Director, AML Compliance

Hard Rock Vegas; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Hard Rock Vegas is seeking a Director of AML Compliance to lead enterprise AML/BSA and Title 31 across corporate and casino properties. You will design and maintain policies, oversee risk assessments, and coordinate investigations and regulatory reporting with senior leadership.

The role requires seven+ years in AML/gaming compliance and three+ years in leadership, plus strong knowledge of BSA/AML, OFAC, and FinCEN expectations. This is a full-time, on-site leadership position.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Compliance, or a related field required.
• Minimum of seven years of progressive AML/BSA and gaming compliance experience.
• Minimum of three years of leadership experience in AML program responsibilities.
• Strong knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act, Title 31 casino requirements, FinCEN, OFAC and regulatory expectations.
• Experience with AML monitoring systems, data analysis, and regulatory filings preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, and administration of enterprise AML/BSA and Title 31 compliance.
• Develop and maintain AML policies, procedures, standards, and internal controls.
• Oversee risk assessments for BSA/AML and OFAC exposure across operations.
• Direct reviews/investigations of activity flagged by monitoring systems and referrals.
• Coordinate AML examinations, remediation plans, and action tracking with regulators and audits.
• Prepare updates on risk trends, KPIs, and compliance status for senior leadership.

Skills

AML/BSA knowledge

Regulatory compliance

Leadership

Risk assessment

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Compliance, or a related field

Tools

AML monitoring systems

Case management tools

Job description

## Director, AML ComplianceApply: Support Services Headquarters Building: Full time: Posted Today: R14096Our team members are the key to our company’s success, and their health and well-being, as well as that of their families, is very important to us. We offer a comprehensive benefits package that allows our team members stay healthy, plan for their future and maintain a healthy work-life balance. Benefits may vary with employment status. To see our fill list of Team Member Benefits please visit our career site: https://www.gotoworkhappy.com/benefits**Job Description:**Reporting directly to the Chief Compliance Officer, the Director – Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) Officer leads the enterprise AML/BSA and Title 31 compliance program for a corporate casino company. This role is responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing a risk-based AML framework across Hard Rock casino properties, including internal controls, suspicious activity monitoring, regulatory reporting, customer due diligence, training, independent testing coordination, and ongoing alignment with federal and state gaming regulatory requirements.**Responsibilities:*** Lead the design, implementation, and ongoing administration of the Company’s enterprise AML/BSA and Title 31 compliance program across corporate and casino property operations.* Develop, maintain, and enhance AML policies, procedures, standards, and internal controls to support compliance with FinCEN, BSA, OFAC, state gaming, and Company requirements.* Oversee risk assessments for BSA/AML and OFAC exposure, including analysis of customer activity, products, services, geographies, gaming operations, payment channels, and property-level risk factors.* Direct the review and investigation of customer and account activity identified through BSA monitoring software, system reports, casino operations referrals, and other escalation channels for potential suspicious activity.* Ensure timely, accurate preparation, review, and filing of required regulatory reports, including Currency Transaction Reports, Suspicious Activity Reports, and other filings with FinCEN and applicable state regulators.* Serve as a corporate subject matter expert and primary liaison to casino properties, executive leadership, internal audit, legal, finance, surveillance, cage operations, gaming operations, and other internal stakeholders on AML matters.* Monitor regulatory developments, enforcement trends, AGA AML best practices, and industry updates; recommend program enhancements to address current and emerging AML, BSA, OFAC, and gaming compliance expectations.* Coordinate AML procedures among casino properties and support new property openings, acquisitions, system implementations, and operational changes involving AML/BSA policies, controls, training, and reporting processes.* Partner with internal audit, external reviewers, regulators, and property leadership on AML examinations, independent testing, remediation plans, issue tracking, and corrective action validation.* Prepare and present regular AML program updates, risk trends, key performance indicators, investigation metrics, control enhancements, and compliance status reports to senior leadership and governance committees.* Maintain responsibility for Global Compliance Ban processes and related reporting to the Company’s Executive Committee, including coordination with relevant business and compliance stakeholders.* Oversee AML training strategy in partnership with learning and development teams, ensuring casino property and corporate staff receive role-specific training on suspicious activity identification, reporting obligations, customer due diligence, recordkeeping, and escalation procedures.**Qualifications:*** Bachelor’s degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Criminal Justice, Compliance, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred.* Minimum of seven years of progressive AML/BSA, financial crimes, regulatory compliance, gaming compliance, or related experience, including experience supporting casino, gaming, financial services, or other highly regulated operations.* Minimum of three years of leadership experience managing AML/BSA program responsibilities, compliance operations, investigations, risk assessments, audits, regulatory examinations, or cross-functional compliance initiatives.* Strong working knowledge of the Bank Secrecy Act, Title 31 casino requirements, FinCEN regulations, OFAC requirements, suspicious activity reporting, currency transaction reporting, customer due diligence, recordkeeping, and regulatory examination expectations.* Experience with AML monitoring systems, case management tools, data analysis, regulatory filing processes, risk assessment methodologies, and control testing practices preferred.* Demonstrated ability to lead enterprise-wide compliance initiatives, influence stakeholders across multiple properties, communicate with senior leadership, and support a culture of compliance in a fast-paced casino environment.* Excellent analytical, investigative, written communication, presentation, and decision-making skills, with the ability to evaluate complex transactions, identify trends, and recommend practical risk-based solutions.* CAMS certification or similar AML, financial crimes, compliance, audit, or gaming regulatory certification preferred.**Disclaimer:**While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the current job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, (e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technical developments).