Senior BSA Specialist

Senior BSA Specialist

The Senior BSA/AML Specialist plays a critical role in protecting the financial institution from money laundering, terrorist financing, and other financial crimes. The position serves as a key line of defense,ensuring compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA).

At German American, we know it isour employees’ vast knowledge base and expertise that enables us to workefficiently while providing customer service excellence to support performance.

As a Senior Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) Specialist, you support the company missionof strong performance as you meticulously review transactions, serving as asecond-line of defense against money laundering and other illegal financialcrimes. Your work reviewingtransactions, providing support to front line staff, as well as acting as aresource for other BSA related topics, is essential in the company’s program tocomply with the Bank Secrecy Act.

Your focus will be on deterring and detectingthose who seek to misuse the U.S. financial system. Daily you will review currency transactionreports (CTRs), customer risk rating reports and forms, and transaction andrisk alerts provided by team members or Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) software, as well as perform Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) reviews of transactions. You will also be completing high risk customer reviews along withreviews of customer activity for CTR exemptions.

Your knack for detail willcome in handy as you review reports for unusual activity on a regular basis. Youwill create cases for any unusual activity that you uncover to aid in meeting

BSA regulatory reporting requirements. Additionally, you will be involved in314B information sharing with other financial institutions. You will create andsubmit Suspicious Activity Reports. You will participate in system reviewsdesigned to validate functionality of software programs used by the BSA team.

Regulations change and to be in theknow you will stay engaged with industry news and resources, as well asparticipate in periodic training regarding all BSA/AML relatedregulations. At times, travel may be required for training.

• Excellent verbal and written communication, analytical, research, and Microsoft Office skills
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize in a regulatory reporting deadline driven environment
• Detail oriented
• Willingness and ability to learnour core processing software, BSA related software products and regulatory requirements, and bank policy
• Enthusiastic, self-motivated, andteam oriented
• Willing to mentor team members

• Flexible working location:
  Evansville, IN or Jasper, IN or Owensboro, KY or Whitehall,OH
• Medical,dental, vision, STD, LTD, Life insurance, etc. 17 days paidtime off, 11 paid holidays, paid parental bonding leave, and bereavement leave
• Education Assistance Program
• Parental Bonding Leave
• Wellness benefits
• Life eventcoverage
  
  Service awards
• Financialbenefits including 401(k) match, stock purchase plan and more
• Great deals onboth national and local discounts on everything from computers and vacations tophones and retail shopping.
• Logo weardiscounts
• Free checkingaccount, checks and discounted bank services

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German American Bancorp and its family of financial services companies employ talented, compassionate people throughout the organization, truly making German American special. Delivering genuine, customized, personal service with a focus on truly serving customers and communities well, our employees bring the Shield of Excellence commitment to life with each and every interaction.