Senior AML Compliance Manager - Wealth

CI Financial Corp.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Wellness programs

Life and disability insurance

Retirement savings plans

Paid time off

Job summary

CI Financial Corp. in Toronto, ON, is seeking a Manager, AML Compliance to lead day-to-day operations and improve the anti-money laundering program across Canadian Wealth businesses.

This hands-on role works with Compliance, Legal, Operations and business partners to ensure regulatory readiness and effective controls. The successful candidate will review suspicious activity, support regulatory reporting, oversee transaction monitoring and sanctions screening, and drive training and governance

Qualifications

• University degree in business, finance, law, criminology or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Five or more years of progressive AML, financial crime, compliance, investigations or regulatory experience in a financial institution, securities dealer, wealth manager or comparable regulated environment.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act and Regulations, FINTRAC guidance, Canadian sanctions requirements and risk-based AML program expectations.

Responsibilities

• Lead the review and investigation of unusual or potentially suspicious client activity, including documenting analysis, conclusions, escalation and recommended action.
• Prepare, review and support regulatory reporting, including suspicious transaction reports and terrorist property reports, in accordance with applicable legal and internal requirements.
• Oversee or perform transaction monitoring and sanctions screening escalations, including case management, quality assurance and timely disposition of alerts.
• Provide AML advice and challenge on higher-risk clients, complex ownership structures, source of wealth/source of funds, politically exposed persons, adverse information and sanctions concerns.
• Support enterprise and legal-entity AML risk assessments, including the identification, assessment and documentation of inherent risk, control effectiveness and residual risk.
• Develop and maintain AML policies, procedures, standards, job aids, investigation templates and governance materials.
• Prepare clear management and committee reporting on investigations, regulatory filings, key risk indicators, control issues, remediation and emerging risks.
• Coordinate AML regulatory change analysis and translate new requirements into practical policy, process, system and training changes.
• Support FINTRAC, CIRO, internal audit, compliance testing and other regulatory or assurance reviews, including evidence gathering, issue management and remediation tracking.
• Provide practical guidance for advisors, employees, supervisors and operations teams.
• Partner with Technology, Data and Operations to improve transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, case management, data quality and management information.
• Identify control gaps, recommend proportionate solutions and drive remediation to completion.
• Coach and provide technical guidance to other team members and contribute to a strong culture of escalation, accountability and continuous improvement.

Skills

AML compliance

Investigations

Regulatory reporting

Risk assessment

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business/finance/law

Tools

AML monitoring systems

Job description

CI Financial Corp. in Toronto, ON, is seeking a Manager, AML Compliance to lead day-to-day operations and improve the anti-money laundering program across Canadian Wealth businesses.

This hands-on role works with Compliance, Legal, Operations and business partners to ensure regulatory readiness and effective controls. The successful candidate will review suspicious activity, support regulatory reporting, oversee transaction monitoring and sanctions screening, and drive training and governance