VP, Head of Monitoring and Screening Governance

About the role

The AML Governance Lead will serve as the U.S. First Line of Defense (1LoD) owner for Transaction Monitoring, Name Screening, Transaction Screening, and Negative News governance activities. The role is responsible for ensuring that the U.S. monitoring and screening framework operates within regulatory expectations and is supported by regulator-ready documentation, governance, testing evidence, and risk assessments. The individual will lead the U.S. Monitoring & Screening Control Board, coordinate governance across global and local stakeholders, and act as the primary liaison between business, compliance, operations, technology, and model owners. ING provides banking services and complex financing solutions to companies globally. To provide a safe banking environment for society and our customers, ING must comply with global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations and the Bank Secrecy Act in the United States. As such, we are actively fighting human trafficking, smuggling of drugs and weapons and do make sure international sanctions against countries and regimes are correctly executed within ING. The Financial Crime Prevention (FCP) team in North America coordinates all KYC related activities across different ING business sectors, both with external clients and internal stakeholders. The FCP team is crucial in the onboarding of new customers and plays a key role in managing the non-financial risk of the current client portfolio. ING Americas follows a hybrid work model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility; hybrid work arrangements vary based on business area.

Responsibilities

• Lead the U.S. Transaction Monitoring and Screening Control Board and associated governance forums.
• Oversee and maintain technical regulator-ready evidence architecture, including:
  • AML/OFAC Program documentation
  • U.S. centric Model and Filter Design Documentation (MDD/TMD/TSD)
  • U.S. Procedures and Local Controls
  • U.S. centric Data Management Documentation
  • U.S. TM Coverage Assessments
  • Remediation and governance evidence tracking
• Coordinate U.S. and Global stakeholders to ensure clear accountability, decision rights, and governance records.
• Oversee remediation plans, issue management, action tracking, and regulatory commitments.
• Ensure end-to-end traceability between AML risks, controls, monitoring scenarios, screening filters, testing, and management reporting.
• Support regulatory examinations, internal audits, and independent reviews.
• Drive governance around data ownership, lineage, reconciliation, control testing, and investigative context requirements.
• Prepare executive reporting and management updates for senior governance committees.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• 8-9+ years of AML, sanctions, financial crime, or compliance governance experience.
• Strong knowledge of NYDFS Part 504, BSA/AML, OFAC, FFIEC, and regulatory expectations.
• Experience leading governance committees, risk programs, regulatory remediation initiatives, or large-scale AML transformations.
• Deep understanding of Transaction Monitoring and Screening governance, testing, and model lifecycle oversight.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills across 1LoD, 2LoD, Technology, Operations, and senior management.

Pay

Salary Range: $178,000-215,000 (base salary only). This role is eligible for participation in a discretionary bonus program.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits (including a $0 premium medical plan with HSA)
• Generous 401k savings plan
• Competitive PTO
• Adoption, surrogacy, and fertility services
• Student debt assistance
• Subsidies for expenses associated with commuting and fitness