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Investigator, Special Investigations Unit within the Financial Intelligence Unit (SIU-FIU)

Come Join the eBay Team

Do you want to be a foundational member of an elite compliance team operationalizing eBay’s Anti Money Laundering / Counter Terrorist Financing (AML/CTF) program? Do you want to join an innovative investigative team focused on Money Laundering (ML) and Terrorism Finance (TF) and related financial crimes while building a culture of compliance as well as tools on the technological edge?

Financial Intelligence Unit

eBay’s nascent Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) performs a critical role in the execution and management of eBay’s Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance program: adhering to a set of required standards and processes regarding AML investigations; ensuring eBay’s compliance with applicable laws and regulations, including the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), the USA PATRIOT Act, as it builds capacity to provide regulators, law enforcement with key lead information regarding the investigation and prosecution of money laundering and terrorist financing, and other closely related criminal activity; and building a "culture of compliance" to ensure efficient and effective risk and compliance management practices.  

Investigator, Special Investigations Unit (SIU-FIU)

The position of Investigator within the SIU-FIU will be an individual contributor role responsible for conducting timely and complex proactive and reactive investigations. This will include the drafting of SARs as appropriate and the creation and delivery of strategic and dynamic analytical presentations of findings to all levels within the organization. Responsibilities encompass investigating individual users as well as analyzing extensive user portfolios, with a focus on identifying, addressing, and reporting potential risk.

The multifaceted investigations will be related to high-risk customer populations and transaction typologies such as, for example:

• Emerging Threats
• Terrorist Financing
• Internal Investigations and Referrals
• Large Fraud Rings (Triangulation fraud, ATO, ID Theft, ORC)
• Matters of National/International importance
• Domestic and International LE Request
• HR jurisdiction activities and/or possible sanctions concerns
• Highly sensitive investigation topics such as potential CSEM/CSAM

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the principal functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job. The role may also involve supporting other teams within the FIU, and expanding responsibilities as required.

Qualifications – Hard Skills:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in anti-money laundering regulations, investigation, or AML related field.
• Minimum of 2 years drafting suspicious activity reports.
• Minimum of 1 years working within Special Investigation Unit or other High Risk specific team.
• Strong knowledge and experience with ML laws, regulations, and related compliance requirements; MSB or eCommerce environment a plus.
• CAMS, CFCS, CFE, CHTI, and/or other related professional certification.
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills including the use and creation of pivot tables, formulas, and functions within Excel. SQL programming skills a plus.
• Advanced writing and research skills and ability to abstract and interpret complex data from multiple sources and systems.

Qualifications – Soft Skills:

• Ability to succeed in a in a fast paced, and dynamic environment, within time-critical situations, while maintaining high attention to detail and accuracy.
• Ability to manage multiple cases and projects simultaneously.
• Team player with strong collaborative qualities and a positive demeanor.
• Strong emotional intelligence combined with interpersonal, analytical, problem solving, influencing, and organizational skills
• Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to interact with other business teams.
• Ability to work on confidential and sensitive matters with a high degree of professionalism and discretion.
• Ability to make discretionary decisions based upon research and established guidelines.
• Dependable, goal-driven, and self-motivated with the ability to work independently with a sense of urgency and follow through.

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