Empower
Empower
Empower is a financial services and fintech company focused on helping people and organizations build greater financial confidence. Its offerings span retirement planning, investment management, personalized financial guidance, and digital tools such as the Empower Personal Dashboard™, which brings financial information into one view. Serving more than 19 million Americans, Empower works with individual investors, workplace plan participants, plan sponsors, and financial professionals. The company also emphasizes diversity, equity, and inclusion alongside community-focused initiatives.

AML Analyst, Customer Alerts and Enhanced Due Diligence

Support Empower’s financial-services compliance program through customer due diligence and enhanced due diligence reviews. Assess high-risk clients, payments-screening alerts, OFAC files, and potential money-laundering activity.

Description

  • Complete new and existing client reviews within defined service-level deadlines
  • Identify, assess, and monitor high-risk clients
  • Prepare written analyses and supporting documentation
  • Perform risk-based research and document findings for clients undergoing periodic review
  • Conduct first-level payments screening to help reduce false positives
  • Review weekly OFAC files to confirm alerts are generated correctly
  • Contribute to projects and assignments from the CDD manager
  • Escalate and refer clients that require additional investigation
  • Provide support to other AML teams as needed
  • Work with internal stakeholders to oversee the company’s AML program
  • Support compliance obligations under the BSA, OFAC, USA PATRIOT Act, and anti-money-laundering programs
  • Help implement the enterprise-wide framework for detecting, reporting, and preventing money laundering and financial crime

Requirements

  • A college degree and 1–2 years of directly related experience are required
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Strong leadership and negotiation abilities
  • Commitment to owning professional development and pursuing career goals
  • Adaptability and teamwork, including the ability to handle varied duties beyond a traditional analyst role
  • Initiative, self-direction, and sound problem-solving skills
  • Ability to deliver results with minimal hands-on guidance
  • Exceptional research and analytical abilities
  • Experience with Excel, Word, and Outlook
  • Prior experience with AML software is a plus
  • Ability to manage multiple competing priorities under strict deadlines
  • Ability to work effectively with cross-cultural teams across locations and time zones
  • AML investigations experience is preferred

Benefits

  • Flexible work environment
  • Fluid career development paths
  • Opportunities for internal mobility
  • Support for well-being and work-life balance
  • Welcoming and inclusive workplace
  • Volunteering opportunities

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