Business Partner, Compliance

This is a hybrid role reporting to our Itasca, IL office.

The NA Compliance Business Partner (US) acts as a compliance liaison and trusted advisor to the U.S. business, serving as an extension of the Compliance Office. This role ensures that financial crime, sanctions screening, and broader Compliance initiatives are effectively operationalized across U.S business units. The role serves as a key bridge between Compliance and U.S. business units, ensuring regulatory requirements are clearly understood, consistently applied, and continuously strengthened through proactive partnership, oversight, and risk‑based guidance.

This position is required to possess a comprehensive understanding of and adhere to the system of internal controls associated with the fundamental duties and responsibilities of the role. This includes compliance with SOX and all other pertinent regulatory and compliance policies and requirements. The incumbent must understand, abide and uphold the system of internal controls related to the essential duties and responsibilities of the position.

• Serves as the primary compliance liaison for the U.S. business and operational leaders, ensuring alignment between operational practices and regulatory requirements.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships across the U.S. functions to identify risks, share insights and promote a culture of compliance.
• Provide actionable feedback to the Compliance Office including policy enhancements, process improvements and regulatory and parent company expectations.

• Lead operational implementation for financial crime related compliance processes within the U.S., including alert review, investigation, and escalation with internal policies.
• Support fraud risk management by assisting in an incident reporting process, educating teams and ensuring proper documentation and escalation of suspected or confirmed fraud.
• Conduct root cause analysis and coordinate post‑incident reviews to strengthen controls and prevent recurrence.
• Maintain oversight of financial crime monitoring activities including KYC/KYB, transaction monitoring and sanction screening controls.
• Ensure alignment with U.S. regulatory requirements (e.g., Privacy, OFAC, etc.) and corporate expectations.
• Prepare and deliver periodic Compliance reports summarizing financial crime and sanctions activity, key risks, trends, and process improvement opportunities.
• Support internal audits, regulatory examinations, and compliance issue remediation efforts.

• Manage and support U.S. focused compliance initiatives and projects in coordination with compliance SMEs and NA Compliance Business Partner (CAD).
• Track milestones, risks, and dependencies to ensure consistent and timely implementation across U.S. operations.

• Partner with business leaders to plan, coordinate and deliver AML, Fraud, and broader Compliance training across North American business units to enhance awareness and compliance competency.
• Promote an ethical and accountable Compliance culture through workshops, campaigns and communication initiatives.
• Drive U.S. adoption of enterprise compliance programs, tools, and frameworks.

• Quality/Accuracy (measures accuracy, work completeness and reliability of working product)
• Volume of work completed against targets (ability to handle workload and deliver assigned responsibilities)
• Adherence to turnaround times/responsiveness (measures timeliness of support & execution)
• Overall efficiency in managing processes (ability to manage work effectively and improve processes)
• Stakeholder service (partnership with business teams)
• Accountability & ownership (reliability & follow‑through)
• Risk identification & judgement (professional judgement and critical thinking)
• Continuous improvement (contribution beyond day‑to‑day execution)
• Teamwork & collaboration (contribution to team success)
• Communication (written & verbal effectiveness)
• Leadership, Responsibility & decision making (accountability for…