Senior Associate Director, Sanctions & Financial Crimes

S&P Global; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 101,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

S&P Global in New York, NY is seeking an Associate Director, Global Financial Crimes Compliance Enterprise Threat Mitigation to lead escalation and disposition of transaction screening and third‑party screening alerts across regions.

The role demands sanctions and AML expertise, strong analytical judgment, and collaboration with Compliance, Legal, Technology, and Operations to strengthen screening effectiveness and ensure risk-based decision making.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Compliance experience in Financial Services or a Brokerage Firm.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a senior escalation point for transaction screening alerts across clients, vendors, events, and third parties.
• Oversee review and disposition of screening alerts, ensuring documentation and risk-based decisions.
• Evaluate sanctions, AML, PEP, adverse media, and related risks identified through screening activities.
• Support optimization of screening controls, rules, and escalation criteria to reduce false positives.
• Conduct Second Line of Defense reviews to identify control gaps and remediation needs.
• Review and enhance policies relating to transaction screening and financial crimes compliance.

Skills

Sanctions

AML

Third-party screening

Lead escalation

Analytical skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulatory knowledge

Automation & AI in screening

Tools

Screening platforms

Case management systems

Workflow tools

Analytics dashboards

Job description

S&P Global in New York, NY is seeking an Associate Director, Global Financial Crimes Compliance Enterprise Threat Mitigation to lead escalation and disposition of transaction screening and third‑party screening alerts across regions.

The role demands sanctions and AML expertise, strong analytical judgment, and collaboration with Compliance, Legal, Technology, and Operations to strengthen screening effectiveness and ensure risk-based decision making.