Global Financial Crimes Specialist - IT SPOC
Bank of America
Job Description:
Job Title: Global Financial Crimes Specialist – IT SPOC
Corporate Title: up to Vice President
Location: Belfast
Company Overview:
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We’re devoted to being a diverse and inclusive workplace for everyone. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.
Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organisation.
Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!
Join Us in Belfast – A City of Opportunity and Innovation
We’re thrilled to announce the opening of our new office in Belfast—a vibrant, fast-growing hub for financial services and technology, and a strategic addition to Bank of America’s global footprint. This expansion underscores our commitment to investing in talent and driving innovation across the UK and Ireland.
Our new offices at City Quays are in the heart of a city celebrated for its rich history, dynamic culture, and thriving business community. Whether you’re local or considering relocation, you’ll find a welcoming environment, an excellent quality of life, and the opportunity to help shape the future of banking.
About Bank of America in Belfast
Bank of America is one of the world’s leading financial institutions, powered by approximately 213,000 talented employees worldwide. Our new Belfast facility will strengthen our business continuity planning and risk management capabilities while reinforcing the expertise and value delivered across our global teams. We’re committed to creating up to 1,000 new roles, starting with positions in Global Anti-Money Laundering Operations and Global Financial Crimes Compliance. These teams will focus on critical areas such as client due diligence, quality assurance, and regulatory compliance support—key functions that safeguard the integrity of the international financial system.
Role Description:
This role is accountable for developing and maintaining technology solutions that strengthen compliance and operational risk management. The position focuses delivering exceptional technology support to the wider Global Financial Crimes (GFC) team. Working closely with Global Financial Crimes leadership, the role ensures systems and processes are optimised through technology, aligned with the Compliance and Operational Risk Management (CORM) Program, Enterprise Policies, and Fraud Risk Management Standards.
Responsibilities:
Activities this role performs include, but are not limited to:
Provide onsite physical support for GFC to site all technology requirements as well as providing support for the global Non-US investigations team.
Troubleshoot and resolve hardware and software issues for end-users.
Install, configure, and maintain desktops, laptops, and peripheral devices.
Support audio-visual equipment for meetings and events.
Ensure network connectivity and assist with basic network troubleshooting.
Coordinate with remote IT teams for escalated issues and system updates.
Maintain inventory of technology equipment and manage asset tracking.
Assist with onboarding and offboarding of employees, including device setup.
Ensure compliance with security policies and procedures during all support activities.
Provide timely and professional customer service to internal stakeholders.
Required Skills:
Proven experience in IT support or a similar technical role.
Strong knowledge of hardware, software, and networking fundamentals.
Familiarity with Bank operating systems and common enterprise applications.
Ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues efficiently.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills for supporting end-users.
Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.
Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities.
Experience with audio-visual equipment setup and support is a plus.
Knowledge of IT security best practices and compliance requirements.
Benefits of working at Bank of America
UK
Private healthcare for you and your family
Competitive pension plan, life assurance and group income protection cover if you become unable to work as a result of a disability or health reasons
20 days of back-up childcare including virtual tutoring and 20 days of back-up adult care per annum
The ability to change your core benefits as well as the option of selecting a variety of flexible benefits to suit your personal circumstances including access to a wellbeing account, travel insurance, critical illness etc
Use of a flex fund to use towards benefits
Access to an emotional wellbeing helpline, and virtual GP services
Access to the Peppy App which provides 1:1 support, consultations and resources relating to men’s health, women’s health, fertility, menopause and pregnancy & parenthood
Access to a range of gyms, exercise classes and wellbeing Apps through Wellhub, including Headspace and Calm
Ability to donate to charities of your choice directly through payroll and the bank will match your contribution
Opportunity to give back to your community, develop new skills and work with new groups of people by volunteering in your local area
Bank of America:
Good conduct and sound judgment is crucial to our long term success. It’s important that all employees in the organisation understand the expected standards of conduct and how we manage conduct risk. Individual accountability and an ownership mind-set are the cornerstones of our Code of Conduct and are at the heart of managing risk well.
We are an equal opportunities employer and ensure that no applicant is subject to less favourable treatment on the grounds of sex, gender identity or gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, race, religious or similar philosophical belief , political opinion, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, socio-economic background, responsibility for dependants or physical or mental disability. The Bank selects candidates for interview based on their skills, qualifications and experience.
We monitor the community background and sex of our job applicants and employees in order to demonstrate our commitment to promoting equality of opportunity in employment and to comply with our duties under the Fair Employment & Treatment (NI) Order 1998. We invite you to register your information by completing the following form https://bac.avature.net/belfast
We strive to ensure that our recruitment processes are accessible for all candidates and encourage any candidates to tell us about any adjustment requirements.