FinCrime Intelligence Team Lead

Lead; Kansas City, New York, San Francisco, Sunnyvale (MO, NY, CA, CA); Hybrid; USD 93,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Cash bonus

Medical, Dental, Vision

401k Matching

Flexible vacation

Parental leave

Job summary

Lead Bank is a banking infrastructure platform powering fintechs with compliant, programmable financial services. The Financial Crimes team protects Lead and its partners from illicit activity, with focus on BSA/AML, sanctions, and fraud programs, while collaborating with Legal, Risk and Compliance.

The Financial Crimes Intelligence Manager will lead the FIU investigators and analysts, drive complex investigations and SAR decisioning, and develop intelligence to mitigate financial-crime risk

Qualifications

• 5–7 years in financial-crimes intelligence or related field (AML, fraud, sanctions, compliance).
• 2–5 years of management experience leading investigators or analysts.
• Experience with complex investigations, intelligence products, and risk assessments.
• Experience handling high-volume workloads and escalations.
• Preferred: BaaS, payments, fintech, digital assets, or similar products.
• Preferred: OSINT, adverse-media research, blockchain analytics, or CAMS/CFE/CFCS/CAFP.

Responsibilities

• Lead the FIU team by assigning work, managing queues, and training investigators.
• Oversee complex alerts, investigations, and unusual-activity referrals.
• Identify trends and emerging threats through data analysis.
• Support SAR decisions with documented analysis and gaps.
• Translate findings into monitoring and risk recommendations.
• Maintain governance, confidentiality, and regulatory knowledge.
• Provide day-to-day oversight of a diverse investigations team.
• Partner with stakeholders to optimize automated monitoring systems.
• Design and test new scenario rules and detection models.
• Analyze transactional data to reduce false positives.

Skills

Financial crimes intelligence

AML investigations

Regulatory compliance

Team leadership

Analytical reasoning

Communication skills

Fraud investigations

Tools

Investigation tools

Blockchain analytics

Job description

Lead Bank is a banking infrastructure platform powering fintechs with compliant, programmable financial services. The Financial Crimes team protects Lead and its partners from illicit activity, with focus on BSA/AML, sanctions, and fraud programs, while collaborating with Legal, Risk and Compliance.

The Financial Crimes Intelligence Manager will lead the FIU investigators and analysts, drive complex investigations and SAR decisioning, and develop intelligence to mitigate financial-crime risk