Financial Crime Model Validation Manager

At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you’re trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That’s why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services.

About the role

As a Consultant at Crowe, you will solve problems for our clients and serve core markets through innovative solutions. In this dynamic business, you are expected to build both technical and transferable skills, think critically, and use technology—including emerging AI capabilities—to solve real business problems. You will continuously learn, collaborate across teams, and explore how tools can improve efficiency, insights, and client outcomes.

In management at Crowe, you play a pivotal role in leading teams, guiding project execution, and deepening client relationships. You contribute to account planning, identify opportunities to add value, and ensure high-quality delivery. As responsibilities expand, you take on broader account ownership, balancing project leadership with growing involvement in client strategy and solution development. Success in this role comes from a growth mindset, strong communication skills, advanced critical thinking, and the ability to navigate new challenges with confidence.

The AML Model Validation and Testing Manager is expected to lead and execute model validation testing processes on systems supporting Financial Crime programs, including transaction monitoring, customer risk assessment/rating, fraud detection, and watchlist screening/interdiction systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and/or update testing strategies (e.g., creation or enhancement of risk and control matrices) to aid in the independent testing of Financial Crime systems.
• Perform testing, which may include:
  • Control conceptual design testing
  • Control operating effectiveness testing
  • Issue validation testing
• Execute analytical projects, working closely with senior stakeholders and clients to deliver value to financial institution clients.
• Conduct testing in the Model Validation domain, including:
  • Review of model governance, including processes surrounding their effectiveness
  • Critical challenge of model design and development
  • Testing of data inputs, including data quality issues, data mapping, ETL processes, balancing and reconciliation controls, data lineage, throughput, and backtesting
  • Testing that the model logic is working as intended
  • Assessment of model user access controls, key performance indicators (KPIs), and alert review processes
  • Evaluation of model performance, including tuning and sanctions sensitivity testing
  • Documentation of testing using standardized work papers, model validation reports, and other client deliverables
• Provide engagement management, including oversight and guidance to the testing team for efficient engagement delivery, maintaining the engagement budget, and providing timely reporting of engagement progress to the client and engagement executive.

Requirements

• Bachelor's and/or advanced degree with a concentration in Data Management or Analytics, Finance, Computer Science, Management Information Systems, or Statistics/Mathematics.
• 4+ years of experience within the Financial Crime industry.
• 4+ years of model validation, AML system implementation, data lineage, or quality testing experience.
• Basic knowledge of the software development lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience with data analysis, business analysis, and data validation activities with financial services institutions.
• Demonstrated experience performing independent testing on models, including an understanding of risks/controls and experience documenting testing within workpapers.
• Experience executing model validations of financial crime systems, including but not limited to: Verafin, Actimize, BAM/BAM+, YellowHammer, FCRM, FinanSeer, FiServ, Lexis Nexis Bridger, FircoSoft, Quantexa, Palantir, Accuity, RDC, and others.
• Demonstrated experience and knowledge of banking and compliance systems.
• Demonstrated experience working in a results-driven environment within a team.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
• Ability to actively engage with stakeholders to collect information, identify issues, and make recommendations for business and process improvements.
• Highly effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of management.
• Strong teamwork, communication, and customer service skills.
• Strong analytical, attention to detail, organizational, and core project management skills.
• Knowledge of the challenges of data cleansing and integration.
• Ability to work with IT and business personnel.
• Travel as required by client needs.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior professional services/consulting firm experience.
• Experience with data extraction and analysis tools such as SQL/Python.
• Experience visualizing and communicating analytical results using technologies such as Tableau, Power BI, Cognos, QlikView, Spotfire, and D3.

Pay

A reasonable estimate of the current range is $102,800.00 - $210,200.00 per year. The wage range takes into account a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill sets, experience, training, licensure, certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Benefits

At Crowe, we offer a comprehensive total rewards package, including:

• Exceptional people experience in an inclusive culture that values diversity
• Consistent career coaching and guidance from a dedicated Career Coach