Job title: Senior BSA Analyst (SAR) 3 Locations

Company: FirstBank

Job description: This position can be located in one of the following FirstBank offices and is in the office 5 days a week and not remote eligible.

Nashville, TN
Henderson, TN
Lexington, TN

Position Summary:The Senior BSA (Bank Secrecy Act) Anti-Money Laundering Analyst primarily assists the SAR Lead in performing risk based reviews on customers requiring enhanced due diligence. Also serves as a resource for identifying and mitigating money laundering risk by assisting in conducting Anti-Money Laundering (AML) reviews corporate-wide. The incumbent will assist the SAR Lead/BSA Officer and other members of management regarding the application of the Bank Secrecy Act, Treasury Department’s regulations, and the USA PATRIOT Act along with other legal requirements. This position will be responsible for maintaining required documentation to support compliance with BSA regulations. The incumbent will be responsible for producing various daily, bi-weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports used by bank management.Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Operational Duties:

Performs independent analysis on more complex cases assigned from the AML system, including analysis of transactional activity and balances then submits conclusions and recommendations to the SAR Lead including but not limited to the following:
Performs customer reviews and monitoring through the AML system to ensure they meet expectations set forth.
Reports

Prepares Suspicious Activity Reports for review and approval as assigned.
Performs monthly reviews of Monetary Instrument Logs

Will Open Cases for Review as needed
Maintain Log and Reviews
Assists in special projects related to acquisitions, software solutions, efficiency
Serves as technical resource involving BSA and AML issues.
Performs research, participates in training, and reads literature in order to become more knowledgeable about current business and BSA audit issues related to assigned areas.
Assures a positive working relationship is developed and maintained with auditors / examiners.
Standards and Training:

Maintain required training in a self-paced environment
Provides employees assistance with questions and issues that may arise
Reporting:

Prepares monthly and quarterly reports for specific members of management
Customer Service – Responsible for fostering the FirstBank Experience to our internal customers, FirstBank associates.
Adhere to Policy and Procedures – Responsible for all compliance with bank policies, procedures, and operational integrity.
Standard:

No findings from internal audit
Must meet all required training
No compliance violations
Ability to complete an acceptable number of customer reviews or alerts on a periodic basis in an accurate manner

Qualifications:Education and/or Experience