VP, AML/CFT Governance, Quality Control, Reporting

🔥 15 hours ago

🌵 Arizona, Kentucky, +4 more states – Remote

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💵 $125k - $208k / year

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🚨 AML and Financial Crime

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Pathward

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1001 - 5000 employees

🛡️ Insurance

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

Insurance • Consulting • Logistics

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

• Lead and enhance the Bank's AML/CFT governance framework • Develop and maintain governance standards for policies, procedures, oversight routines, and escalation processes • Oversee AML/CFT governance committees and working groups, including agendas, issue escalation, meetings, decision documentation, and action tracking • Assess AML/CFT processes and provide effective challenge and oversight • Oversee AML/CFT program issue management and corrective action plan lifecycles • Monitor and report financial crimes risks and control effectiveness • Serve as a primary contact during regulatory examinations, audits, and independent reviews • Monitor regulatory developments, enforcement actions, and industry trends • Lead the AML/CFT Quality Control program and risk-based quality control framework • Conduct trend analysis and root cause assessments • Establish quality standards, review methodologies, sampling protocols, and performance metrics • Monitor remediation efforts and validate corrective actions • Develop and communicate quality metrics and performance results • Oversee executive management and committee reporting for the AML/CFT Compliance Program • Develop management information systems, dashboards, scorecards, and reporting packages • Establish and monitor KRIs, KPIs, and KCIs • Analyze trends related to transaction monitoring, suspicious activity, sanctions screening, customer risk profiles, investigations, and quality control outcomes • Ensure data integrity, accuracy, completeness, and consistency in reporting • Present program performance, risk trends, control effectiveness, regulatory developments, and remediation progress to executive leadership • Partner with Technology and Data Management teams to improve reporting, automation, data governance, and efficiency • Produce ad hoc reports and analyses for strategic initiatives, examinations, audits, and regulatory inquiries • Provide strategic leadership for Governance, Quality Control, and Reporting teams • Build, develop, and retain a high-performing team through coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and professional development • Establish performance expectations, accountability standards, and department objectives • Lead resource planning and workforce management • Advise AML/CFT leadership on governance, quality assurance, reporting, and financial crimes risk matters • Collaborate with executives, regulators, auditors, and business line leaders • Lead strategic initiatives and organizational change efforts • Promote accountability, sound risk management, and compliance throughout the enterprise

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Risk Management, Criminal Justice, Compliance, or related field • Master's degree preferred • CAMS, CFCS, or CRCM preferred qualifications • Minimum of 10 years of progressive experience in AML/CFT Compliance, Risk Management, Internal Audit, Compliance, or related regulatory functions within the banking industry • Minimum of 5 years of leadership experience managing teams and complex compliance operations • Experience leading governance, quality control, quality assurance, compliance testing, reporting, or oversight functions within a regulated financial institution • Extensive knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti-Money Laundering regulations, OFAC regulations, FinCEN requirements, the USA PATRIOT Act, and related banking regulations • Experience developing and presenting executive-level, Board, Risk Committee, and Compliance Committee reporting • Experience managing regulatory examinations, internal audits, independent testing reviews, and remediation programs • Experience operating within a mid-sized or large financial institution, preferably one with assets exceeding $8 billion • Ability to influence stakeholders, lead strategic initiatives, and drive cross-functional collaboration in a highly regulated environment • Strong written, verbal, analytical, and presentation skills • Ability to communicate effectively to executive management and Board-level audiences

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual performance-based incentive opportunity • Health insurance • 401(k) retirement benefits • Life insurance • Disability benefits • Paid time off • Comprehensive benefits package • Reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities