Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.

One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.

Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.

Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!

Job Description:
This job is responsible for supporting the execution of the Global Compliance - Enterprise Policy, the Operational Risk Management - Enterprise Policy and the Compliance and Operational Risk Management Program. Key responsibilities include assisting with identifying, escalating, and mitigating risks in a timely manner, supporting engagement and Control Functions (FLU/CF) leaders globally, coordinating with the FLU/CF Compliance and Operational Risk Officer teams, identifying themes and trends, conducting analysis for new and emerging risks.

Responsibilities:

• Assists in assessing risks, associated controls and their effectiveness, driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations and adhering to policies, and developing reporting and documentation

• Engages in activities to provide independent compliance and operational risk oversight of Front Line Unit or Control Function (FLU/CF) performance and any related third party/vendor relationships in alignment with the Global Compliance - Enterprise Policy, the Operational Risk Management - Enterprise Policy (collectively the Policies) and the Compliance and Operational Risk Management Program and Standard Operating Procedures

• Assists in identifying and escalating problems or issues that arise and drives actions to address the root causes that lead to compliance risk issues and/or operational risk losses, and may assist with opening new issues in the centralized issues tool

• Maintains an inventory of processes, risks, and controls and associated metrics for risk appetite and limits, reporting violations of compliance or regulatory activities

• Assists in responding to regulatory inquiries and other audits and examinations including monitoring the regulatory environment to identify regulatory changes applicable to area(s) of coverage and maintain a comprehensive regulatory inventory, while supporting communication of regulatory changes to the FLU/CF and ensuring that policies, standards, procedures and/or processes are appropriately implemented or amended to address regulatory requirements

• Reviews and challenges FLU/CF process, risk, Single Process Inventory and FLU/CF Risk and Control Self-Assessment related to themes or trends, while monitoring the regulatory environment to identify regulatory changes applicable to area(s) of coverage

Skills:

• Analytical Thinking

• Regulatory Compliance

• Reporting

• Risk Management

• Written Communications

• Active Listening

• Adaptability

• Issue Management

• Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing

• Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management

• Advisory

• Business Process Analysis

• Interpret Relevant Laws, Rules, and Regulations

• Process Management

Job Description Summary
The Global Control Room (GCR) has a business-critical role to mitigate legal, compliance and reputational risk within the firm and is responsible for managing the flow of Material Non-Public Information between public and private lines of business within Global Banking, Global Markets & International.

GCR also plays a key role in assisting lines of business in implementing, monitoring, testing and enforcing the Enterprise Information Wall Policy.

This position is part of the Americas Control Room covering US, Canada, and Latin America.
 
Responsibilities of the role include but are not limited to:

• Review Investment Banking (“IB”) transactions for potential addition(s) to the Watch List and/or Restricted List. Follow up with IB to receive deal updates.

• Review of Global Research reports prior to public dissemination against the Watch or Restricted List in accordance with Laws, Rules, and Regulations.

• Provide Global Markets principal/firm trade preclearance on restricted list issuers.

• Provide information wall subject matter expertise to support all lines of business and support partners.

• Manage Wall crossings

• Respond to Americas regulatory Inquiries, facilitate meetings with Research Legal and Investment Banking Legal.

• Manage day to day Control Room processes.

• Provide training and awareness to the lines of business and their support partners on information wall topics.

• Contribute to global technology initiatives via idea generation, User Acceptance Testing or working alongside Global Tech and Operations support partners.

Required Qualifications:

• Ability to produce accurate work output and reports under tight deadlines

• 3-5 years professional experience 

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience 

• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity and drives operational excellence

• Ability to think critically to quickly analyze and resolve issues

• Influences and delivers results through collaborative relationship with key partners and stakeholders

• Works independently to prioritize work and deliver against regulatory deadlines in a dynamic environment

• Ability to demonstrate a high level of integrity with a mature approach to work

• Discrete when handling confidential information

Desired Qualifications:

• Control Room workflow experience or related knowledge; transferable skills

• Diligent work ethic

• Effective Communicator; Strong writing and presentation skills

• Team player

• Task oriented and willing to train junior team members

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40