Vice President, Auditor, Global Financial Crimes and Compliance

Vice President, Auditor, Global Financial Crimes and Compliance (GFC&C)

We are seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Auditor, Global Financial Crimes and Compliance (GFC&C) to join our Internal Audit team. This role is in either New York, NY or Lake Mary, FL.

• Lead global FCC program initiatives, including policy, standards, control design, and operating effectiveness.
• Drive end-to-end program leadership for surveillance enhancements: coverage and risk assessments, scenario design and tuning, lexicon/model calibration, threshold governance, QA frameworks, metric/KRI design, alert quality improvements, and sustainable remediation.
• Oversee second line testing, continuous monitoring, and issue validation for surveillance controls; identify meaningful issues impacting business processes and challenge remediation plans to verify closure.
• Partner with technology and model owners on surveillance platform governance (use-cases, data lineage/quality, thresholds, model risk considerations, periodic calibration, back-testing, and documentation).
• Enhance reporting to compliance leadership and governance committees: KRIs/KCIs, thematic insights, root‑cause analysis, and trend reporting for surveillance and GFC&C programs.
• Contribute to the annual compliance plan, resource prioritization, and transformation roadmap across AML, Sanctions, Fraud, Anti‑Bribery, and Surveillance.
• Maintain up‑to‑date knowledge of industry best practices and evolving supervisory expectations, cascade training and guidance across regions and teams.
• Carry out other ad hoc tasks and projects as directed by compliance senior management.

• 7-10 years in banking/financial services, leading risk‑based audits, thematic reviews, and global remediation programs across the U.S. and Europe; proven ability to embed data‑driven testing and AI‑assisted controls to strengthen assurance, coverage, and issue validation.
• Audit and compliance experience across Financial Crime (AML, Anti‑Bribery & Corruption, Fraud) with a focus on assessing surveillance systems.
• Cross‑border execution in EMEA and U.S., including aligning audit plans and compliance controls to regional regulatory expectations; adept at harmonizing analytics use cases, data protection requirements, and AI documentation standards to support defendable audit findings and regulatory interactions.
• Regulatory knowledge: U.S. frameworks (BSA, USA PATRIOT Act, FCA, OFAC, SEC/FINRA rules, FRB, OCC/CFPB, NFA/CFTC).
• Practical expertise in surveillance and control testing: AML and economic sanctions scenario development, model calibration and threshold governance, alert QA, false positive reduction, coverage mapping, data quality controls, audit readiness documentation, and runbook management; complemented by audit validation of models (feature engineering reviews, drift monitoring, performance thresholds, and explainability testing).
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Strong knowledge at translating complex analytics/AI outcomes into clear, risk‑based audit narratives, issue papers, and management action plans with measurable control improvements.
• Deep understanding of governance, risk, and control frameworks across the three lines of defense; hands‑on experience with audit methodologies, continuous monitoring, and issue validation‑integrating analytics/AI controls (data lineage, model inventory and approvals, human‑in‑the‑loop oversight, and ongoing performance monitoring) to enhance assurance quality.
• Self‑starter with a high degree of ownership; thrives in fast‑paced environments; experienced in accelerating analytics adoption within audit/compliance through targeted pilots, agile delivery, and disciplined benefits tracking tied to reduced residual risk and improved control effectiveness.
• Excellent planning, coordination, organization, and presentation skills; skilled at building audit analytics roadmaps, prioritizing high‑risk areas, and delivering executive dashboards that clarify findings, control gaps, and remediation progress.
• Tools and skills:
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