Senior Financial Crimes Audit Lead

Selby Jennings; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Selby Jennings is seeking an experienced Audit Manager to join its Internal Audit team, focusing on remediation and validation activities related to financial crimes compliance programs.

This role oversees validation reviews across AML, sanctions, due diligence, and transaction monitoring, and requires collaboration with audit leadership, risk partners and business stakeholders to ensure remediation effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• 7+ years of experience in Internal Audit, Regulatory Compliance, Financial Crimes, or Risk Management.
• Strong understanding of AML, BSA, sanctions and regulatory expectations.
• Experience evaluating remediation actions and regulatory findings.
• Ability to lead projects and influence stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead validation reviews for regulatory, audit and internal financial crimes issues.
• Assess design and effectiveness of remediation efforts and controls.
• Manage multiple validations with deadlines and regulatory commitments.
• Provide guidance to audit staff during validation activities.
• Develop testing strategies, document conclusions, and report results to leadership.
• Track remediation progress and identify risks affecting issue closure.
• Collaborate with compliance, risk and business teams on action plans.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Regulatory compliance knowledge

Financial crimes knowledge

Audit / risk management

Testing strategy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Issue tracking systems

Governance platforms

Job description

Selby Jennings is seeking an experienced Audit Manager to join its Internal Audit team, focusing on remediation and validation activities related to financial crimes compliance programs.

This role oversees validation reviews across AML, sanctions, due diligence, and transaction monitoring, and requires collaboration with audit leadership, risk partners and business stakeholders to ensure remediation effectiveness.