Global Financial Crimes Digital Assets Sanctions Screening Director (AVP)

About the role

Director, Global Financial Crimes (GFC) – Sanctions Screening Controls Team, Legal & Compliance division. The role supports the Firm’s business objectives by facilitating and overseeing the management of legal, regulatory, and franchise risk. It is responsible for the design, implementation, and ongoing governance of the Firm’s sanctions screening control framework across reference data and transaction activity. In Global Financial Crimes you will identify potentially suspicious activity, protect vulnerable individuals, and safeguard the integrity of the financial system. GFC coordinates day‑to‑day implementation of the Firm’s financial‑crime prevention efforts, including governance, oversight, and execution of Anti‑Money Laundering (AML), sanctions, anti‑corruption, and government‑and‑political‑activities compliance programs.

Responsibilities

• Execute and enhance the digital‑assets sanctions screening program through requirements definition, analytics, control tuning, and cross‑functional delivery.
• Elicit, document, and translate regulatory and 2LoD control requirements into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps, and testable technology deliverables.
• Support program roadmap planning and delivery, including prioritization, milestone tracking, risk and dependency management, and remediation through closure.
• Perform data analysis to drive screening optimization (e.g., tuning thresholds, segmentation, hop depth, suppression rules, and coverage expansion) and improve alert quality.
• Create and execute test plans and validation scripts for screening changes; coordinate UAT, operational readiness with 1LoD, and implementation traceability.
• Maintain audit‑ready documentation for control and tuning changes, and support Model Risk Management and regulatory/audit requests with end‑to‑end traceability.
• Serve as a day‑to‑day liaison across Compliance, Technology, Operations, and vendors; support governance forums, MI/KPI reporting, vendor oversight, and new product approval activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline.
• 5+ years of experience in sanctions, AML/financial‑crime risk, compliance controls, or risk management within a regulated financial institution or digital‑asset firm.
• Strong business‑analysis and execution skills, including requirements definition, process mapping, functional specifications, and cross‑functional delivery within Agile/SDLC environments.
• Demonstrated analytical capability (advanced Excel required; SQL and/or Python preferred) with experience building dashboards/MI and translating data into actionable insights.
• Working knowledge of global sanctions concepts (e.g., OFAC) and their application to digital‑asset activity, including exposure to blockchain analytics, sanctions screening, and case‑management platforms.
• Experience supporting control tuning, testing, and validation (e.g., thresholds, segmentation, suppression rules), with clear pre/post impact analysis and audit‑ready documentation.
• Strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills, with the ability to coordinate across Compliance, Technology, Operations, and vendors and document outcomes for governance and audit audiences.
• Demonstrated ownership, structured problem‑solving, and continuous‑improvement mindset, with attention to control rigor, documentation quality, and delivery in complex, evolving environments.

The temporary work location will be announced, with a future transition to 1445 Ross Ave, Dallas, TX 75202. In‑person interviews are required.