Senior Reporter

Who We Are:ACAMS is the leading international membership organization dedicated to providing opportunities for anti-financial crime education, best practices, and peer-to-peer networking to AFC professionals globally. With over 120,000 current members across 200+ countries and territories, ACAMS is committed to the mission of combatting financial crime through the provision of anti-money laundering/counterterrorism-financing, anti-fraud and sanctions knowledge-sharing, thought leadership, risk-mitigation services, and platforms for public-private dialogue. The association's CAMS certification is the gold-standard qualification for AFC professionals. It also offers CGSS certification for sanctions professionals, CAFS certification for anti-fraud professionals, and CCAS certification for AFC practitioners in the crypto space. ACAMS' 65+ Chapters globally, further amplify the association's mission through training and networking initiatives. Visit acams.org for more information.Opportunity at a GlanceACAMS moneylaundering.com is seeking an experienced senior reporter in Washington, D.C., to regularly file breaking news and features on federal bills, hearings, rulemakings, judgments and other events that pertain to money laundering and other financial crimes or impact the responsibilities of banks and other companies to identify and combat them.The ideal candidate will have at least five years of experience reporting for daily or trade publications, and an aptitude for learning their beat quickly, developing sources, collaborating with colleagues, and pitching and filing their own stories by deadline. Experience with financial crime-related journalism is a big plus, as is fluency in another language. The successful candidate will also have light editing duties and the possibility of becoming D.C. bureau chief.ResponsibilitiesObserve, interview and researchGather and analyze facts that seed accurate, clear, concise, interesting and timely copyDevelop sources to maintain a flow of current newsCover hearings, trials and other events in personAttend and cover conferencesPursue leads from sources, records and sometimes other news outletsCover breaking news on short noticeDevelop longer, analysis-driven featuresUse smartphones and social media to disseminate news broadly and quicklyWork with managing editor to plan coverage, graphics, videos and photosPerform other related duties assigned by managing editorQualificationsAt least five years of experience reporting for a daily or trade publicationExperience writing about financial crime or anti-financial crime a plusAbility to pitch and develop stories through interviews and investigationAbility to manage multiple stories concurrently and file by deadlineAbility to juggle interviews, planning calls and other meetingsStrong notetaking, news writing and other journalism-related skillsKnowledge of Microsoft Office and online publishing systemsGood verbal and organizational skills, keen attention to detailPotential to edit colleagues' stories if necessary#LI-remoteEEO