Director - Financial Crime, North America

Are you looking to make an immediate impact in a top global firm? Is working with regional and global leaders, leading a team and thinking outside the box part of your career trajectory? Then this new opportunity may be for you!

This role can be located in either NYC, Chicago or Minneapolis with the ability to work both in office and virtually.

At Aon, we shape decisions for the better to protect and enrich the lives of people around the world. As an organization, we are united through trust as one inclusive team, and we are passionate about helping our colleagues and clients succeed.

As the North America Director of Financial Crime, you are vital to Aon in achieving strategic objectives. You will partner with the North America Chief Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer in fulfilling the objective of supporting the business to achieve sustainable growth and innovation in North America.

Your priority will be to partner across the three lines of defense to strengthen and maintain a robust Financial Crime control environment across Aon North America. The Director will also be part of a global Financial Crime strategy group within Aon's Law and Compliance Department that manages the control environment. This role is responsible for implementing and overseeing comprehensive financial crime programs, including anti-money laundering, fraud prevention, sanctions compliance and anti-bribery and corruption initiatives.

The Director of Financial Crime will report into the Chief Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer of North America. This role will also be part of the NA Law and Compliance Leadership team to help manage all financial crime risks and drive compliance and risk management in accordance with Aon's Financial Crime global vision, mission and principles. You will have the following responsibilities:

• Provide management information, reporting and analysis of financial crime matters in the most impactful way to relevant Committees within Aon's enterprise risk management framework to ensure a demonstrably robust assessment of the control environment is provided to the Committees to facilitate effective oversight for financial crime risk.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for Aon's reputation by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations.
• Review, address, and raise significant issues and activities to the NA Chief Compliance Officer and the relevant Committees.
• Drive a consistent and broad approach to AML & ABC and wider Financial Crimes risk management across the region and in collaboration with the global Financial Crime strategy group to enable a consistent approach.
• Identify, monitor, report and resolve any financial crime related issues or gaps in the control framework.
• Respond to inquiries and requests from regulators.
• Conduct reviews of processes, procedures and training programs to ensure policy requirements are fit for purpose and have been implemented consistently, with appropriate supporting documentation.
• Lead and manage the financial crime team across North America.
• Collaborate with technology and operations teams to enhance and optimize reporting, monitoring and detection systems.
• Maintain current knowledge and understanding of new and changing AML & ABC requirements and continuously reassess the impact on Aon clients, products, and services.

• 10+ years' experience in financial crime risk frameworks, including proven success participating in a three lines of defense framework.
• 5+ years leading risk management functions within a large sophisticated financial/professional services organization.
• Leader in advising and managing on all financial crime matters (AML, ABC, Sanctions, Fraud Detection & Prevention and Market Abuse) for US corporations in the financial and professional services sector. This includes advising and monitoring client due diligence and KYC activities.
• Self-starting and entrepreneurial with the ability to multi-task and prioritize.
• Bachelors Degree in a related field or equivalent industry experience and Financial Crime certification (e.g., CAMS, CFE, CFCS). Law degree helpful.

In addition to our comprehensive benefits package, we encourage an inclusive workforce. Plus, our agile environment allows you to manage your wellbeing and work/life balance, ensuring you can be your best self thermore, all colleagues enjoy two "Global Wellbeing Days" each year, encouraging you to take time to focus on yourself. We offer a variety of working style solutions for our colleagues as well.

Our continuous learning culture inspires and equips you to learn, share and grow, helping you achieve your fullest potential. As a result, at Aon, you are more connected, more relevant, and more valued.

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