Anti- Laundering Specialist

Job Title: AML/BSA Specialist – Payments Financial Crimes Operations

Location:
Minneapolis, MN (Hybrid – 3 days onsite, 2 days remote)

Duration: 6-Month Contract

Schedule:
Full-time (40 hours/week), flexible work hours between 7:00 AM and 5:00 PM CST

Pay Rate: $25–$30/hour on W2 (based on experience)

We are seeking an experienced AML/BSA Specialist to support Financial Crimes Operations within a payments environment. This role is responsible for reviewing customer and account records, researching and resolving compliance-related issues, maintaining accurate documentation, and ensuring adherence to regulatory and internal policy requirements.

The ideal candidate will have a strong background in AML, KYC, BSA, or Financial Crimes Operations, with experience handling compliance cases and working in a regulated financial services environment.

• Review customer and account records routed through compliance and operational queues.
• Research, investigate, and resolve customer and account-level data discrepancies.
• Perform remediation activities to ensure data accuracy and completeness.
• Analyze reporting data to identify and address compliance-related issues.
• Manage assigned cases through a case management system, ensuring timely resolution.
• Document findings, actions taken, and supporting evidence in accordance with established procedures.
• Partner with internal teams to resolve data quality issues and support compliance initiatives.
• Maintain adherence to regulatory requirements, internal controls, and company policies.
• Support ongoing financial crimes control activities and operational risk management.

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in AML, BSA, KYC, or Financial Crimes Operations.
• Experience supporting Payments Operations or Retail Banking environments.
• Proven experience reviewing and resolving customer or account-level data issues.
• Experience working within compliance workflows, operational queues, or case management systems.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and investigative skills.
• Excellent attention to detail with the ability to maintain accurate documentation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel.

• Experience with financial crimes compliance, risk management, or control testing.
• Previous experience within a banking or financial services organization.
• Familiarity with regulatory requirements related to AML, BSA, KYC, and financial crimes compliance.

If you have a strong compliance background and enjoy working in a detail-oriented, fast-paced financial services environment, we encourage you to apply.

Russell Tobin is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of the race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, reproductive health decision making, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Russell Tobin is a Fair Chance employer. We consider all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with applicable state and local Fair Chance laws and ordinances, including, the California Fair Chance Act and all applicable local Fair Chance ordinances.

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of this role, please contact us.

Under the San Francisco Lactation in the Workplace Ordinance, we will provide written notice of lactation accommodation rights, and this notice will automatically be given upon hiring, any inquiry of parental leave or lactation accommodation.