance model inventory (AML, OFAC). AMLOS partners with AML Operations, Financial Crimes Modeling & Analytics (FCMA), and Financial Crimes Reporting & Intelligence (FCRI) to help execute Key's AML Compliance Program. AMLOS must develop and maintain knowledge of AML regulations and apply that knowledge to the support of AML systems and processes.

Job Brief (Purpose) : The Senior Operations Consultant operates with a high degree of autonomy and brings deep expertise in operational processes and supporting technologies. Guided by leadership, this role is responsible for owning and driving key operational workflows and ensuring the effective use of associated technology platforms. Success in this role requires a strong understanding of system interdependencies, process flows, and data pipelines. This enables the consultant to support both technical and business teams, enhance oversight of system operations, and ensure alignment between technical functionality and business requirementsespecially when resolving issues that impact business operations. This individual serves as a critical resource for understanding data structures across supported applications and must be capable of writing ad-hoc queries to fulfill data requests from business and compliance partners. Responsibilities also include supporting Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) testing and findings, Anti-Money Laundering (AML) model validation, report development, and contributing to the enhancement of the Data Mart and implementation of controls to ensure data integrity.

Essential Job Responsibilities :

• Leads, identifies, and implements strategic improvement concepts that generate measurable benefits across the organization (e.g. revenue, expense, client experience, etc.).
• Develop reporting and metrics to measure performance and effectiveness of operational processes.
• Demonstrate and maintain expertise of industry trends and practices in operational area, Risk Management, Compliance, and Operations.
• Ability to analyze, identify and recommend appropriate solutions to complex system problems.
• Use project management skills to lead and drive the completion of various tasks, including application changes, upgrades, issue remediation plans, 2nd and 3rd line of defense exams, etc.
• Assist in developing reporting and metrics to measure the effectiveness of models, system performance, and AML Operations processes.
• Support solutions for business critical operational or technology issues including operational impact, root cause analysis, cross business impact, and arrival at solutions; leads and recommends solutions for operational or technology issues; translate and communicate clearly to end users and key stakeholders.
• Interpret findings from data mining processes and communicate findings to senior leadership.
• Partner, communicate, and negotiate with stakeholder groups to ensure workload is effectively prioritized, planned, and tracked to completion.
• Serve as a "trusted advisor" who develops and maintains strong relationships with both internal and external stakeholders (LOB partners, technology, compliance, vendors, etc.) in order to influence business decisions.
• Demonstrate and maintain knowledge of industry trends and practices in AML Technology, Risk Management, Compliance, and Operations.

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Job Location : Brooklyn, OH / Buffalo, NY / Albany, NY

Key has implemented a role-based Mobile by Design approach to our employee workspaces, dedicating space to those whose roles require specific workspaces, while providing flexible options for roles which are less dependent on assigned workspaces and can be performed effectively in a mobile environment. As a result, this role may be mobile or home based, which means you may work either at a home office or in a Key facility to perform your job duties. If located near a KeyBank location, the position in the future may work partially from a Key facility. If not located near a Key facility, team will consider remote workers.

Compensation and Benefits : This position is eligible to earn a base salary in the range of $71,000.00 - $122,000.00 annually. Placement within the pay range may differ based upon various factors, including but not limited to skills, experience, and geographic location. Compensation for this role also includes eligibility for incentive compensation subject to individual and company performance. Please click here for a list of benefits for which this position is eligible.

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