Vice President, Compliance & Control (AML Surveillance / Transaction Monitoring)

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We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Compliance & Control (VPR) to join our Financial Crimes Compliance (“FCC”) team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA or Lake Mary, FL.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways: 

• Lead complex, high-risk transaction-based investigations end-to-end (including multi-jurisdictional activity, nested relationships, and multi-product flows) and determine disposition with clear rationale and audit-ready documentation
• Leverage bank systems/applications when searching for signs of suspicious activity and evaluating internal party or external party Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) risk
• Use transactional data to spot patterns and tell the story—efficiently analyze large datasets to identify suspicious behavior, link related parties/activity, and surface actionable insights
• Provide expertise in transaction monitoring and actively build experience by preparing risk-based reviews of both current and emerging regulatory requirements, addressing concerns and identifying control gaps
• Conduct Level 2 transaction-based investigations and/or perform quality control reviews
• Support the firm’s Global Anti-Money Laundering program including providing thorough investigations for Suspicious Activity Report (“SAR”) consideration.
• Identify and escalate material issues using defined governance, with crisp problem statements and recommended actions
• Contribute to the preparation of time sensitive reporting and appropriately escalate issues
• Participate in projects and program activities that aim to strengthen compliance and improve the control environment
• Build effective working relationships and communicate clearly with leadership and cross-functional partners to support team goals and investigative outcomes. 
• Assisting with audit/exams/testing requests
• Contribute to the achievement of team objectives
   

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following: 

• Bachelors’ degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required
• 5-7 years of total work experience preferred. Financial Services, Audit or Compliance background and/or experience with financial services compliance and/or experience with the assigned products, services or business lines/areas and the pertaining laws, regulations and rules of relevant regulators preferred.  Experience in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Transaction Monitoring desired
• Subject matter expertise in financial crimes investigations involving digital assets, correspondent banking, institutional custody, and/or private wealth
• ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) or CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) certification and intelligence work in the private or public sector, is preferred.