Screening Support Specialist (Contract)

Posted:
8/5/2024, 5:00:00 PM

Location(s):
Virginia, United States ⋅ McLean, Virginia, United States

Experience Level(s):
Junior ⋅ Mid Level ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Customer Success & Support

Are you passionate about the chance to bring your analytical experience to a world class organization that is leading the way in both content and technology to serve and protect our citizens home and abroad?  Do you have the skills necessary to perform adverse media and negative news screening, research, and disposition activities to identify and act on potential risks? If you’re a team player with attention to detail and excellent customer service skills, then Thomson Reuters Special Services (TRSS) is looking for you!

About the Role
In the opportunity as a Screening Support Specialist, you will

  • Be responsible for maintaining the highest standards of compliance in support of our customers. You will contribute to a variety of areas including:High-volume screening, research, and disposition work related to risk affecting our customers (financial, legal, reputational, and more)
  • Submitting model feedback to provide consistent performance over time
  • Applying independent judgment in the identification and escalation of key BSA/AML risks
  • Aiding in the creation of document procedures, policies, and processes as necessary
  • Maintaining thorough documentation of the screening process and results
  • Aiding in departmental reporting and tracking
  • Manage screening cases in a timely and efficient manner
  • Provide well-written and concise summations of investigation and analysis results
  • Professionally assess and store sensitive information and analyses


About You

  • You’re a fit for the role of Screening Support Specialist if your background includes:
  • Strong ability to collaborate with a dynamic team and work independently in a production-driven environment
  • Sound judgment that is based on all relevant and documented facts and considerations
  • Ability to see through gray areas and assess AML-related risks
  • Can recommend improvements to processes in areas of efficiency, control, and work product
  • Ability to determine false positives and true matches with minimal supervision
  • Can independently use organizational skills to prioritize workload under evolving deadlines
  • Remains up to date on current legal and regulatory AML/BSA requirements
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. national security clearance
  • Excellent ability to multi-task and prioritize projects
  • Ability to make decisions with ambiguous information in a timely manner
  • Certified high school diploma or GED
  • Preferred Qualifications:Certifications in any of the following or similar: Anti-Money Laundering Specialist Certification (CAMS), Transaction Monitoring Associate (CTMA) Certification, Fraud Examiner (CFE) Certification, Financial Crimes Specialists (CFCS) Certification
  • One year of experience in the banking, insurance, accounting, fraud, and/or AML/BSA industries
  • One year of investigative techniques experience within financial crimes/risk
  • Public records content and/or screening experience
  • Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in Criminal Justice, Fraud Prevention, Finance, or a related field
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. national security clearance.
  • U.S. Citizenship essential to comply with government contract/agency or department of Federal Government requirements.

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What’s in it For You?
At Thomson Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

  • Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more.

  • Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance; company-wide Mental Health Days Off; Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

  • Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters café networking.

  • Social Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact.

  • Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we’ve never talked about with as much pride as we should – we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.


Do you want to be part of a team helping re-invent the way knowledge professionals work? How about a team that works every day to create a more transparent, just and inclusive future? At Thomson Reuters, we’ve been doing just that for almost 160 years. Our industry-leading products and services include highly specialized information-enabled software and tools for legal, tax, accounting and compliance professionals combined with the world’s most global news services – Reuters. We help these professionals do their jobs better, creating more time for them to focus on the things that matter most: advising, advocating, negotiating, governing and informing.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments that celebrate diversity and inclusion. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward. 

Accessibility 

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

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Thomson Reuters Corporation

Website: https://thomsonreuters.com/

Headquarter Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Employee Count: 10001+

Year Founded: 1977

IPO Status: Public

Industries: Advice ⋅ Analytics ⋅ Financial Services ⋅ Management Consulting ⋅ Professional Services ⋅ Risk Management ⋅ Software