Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $50 billion assets under management and traded on the NASDAQ:WTFC. Built on the "HAVE IT ALL" model, Wintrust offers sophisticated technology and resources of a large bank while focusing on providing service-based community banking to each and every customer. Wintrust operates fifteen community bank subsidiaries with over 170 banking locations in the greater Chicago and southern Wisconsin market areas. Additionally, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units including commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing, out-sourced administrative services, mortgage origination and purchase, wealth management services and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges.

Why join us?

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 10 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)




• Competitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible




• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few




• Promote from within culture

Why join this team?

• This position has the opportunity to interface with and have a positive impact on multiple areas of Wintrust's business




• We hold ourselves accountable to high standards, share wins, operate ethically, and have fun

Position Overview

As Wintrust Financial Corporation Senior Fraud Analyst - Quality Assurance, you will be responsible for reviewing transactional activity generated by the transaction monitoring systems or any manual referrals made to the Fraud Investigations Team. You will perform a Fraud/AML investigation in adherence to the Fraud Procedures and you will correct any issues or errors raised by the Quality Assurance Review.

What You’ll Do

• Quality Assurance Review of completed fraud case referrals related to (Check, Deposit, ACH, P2P, B2B, Wires, Loan, and internal employee misconduct) a daily basis.




• Quality Assurance Review of Verafin or Alloy alerts closed by Fraud Analysts and Fraud Investigators to ensure completed within the guideline outlined within the fraud procedures




• Providing insightful and objective observations based on the testing performed




• Providing regular feedback relating to Quality Assurance reviews to Enterprise Fraud Management Leadership on how to improve Investigations and SAR reporting




• Reviewing Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) filed by WTFC Enterprise Fraud Management to ensure they meet the Bank’s Secrecy Act (BSA) requirements and regulator expectations




• Review account restriction lists and other various reports to ensure procedures were followed




• Ability to move between workloads and fraud typologies.

Qualifications

• Experience with SAR Filing and/or AML/BSA Investigations in a financial institution setting.




• Experience in Financial Crime/Fraud Investigations and prosecutions.  




• Proficient with case management systems (Verafin, Actimize, Falcon, ACI Proactive Risk Manager etc.).




• Excellent verbal and written communications skills. 




• Experience in the oversight of collecting evidence, preparing reports and interviewing witnesses.

Benefits

Medical Insurance • Dental • Vision • Life insurance • Accidental death and dismemberment • Short-term and long-term Disability Insurance • Parental Leave • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match • Flexible Spending Account (FSA) • Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount • Critical Illness Insurance • Accident Insurance • Transportation and Commuting Benefits • Banking Benefits • Pet Insurance

From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicago’s Bank® and Wisconsin's Bank®, we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.