Threat Identification & Liaison Manager – High Risk Customer Type

Jobtailor; New Jersey; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in New Jersey is seeking a senior Financial Crimes / Compliance professional to lead identification and mitigation of emerging threats, collaborate with law enforcement and regulators, and translate intelligence into actionable recommendations for senior leadership.

The role requires 7+ years in global financial crimes or related risk disciplines, strong AML knowledge, and excellent communication with executives and external partners. Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint is expected.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in Global Financial Crimes, Compliance, Operational Risk, or related risk management disciplines.
• Knowledge of anti-money laundering (AML) legislation, financial crime typologies, and regulatory expectations related to fraud, economic sanctions, and illicit finance risks.
• Experience identifying, assessing, and mitigating financial crime risks through threat detection, monitoring, and investigative practices.
• Experience building and leveraging relationships with law enforcement, regulatory, and industry partners.
• Ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior leaders, government agencies, law enforcement partners, and external stakeholders.
• Proven technical ability to analyze complex data and financial services products and services, identify trends and insights, and communicate recommendations clearly in writing.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and PowerPoint.

Responsibilities

• Conduct identification and assessment of emerging financial crime threats and typologies impacting high-risk customer types and recommend risk mitigation priorities
• Maintain relationships with law enforcement, regulatory agencies, and industry organizations to support intelligence sharing, public-private collaboration, and threat awareness
• Translate internal and external intelligence into threat assessments, targeted risk analyses, and actionable recommendations for senior leadership
• Advise FLU/CF compliance and operational risk officers
• Prepare materials for governance routines on significant financial crime threats, regulatory developments, and customer risk assessment
• Support enhancements to financial crime prevention, detection, monitoring, and surveillance capabilities
• Partner with business, risk, and investigations teams
• Execute financial crime risk governance activities, including reporting, issue identification, remediation tracking, and escalation of significant risks and concerns
• Review and challenge risk management frameworks, controls, assessments, and coverage strategies
• Monitor regulatory, industry, legislative, political, and litigation developments to identify and mitigate emerging risks
• Document and communicate threats and trends to senior leaders and impacted stakeholders

Skills

Threat analysis

Data analytics

Regulatory communication

Stakeholder influence

Critical thinking

Problem solving

Communication with leadership

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Job description

• Conduct identification and assessment of emerging financial crime threats and typologies impacting high-risk customer types and recommend risk mitigation priorities
• Maintain relationships with law enforcement, regulatory agencies, and industry organizations to support intelligence sharing, public-private collaboration, and threat awareness
• Translate internal and external intelligence into threat assessments, targeted risk analyses, and actionable recommendations for senior leadership
• Advise FLU/CF compliance and operational risk officers
• Prepare materials for governance routines on significant financial crime threats, regulatory developments, and customer risk assessment
• Support enhancements to financial crime prevention, detection, monitoring, and surveillance capabilities
• Partner with business, risk, and investigations teams
• Execute financial crime risk governance activities, including reporting, issue identification, remediation tracking, and escalation of significant risks and concerns
• Review and challenge risk management frameworks, controls, assessments, and coverage strategies
• Monitor regulatory, industry, legislative, political, and litigation developments to identify and mitigate emerging risks
• Document and communicate threats and trends to senior leaders and impacted stakeholders

Requirements

• 7+ years of relevant experience in Global Financial Crimes, Compliance, Operational Risk, or related risk management disciplines
• Knowledge of anti-money laundering (AML) and related AML legislation, financial crime typologies, and regulatory expectations related to fraud, economic sanctions, and illicit finance risks
• Experience identifying, assessing, and mitigating financial crime risks through threat detection, monitoring, and investigative practices
• Experience building and leveraging relationships with law enforcement, regulatory, and industry partners
• Ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior leaders, government agencies, law enforcement partners, and external stakeholders
• Proven technical ability to analyze complex data and financial services products and services, identify trends and insights, and communicate recommendations clearly in writing
• Strong critical-thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel and PowerPoint
• Experience leveraging data analytics and emerging technologies to support risk management objectives

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in Global Financial Crimes and Compliance, with a strong focus on anti-money laundering (AML) legislation and financial crime risk mitigation. Capable of analyzing complex data, building relationships with law enforcement and regulatory agencies, and effectively communicating actionable insights to senior leadership.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Global Financial Crimes Experience
• Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Knowledge
• Financial Crime Risk Mitigation
• Data Analytics Proficiency
• Relationship Management with Law Enforcement

Hard Skills

• Financial Crime Risk Assessment
• Threat Detection
• Regulatory Compliance
• Data Analysis
• Risk Management Frameworks

Soft Skills

• Critical Thinking
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Effective Communication
• Influencing Skills

Industry Keywords

• Financial Crime Typologies
• Fraud Risk
• Economic Sanctions
• Illicit Finance Risks
• Governance Routines

Tools & Technologies

• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint