Financial Crimes Training & Compliance Lead

Job Title: Financial Crimes Training & Compliance Lead
Location: El Monte, CA (preferred)
Additional Locations: Charlotte, NC | Minneapolis, MN | St. Louis, MO
Employment Type: Contract
Max Pay Rate: $74/hr

This role leads financial crimes training, compliance education, and governance deliverables for a large financial services organization. The consultant will own training needs analysis, course content management, completion tracking, and control responsibilities while supporting audits, exams, and regulatory engagements. This position requires deep financial crimes expertise combined with strong stakeholder leadership and program execution skills.

• Lead financial crimes training needs analysis and annual compliance education planning

• Create, manage, and approve financial crimes course content and learning materials

• Monitor training completion and ensure timely, accurate delivery of all training requirements

• Perform secondary review of training assignment templates and learning artifacts

• Act as control owner for RCSA related to financial crimes training

• Manage testing, audit, and regulatory exam engagements tied to training and education

• Maintain required compliance records in alignment with SEC books and records standards

• Lead stakeholder meetings and cross-functional coordination

• Manage the annual compliance skills survey and related follow-up activities

• Provide clear reporting and updates to leadership on training and compliance status

• 5+ years of experience in Financial Crimes, Compliance, Operational Risk, Fraud, Sanctions, Anti-Bribery, or Corruption

• Proven experience managing financial crimes training or compliance education programs

• Strong understanding of governance, controls, RCSA, audit, and exam support

• Excellent written, verbal, and stakeholder communication skills

• Ability to lead initiatives independently in complex, regulated environments