Transaction Monitoring & Filtering Financial Crime Lead

Overview

In this role you lead the strategic optimization of transaction monitoring and filtering across markets to align with laws and policy. You’ll build and maintain controls, embed requirements in products and processes, and mentor teams. You’ll partner with product, technology and operations to define a roadmap while staying ahead of industry threats. The role blends leadership with hands-on risk and compliance work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic optimization and segmentation of transaction monitoring scenarios across markets to reflect laws and regulations
• Establish operating procedures and controls to meet policy requirements for banks and local jurisdictions
• Build and maintain relationships with product, operations, and compliance to embed requirements in new products and processes
• Mentor colleagues, oversee development, training, succession planning and talent management
• Collaborate with product, technology and operations to execute a strategic roadmap of monitoring activities and capabilities
• Maintain external knowledge of industry trends, tools and risks related to fraud and client behavior monitoring
• Set procedural standards for regional and operational teams and manage jurisdictional variations without fragmenting the global program
• Operate independently and effectively in a fast-paced, multi-directional environment

Key requirements

• Deep understanding of Transaction Monitoring & Filtering in an institutional markets context
• Knowledge of political and legislative developments in the financial industry
• Strong leadership skills to empower teams and drive change
• Significant experience in financial crime compliance with ownership of monitoring
• Proven ownership of a monitoring coverage framework with external stakeholder engagement
• Strong command of financial crime typologies across AML, sanctions, and fraud
• Ability to build trust and credibly influence customers and stakeholders

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• influencing across teams
• Transaction Monitoring & Filtering ownership
• AML
• Sanctions

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