VP, Financial Crimes

At Telhio, we believe proud, valued employees create proud, valued members.

We are committed to developing a pathway of growth for our employees that provides the opportunity for a career—not just a job—where you can develop your skills and be promoted from within, whether working full or part-time!

Our mission is to serve our members' financial needs to create a stronger community. Join our team and you will not only find the pathway of growth you may be looking for, but you'll be helping to make our Ohio communities better and stronger, too.

Working for Telhio has its benefits.

• Immediate vesting eligibility with company-matched 401K
• Competitive paid time off benefits
• Generous number of paid holidays
• Employer paid group disability and group life insurance, plus an AD&DD policy
• Incentives for meeting Health & Wellness goals
• Employee-only benefits on checking accounts and loans
• Opportunities for career advancement, and more!

Location: 330 Rush Alley

suite 500

Columbus, OH

Job :1035

# of Openings:1

Formed in 1934, Telhio began as a credit union for Columbus Telephone Company (now AT&T) employees. Telhio now serves over 70,000 member-owners throughout central and southwest Ohio. As one of the largest credit unions in Ohio, Telhio is a strong financial institution that continues to serve its members through extraordinary service, innovative financial solutions and community involvement. After generations of service and growth, we never lose focus of our three core values - Caring, Commitment, and Integrity.

Summary:

The Vice President, Financial Crimes (AML & Fraud) provides enterprise leadership for the Credit Union’s financial crimes risk program across BSA/AML, OFAC/sanctions, and fraud risk management. This role designs and executes a risk-based strategy to prevent, detect, investigate, and report suspicious activity; ensures compliance with applicable laws and regulations; and strengthens member and operational protections against fraud and financial crime. As the designated BSA/AML and OFAC Officer, this leader serves as the primary point of accountability for the Credit Union’s AML/OFAC program governance, regulatory readiness, examination management, and board reporting.

The role partners closely with Fraud Operations, Security, IT, Digital Banking, Member Services, Lending, and Legal/Compliance functions to drive effective controls, analytics, training, and continuous improvement. As the designated Fraud Officer, this role is accountable for the enterprise fraud risk management framework, including fraud strategy, governance, detection, investigations oversight, and loss mitigation across all products, channels, and payment rails. The Fraud Officer provides executive leadership and independent challenge to ensure fraud risks are identified, assessed, and managed consistent with the Credit Union’s risk appetite, regulatory expectations, and member‑first principles.

This designation includes ownership of fraud risk reporting, escalation of material fraud issues, and regular communication to executive leadership and the Board on fraud trends, losses, control effectiveness, and emerging threats.

• Own and execute the Credit Union’s enterprise financial crimes strategy across BSA/AML, OFAC, and fraud, aligned to the organization’s risk appetite and strategic objectives.
• Establish and maintain the financial crimes governance framework, including policies, standards, procedures, risk assessments, and control monitoring.
• Define and monitor KPIs/KRIs, trend analysis, and program performance metrics; drive continuous improvement and control effectiveness.
• Anticipate and respond to emerging financial crime threats (e.g., synthetic identity, account takeover, mule activity, payment scams, crypto‑related risks) and ensure controls evolve accordingly.

• Serve as the designated BSA/AML and OFAC Officer, accountable for overall program effectiveness, independence, and regulatory compliance.
• Direct the enterprise BSA/AML risk assessment, including customer/member risk segmentation, product and…