VP, Global Head of Financial Crimes

🕒 August 25

🌐 United States, United Kingdom – Remote

🇺🇸 United States – Remote 🇬🇧 United Kingdom – Remote

🗽 New York, Missouri – Remote

🗽 New York – Remote 🏰 Missouri – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🔴 Lead

🚨 AML and Financial Crime

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Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1973

💼 Consulting

📦 Logistics

🛡️ Insurance

Consulting • Logistics • Insurance

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated (RGA) is a leading global reinsurance company that focuses exclusively on life and health reinsurance solutions. With a strong commitment to providing innovative products and services, RGA helps its clients manage risk and enhance their insurance portfolios through its expertise in underwriting, claims management, and financial solutions. The company operates in multiple global markets, leveraging its extensive data and analytics capabilities to offer tailored solutions that meet the unique needs of the life and health insurance sectors.

📋 Description

• Serve as the organization's principal subject matter expert on financial crime legal requirements • Provide day-to-day guidance on AML, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud questions, screening alerts, escalations, and case-level determinations • Own technical determinations and documented rationale for complex sanctions and AML matters, including cross-border payments, restricted-party and ownership analysis, licensing considerations, and sanctions exposure in ceded and assumed business • Lead selection, implementation, tuning, testing, calibration, and quality assurance of screening and monitoring tools • Lead replacement of RGA's sanctions screening tool • Build and mature a global, risk-based, technology-enabled financial crimes compliance program • Establish scalable governance, monitoring, investigative, and reporting capabilities across global operations • Build and lead a high-performing global financial crimes team, including organizational design, talent acquisition, capability development, and succession planning • Establish and oversee policies, standards, procedures, and controls for AML, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud risk, and related financial crime risks • Maintain alignment with global regulatory frameworks, industry best practices, and emerging technologies • Lead responses to regulatory inquiries, examinations, and audits; act as named contact for regulators and auditors • Partner with technology and operations teams to enhance monitoring, screening, and investigative capabilities • Develop and deliver financial crimes training and awareness programs • Establish and implement a compliance risk-based management program and oversight framework for ceding companies, retrocessionaires, brokers, and strategic counterparties • Provide oversight of TPA, outsourcing, and vendor financial crime due diligence programs • Partner with Enterprise Risk Management, Legal, Compliance, and Business Development teams to evaluate emerging financial crime risks in reinsurance markets

🎯 Requirements

• At least one current financial crimes certification is strongly preferred, such as CAMS, CGSS, CFCS, CFE, or an ICA Advanced Certificate or Diploma in Financial Crime Prevention, Sanctions Compliance or AML • Candidates without a certification should be prepared to obtain one within twelve months of appointment • JD or equivalent legal degree from an accredited law school preferred • 10+ years of compliance, financial crimes, AML, sanctions, fraud, or related risk management experience within insurance, reinsurance, banking, securities, or other regulated financial services organizations • Demonstrated experience leading financial crimes, sanctions, or related compliance programs within a large, complex global organization • Experience operating across multiple jurisdictions, managing diverse regulatory requirements, and engaging with regulators and executive leadership • Deep current and hands-on expertise interpreting and applying sanctions regulations, including OFAC, EU, UK, and UN regimes • Expertise in AML laws, anti-bribery and corruption requirements, and related financial crime legal frameworks • Ability to reach and document technical determinations on live matters without routine reliance on external counsel • Proven success building and transforming enterprise financial crimes compliance programs within a large, complex, global organization • Working knowledge of international insurance or reinsurance and sanctions, AML, and fraud risks arising in ceded and assumed business, or clear evidence of ability to acquire it quickly

🏖️ Benefits

• Annual bonus plan • Eligibility for participation in a long-term equity incentive plan for some positions • Full range of health benefits • Retirement benefits • Other employee benefits • Flexible remote work arrangement • Valuable knowledge and experience with diverse colleagues around the world • Respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought • Career development potential • AI-enabled preliminary screening and chatbot support during the hiring process