Director-Compliance - Insider Investigations

About the role

The Insider Investigations Director will lead a team of managers and analysts responsible for managing Insider Risk (American Express colleagues, contractors, affiliates, vendors, or partners) by investigating suspicious activity and communicating with applicable law enforcement agencies as necessary. The candidate will also provide information and data to the Insider Risk Program on suspicious activity for aggregate reporting purposes. In addition, they will partner closely with internal stakeholders including GCO, Global Security and Internal Audit in support of the Insider Risk Program.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain an adequate knowledge of complex U.S financial crime environments and insider risk.
• Serve as a subject matter expert, and point of contact for globally dispersed GFCC colleagues, on insider risk, global financial crime, sector, geopolitical or regulatory issues.
• Carefully coordinate the filing of SARs and support the SAR filing process globally on insiders.
• Enable the right training and the proper awareness of financial crime environments for all the insider team members.
• Manage a team of leaders and Investigative Analysts responsible for reviewing, editing, and filing SARs related to insiders.
• Affirm adherence to legal and regulatory standards as well as internal quality requirements for SAR.
• Provide guidance on how to conduct and document SAR-related investigations.
• Identify and analyze SAR patterns and trends related to insiders.
• Collect and report on SAR metrics for the Insider Program.
• Liaise with law enforcement, other financial institutions, and industry groups.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/University degree or equivalent experience
• 8+ years of work experience as an AML Compliance Manager/Director in a financial services institution with expertise in any of the following areas: BSA-AML compliance, law enforcement, complex AML/CTF/ABC investigations.
• Strong knowledge of global AML/CTF/ABC Regulations (BSA, US PATRIOT Act).
• Extensive experience in conducting financial crime investigations.
• Deep understanding of criminal typologies associated with a wide array of financial products and services.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills in English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to contribute suggestions to enhance systems, methodologies, and process simplification.
• Must display strong analytical and thought leadership by being able to transform ideas to actionable plans.
• Ability to challenge the status quo by removing organizational barriers and influencing without authority.
• Demonstrated success building and scaling investigative teams.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Ability to assess, manage, and drive change.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to influence, gain support, and resolve conflict.
• Strong collaboration and relationship development skills.
• Ability to strategically plan with thought leadership.
• Must be a deadline-driven team player.
• Proven ability to take complex technical information and translate it into clear communications (presentations/memos) for a variety of audiences.
• Experience in building and leading large diverse teams.
• Master's or other advanced degree preferred.
• CAMS and/or CFCS Certifications a plus.

Pay

Ultimately, in determining your pay, we’ll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.