Job Description
Job Description
Overview
At Community Financial System, Inc. (CFSI), we are dedicated to providing our customers with friendly, personalized, high-quality financial services and products. Our retail division, Community Bank, N.A., operates more than 200 customer facilities across Upstate New York, Northeastern Pennsylvania, Vermont and Western Massachusetts. Beyond retail banking, we also offer commercial banking, wealth management, investment management, insurance and risk management, and benefit plan administration.
Just as our employees are committed to helping our customers manage their finances, we’re committed to our employees. After all, they make it happen for our customers every day.
To ensure our people can enjoy long and successful careers here at CFSI, we offer competitive compensation, great benefits, and professional development and advancement opportunities. As an equal-opportunity workplace and affirmative-action employer, we celebrate and support a diverse workplace for the benefit of all: our employees, customers and communities.
Responsibilities
The FIU BSA Intern will perform a variety of duties related to the operations of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) including:
- Review and investigate transaction monitoring alerts generated by the Bank’s financial intelligence systems, including the anti-money laundering (AML) management system, and other fraud and suspicious activity monitoring systems and reports.
- Ensure that adequate case records are maintained according to regulatory requirements and bank policy.
- Assist in the testing of the Bank’s FIU systems as well as the assessment of the performance of those systems.
- Work with business lines and departments as needed.
- Perform other duties in the FIU as assigned.
- Keep the BSA Officer, Assistant BSA Officer, Assistant Corporate Security Officer and FIU Team Leader apprised of situations that impact the effectiveness of the FIU.
- As an integral member of the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), this position is also responsible to provide assistance wherever necessary to help the FIU and the Bank in achieving their annual goals.
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Maintain proficient knowledge of, and demonstrate ongoing compliance with all laws and regulations applicable to this position, ensure ongoing adherence to policies, procedures, and internal controls, and meet all training requirements in a timely manner.
Qualifications
- Current college student pursuing a degree in Business, Economic Crime Investigations, Criminal Justice, Economics, or Mathematics is preferred.
- Minimum GPA requirement of 3.0.
- Alternate backgrounds may be acceptable with an appropriate background of experience, training, or education.
- Proficient reading, writing, grammar and mathematics skills.
- Proficient interpersonal and strong written and verbal communicative skills.
- Willingness to travel.
- PC knowledge and aptitude.
- All applicants must be 18 years of age or older.