Financial Crime Project Manager

Randstad USA; United States; On-site; USD 156,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Financial Services seeks a Mid-Senior level professional to coordinate AML Transformation initiatives. The role involves stakeholder management, decision-making, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Strong communication and problem-solving skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience across Anti-Money Laundering policies and processes.
• Ability to manage competing priorities and demanding workloads.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate AML Transformation initiatives for the Region.
• Support implementation oversight of changes across the programme.
• Build productive relationships with stakeholders.

Skills

Communication

Problem Solving

Stakeholder Management

Risk Management

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

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$75.00/hr - $95.00/hr

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About Financial Crime Business Oversight Compliance

Financial Crime undertakes the lead role in assessing and understanding the implications of new and emerging legal/regulatory requirements relating to Anti Money Laundering (AML), Anti-Bribery and Anti-Corruption (ABC) and Sanctions.

We define B- level standards and controls in order to manage risk in these areas. We aim to demonstrate that B- has the necessary controls & systems in place to comply with all legal & regulatory requirements in every jurisdiction in which we operate. We provide technical support to all business areas concerning the governance of these controls.

Our aim is to work with the business in areas of our responsibility and expertise to enable B- to achieve its strategic goals through a strong culture of compliance that identifies, mitigates and manages risk. All-in-all our goal is to be the most effective Financial Crime function in the industry.

Overall purpose of role

The role holder will work directly Regional Head, in-country MLROs and Compliance Design Lead to co-ordinate AML Transformation related initiatives for the Region. This will include acting as the primary point of contact for Programme leads, provide regional SME input / oversight to change AML related change initiatives, coordinate / socialise change proposals with in-country MLROs. In addition, the role holder will support coordination and input into organisational design changes in the region across first and second lines of defense.

Key Accountabilities:

• Primary regional point of contact for the banks AML Transformation programme teams;
• Coordination of input and socialisation with regional stakeholders, including providing regional SME on design and delivery approach for changes;
• Support implementation oversight of changes across the programme, including organisational design changes.
• Support coordination of regional governance, including Board and Legal Entity, reporting in relation to AML transformation.
• Manage ongoing updates to regional regulators on AML related enhancements.
• Provide regional input, check and challenge, of AML plans.

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

• Capable of building and maintaining productive, collaborative and positive working relationships with the colleagues in the first and second line of defense (other Financial Crime SMEs).
• Initiates early engagement with key stakeholders to ensure effective partnership with the business which includes openness to giving and receiving challenge at all levels.
• Be able to navigate organisational complexity and regionally champion purpose and benefit of the AML transformation.

Decision-making and Problem Solving

• Ability to operate and drive activity autonomously or collectively as a team. Be able to consider multiple options from different perspectives in order to identify pragmatic and effective solutions.
• Be confident and comfortable in articulating rationale and approach for decision making to senior stakeholders in a succinct and concise manner.
• Drive pragmatism in approach to meet both jurisdictional, regional and group level requirements both in terms of control design and approach to implementation.

Risk and Control Objective

Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Policies and Policy Standards.

• Experience across Anti-Money Laundering policies, processes and controls.
• Understanding of regulatory requirements and expectations across jurisdictions regionally.
• Experience in Risk & Governance, including the ability to navigate complex governance structures across 1LOD and 2LOD.
• Creative and forward thinking, striving to improve and find solutions through effective innovation and ability to manage project and programmes of work end to end.
• Highly organised and structured with excellent written communications skills
• Skillful co-ordination in working across a wide range of stakeholders both within and beyond the function
• Ability to manage competing priorities and demanding workloads.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Finance

• Industries

  Financial Services and Banking

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