Recruited within the Bank to be a senior contributor on the FIU Design and Execution (D&E) team operating within the U.S. Bank’s Enterprise Financial Crime Compliance (EFCC) organization. Responsible for quality control of model & tool code and playing a central role in the maintenance and improvement of the Bank’s Anti-Money Laundering Transaction Monitoring systems. The quality control function includes both a primary role of ensuring accurate implementation of the code’s documented intent, as well as identification of conceptual or quantitative challenges in model design.Responsibilities Include• Conduct comprehensive code reviews for AML Transaction Monitoring models, ensuring adherence to coding standards and identifying areas for improvement.• Conduct code change reviews in response to business need to ensure the bank’s risk apparatus is responsive to design changes.• Provide actionable feedback to code owners in a constructive manner.• Collaborate closely across FIU partner teams to enhance code functionality and streamline processes.• Identify opportunities for ongoing improvement of code review processes to improve the overall effectiveness and efficiency of the team.• Provide valuable insights and problem-solving expertise in code improvement and centralization initiatives.• Construct and present materials for audiences including but not limited to senior leadership, model risk management, corporate audit, regulatory and business partners.• Mentor and train junior data analysts to be effective within their role.• Act as ambassador for the bank and department in networking events.• Interview candidates for positions within the team.

Identified as a vital technical lead to assist with the Union Bank acquisition by U.S. Bank. Tasked with transferring Union Bank Intelligence and Analytics (IA) group functions and assignments. Created various complex data packages (data and analytic analysis) for multifaceted projects. Assisted with data mapping and knowledge transfer of existing data systems and logic. Provided historical context of business decisions.

Responsible for playing a senior leading role and key contributor for complex projects and initiatives of the Intelligence & Analytics (IA) group (formerly the Analytics & Informatics (A&I) group), whose mandate included CRR (Customer Risk Ranking) applications development, analysis and maintenance; transaction monitoring scenario design, development, tuning, and analysis; ad-hoc analysis of BSA/AML data; Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) applications, alerting, and workflow development; responsible for contributing to system solutions that implement bank policy in the AML systems space; among many others.Responsibilities Included• Key contributor within the Financial Crime Office of the Americas (FCOA) in developing business requirements based on future state environments.• Assess and compare the current state and future state data environments that are impacted by the introduction of new data sources.• Supported updating existing scenario code, test updates and maintain artifacts to accommodate changes to the data model.• Work with business partners to ensure a consistent and reliable process to acquire the data on an ongoing basis to feed the IA Core Data Model.• Ensure proper testing/QC processes are established and followed to enable high data integrity and reliable model and rule generation results.• Improve and streamline operational processes through on-going development of IA developed analysis and models to promote operation efficiencies.• Oversee ongoing development, operations and ongoing maintenance of the IA analytic infrastructure that enables information-based decision making and ad-hoc analysis, including insight generation.• Stay current with industry trends in AML/BSA and fraud analytics techniques.• Provide training through informal and formal knowledge transfers to business partners and within the department (e.g., new hire training).• Build and maintain positive relationships with business partners in the organization.

Supported Sanctions and BSA/AML business partners to implement technical business solutions and enhancements that ensured consistency with business strategy, commitments, and goals. Primarily responsible for the direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of key initiatives; requiring managing or supporting multiple work efforts, partners, and external vendors for the Americas, including Canada and Latin America.

Reporting to the Director of BSA/AML/OFAC Systems, Data, and MIS, this role was responsible for design, development, implementation, and maintenance of databases, database management systems, and reporting; Oracle Application Express (APEX), and Oracle/SQL Server. The databases and database management systems support the daily operations for BSA Operations and the FIU. As the subject matter expert (SME), this role oversaw all audit request queries, project based reporting, and automated reporting for the BSA/AML workflows.