Compliance, FCC - Digital Assets, Vice President, New York

About the role

Our division prevents, detects and mitigates compliance, regulatory and reputational risk across the firm and helps to strengthen the firm’s culture of compliance. As an independent control function and part of the firm’s second line of defense, Compliance assesses the firm’s compliance, regulatory and reputational risk; monitors for compliance with new or amended laws, rules and regulations; designs and implements controls, policies, procedures and training; conducts independent testing; investigates, surveils and monitors for compliance risks and breaches; and leads the firm’s responses to regulatory examinations, audits and inquiries. The Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) team coordinates Goldman Sachs’ enterprise‑wide anti‑money laundering, economic sanctions and anti‑bribery compliance efforts, administering surveillances, due diligence, investigative expertise and other control processes to identify potential money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery, securities fraud and other violations of law. This position is an integral member of the FCC Digital Assets team, supporting coverage for the firm’s digital assets activities.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior FCC point of contact for digital assets matters and contribute to the global FCC Digital Assets framework.
• Identify and assess money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions, fraud, and other illicit finance risks associated with digital asset products, services, clients, counterparties, technologies and transaction flows.
• Provide risk‑based advice and effective challenge throughout the product and client lifecycle, including new business initiatives, product approvals, client onboarding, and material changes to existing activities.
• Lead or support the onboarding and integration of digital‑asset‑related vendors to provide blockchain analytics and digital assets intelligence services.
• Partner with relevant teams to design, enhance and oversee controls relating to customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence, sanctions screening, blockchain analytics, transaction monitoring, investigations, suspicious activity escalation and recordkeeping.
• Develop a deep understanding of blockchain, DLT, wallets, custody models, token structures, smart contracts, stablecoins and transaction typologies to identify novel risks and control implications.
• Assess cross‑business and cross‑regional risk impacts, promote consistent minimum standards and support documented treatment of regional variances.
• Monitor and analyze new or amended laws, regulations, regulatory guidance, enforcement actions and industry practices, translating developments into practical requirements, guidance and action plans.
• Support engagement with regulators, auditors and other independent reviewers, including preparation for examinations, responses to information requests and remediation of findings.
• Develop and deliver policies, procedures, training, management information, metrics and governance materials for senior stakeholders and relevant committees.
• Collaborate with business, technology and control stakeholders to improve data quality, system capabilities, automation and the effectiveness of preventive and detective controls.
• Build strong networks across the firm and with relevant industry forums or trade associations to support informed and consistent approaches to emerging financial crime risks.
• Identify and escalate material risks and control weaknesses and oversee agreed remediation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in Financial Crime Compliance, Compliance, Legal, Risk, Internal Audit or a related control function, preferably within a large financial institution or regulated digital assets business.
• Working knowledge of blockchain, DLT and digital assets, or demonstrated experience assessing financial crime risks and controls for new products, technologies or payment models.
• Experience building out compliance controls to cover digital assets risks, including experience working with blockchain analytics vendors.
• Strong working knowledge of anti‑money laundering, counter‑terrorist financing, sanctions and fraud risk management frameworks, including customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, investigations and regulatory reporting.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience; a legal, financial, technical, risk or compliance background is preferred.
• Experience conducting risk assessments and designing, implementing or overseeing effective financial crime controls.
• Ability to interpret complex and evolving regulatory expectations and translate them into practical guidance, control requirements and executable action plans.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to understand complex product structures, technology‑enabled workflows, transaction flows and data dependencies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex issues, risk decisions, metrics and recommendations clearly to diverse stakeholders and senior management.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate across functions and regions, influence stakeholders and provide constructive, independent challenge.
• Demonstrated project and time management skills, including the ability to prioritize multiple initiatives and deliver high‑quality outcomes in a changing environment.
• Inquisitive, proactive and solutions‑oriented mindset, with a focus on sustainable control enhancement and appropriate automation.

About Goldman Sachs

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. Headquartered in New York, we maintain offices around the world. We believe who you are makes you better at what you do. We're committed to fostering and advancing diversity and inclusion in our own workplace and beyond by ensuring every individual within our firm has a number of opportunities to grow professionally and personally, from our training and development opportunities and firm‑wide networks to benefits, wellness and personal finance offerings and mindfulness programs.