Director, BSA/AML & Sanctions Operations Risk and Reporting

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🌵 Arizona, Kentucky, +4 more states – Remote

🌵 Arizona – Remote 🐎 Kentucky – Remote 🚗 Michigan – Remote 🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote 🗿 South Dakota – Remote 🎸 Tennessee – Remote

💵 $86k - $145k / year

⏰ Full Time

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🚨 AML and Financial Crime

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Pathward

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1001 - 5000 employees

🏦 Banking

💸 Finance

💳 Fintech

Banking • Finance • Fintech

Pathward is a federally registered financial institution that provides robust banking infrastructure, proven technology resource partners, and dynamic collaboration to assist third-party partners in delivering banking programs that meet customer demands. The company focuses on providing a variety of financial solutions including issuing, acquiring, digital payments, credit solutions, and professional tax solutions, among others. Additionally, Pathward supports commercial finance through working capital, equipment finance, structured finance, and insurance premium finance. Committed to financial inclusion, Pathward powers financial access and innovation through strategic partnerships, including efforts to support renewable energy loan growth.

📋 Description

• Owns the monitoring coverage assessment program, including methodology, execution, documentation, and ongoing refresh • Owns the BSA/AML & Sanctions Operations operational policy, procedure and standards lifecycle drafting through adoption and version control • Directs rule tuning partnerships with Data Analytics and Technology, ensuring changes are risk-based, documented, tested, and governed • Directs training coordination with Learning & Development, ensuring content is current, role-appropriate, and aligned to updated procedures • Manages audit, validation, and regulatory exam coordination including response tracking, material review, and remediation documentation • Provides monitoring effectiveness metrics, trend analysis, root cause analysis, and management reporting to senior leadership • Does not directly manage alert or investigation production queues but supports operational teams through risk coverage expertise, governance infrastructure, and analytical insight

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (JD, MBA, or Master's in a relevant field) preferred • CAMS, CFCS, or equivalent financial crimes certification required • 8+ years of progressive experience in BSA/AML, transaction monitoring, financial crimes compliance, or risk management with at least 3 years in a supervisory or management role • Demonstrated experience with monitoring coverage assessments, rule tuning, and/or model governance • Strong experience with policy/procedure development, audit/exam management, and regulatory readiness • Working knowledge of transaction monitoring systems (e.g., Actimize, FCRM) and analytics/data concepts • Proven ability to translate complex regulatory requirements and data-driven insights into clear, examiner-ready documentation and operationally practical standards • Strong organizational, analytical, project management, and stakeholder communication skills • Experience managing through regulatory remediation or consent order environments preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• health insurance • 401(k) retirement benefits • life insurance • disability benefits • paid time off