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Internship - AML Monitoring- Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU)

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  • Internship
    Full-time
    Off-cycle Internship
  • Banking & Finance
  • New York City

Requirements

  • Possess strong analytical, verbal, and written communication skills.
  • Ability to clearly synthesize approach and methodology, and rationale for raising.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to work under minimal supervision.
  • Preferable:
  • Strong research skills, and advanced skills in the use of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SAS (case management system) and experience with online research systems including web-based tools.
  • Knowledge of geopolitics, geographies and languages with the ability to apply them efficiently to the Anti - Financial Crime field.
  • TECHNICAL SKILLS:
  • Required:
  • MS Office Suite
  • PRIOR WORK EXPERIENCE:
  • Preferable:
  • 1-2 years in Financial Crime case investigations or similar environment.
  • Experience in assisting with AML/OFAC special projects or AML/OFAC implementation of new/updated procedures.
  • EDUCATION:
  • Required:
  • BA/BS

Responsibilities

  • Assists the Financial Intelligence Unit (“FIU”) in preventing the use of Société Générale (“SG”) facilities for money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery, corruption and cybercrime.
  • Performs reviews of negative news articles to identify potential nexus to financial crime in geographies with SG presence/risk exposure. Furthermore, responsible for the review of the ongoing negative news log, identification of relevant names, conduct transaction searches to determine whether investigations by the FIU are warranted.
  • Assists with management of the FIU Portal through entries and transactional searches on parties identified in news sources.
  • Recommends course of action for most events but may seek guidance from a manager when analysis identifies unusual or uncommon situations.
  • Independently conducts documented enhanced due diligence on individuals, and entities, utilizing all available resources and exercise risk-based judgment to develop findings and recommendations.
  • Conducts review of the 314(a) alerts generated every two weeks.
  • Review of Internal Fraud Escalations from various Business Units, conducting FIU case investigations, preparing SARCs and SARs relating to return of funds, business email compromise, or other fraud related escalations received from Global Transactions and Payments Services (“GTPS”).
  • Clearly, succinctly, and consistently documents and supports judgments, decisions and rationale and maintaining accurate and complete supporting documentation and records in accordance with TMG policies and procedures.
  • Applies project management and organization skills to a variety of tasks including ad-hoc assignments.
  • Collaborates with team to implement initiatives and projects sponsored and approved by management.

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Mission & Purpose

Societe Generale is one of the leading European financial services groups. Based on a diversified and integrated banking model, the Group combines financial strength and proven expertise in innovation with a strategy of sustainable growth. Committed to the positive transformations of the world’s societies and economies, Societe Generale and its teams seek to build, day after day, together with its clients, a better and sustainable future through responsible and innovative financial solutions. Active in the real economy for over 150 years, with a solid position in Europe and connected to the rest of the world, Societe Generale has over 117,000 members of staff in 66 countries and supports on a daily basis 25 million individual clients, businesses and institutional investors around the world by offering a wide range of advisory services and tailored financial solutions. The Group is built on three complementary core businesses: - French Retail Banking which encompasses the SG and Boursorama brands. Each offers a full range of financial services with omnichannel products at the cutting edge of digital innovation; - International Retail Banking, Insurance and Financial Services, with networks in Africa, Central and Eastern Europe and specialised businesses that are leaders in their markets; - Global Banking and Investor Solutions, which offers recognised expertise, key international locations and integrated solutions. Societe Generale is included in the principal socially responsible investment indices: DJSI (Europe), FTSE4Good (Global and Europe), Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, Refinitiv Diversity and Inclusion Index, Euronext Vigeo (Europe and Eurozone), STOXX Global ESG Leaders indexes, and the MSCI Low Carbon Leaders Index (World and Europe).