VP, Head of Monitoring and Screening Governance

KYC | Financial Crime Prevention Americas | VP, Head of Monitoring and Screening Governance | NYC About ING:
In Americas, ING’s Wholesale Banking division offers a broad range of innovative financial products and services to domestic and international corporate and institutional clients. When you come to work at ING, you’re joining a team where individuality isn’t just accepted, it’s encouraged. We’ve built a culture that’s fun, friendly and supportive – it’s the kind of place where you can be yourself and make the most of whatever you have to offer.

We give people the freedom to take risks, think differently, take ownership of their work, and make great things happen. We’re here to help you get ahead. And with our global network, there’s plenty of scope to take your career in new directions, perhaps even ones you’ve never considered. ING Americas follows a hybrid work model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility.

Hybrid work arrangements vary based on business area. Sound like the kind of place you’d feel at home?

The AML Governance Lead will serve as the U.S. First Line of Defense (1

LoD) owner for Transaction Monitoring, Name Screening, Transaction Screening, Negative News governance activities.

The role is responsible for ensuring that the U.S. monitoring and screening framework operates within regulatory expectations and is supported by regulator-ready documentation, governance, testing evidence, and risk assessments.

The individual will lead the U.S. Monitoring & Screening Control Board, coordinate governance across global and local stakeholders. This role will act as the primary liaison between business, compliance, operations, technology, and model owners.

ING provides banking services and complex financing solutions to companies globally. To provide a safe banking environment for society and our customers, ING must comply with global Anti-Money Laundering (AML) regulations and the Bank Secrecy Act in the United States. As such, we are actively fighting human trafficking, smuggling of drugs and weapons and do make sure international sanctions against countries and regimes are correctly executed within ING.

The Financial Crime Prevention (FCP) team in North America is offering a position in New York for a professional who enjoys working in an international banking environment. The FCP department coordinates all KYC related activities across different ING business sectors, both with external clients and internal stakeholders. The FCP team is crucial in the onboarding of new customers and plays a key role in managing the non-financial risk of the current client portfolio.

• Lead the U.S. Transaction Monitoring and Screening Control Board and associated governance forums.
• Oversee and maintain technical regulator-ready evidence architecture, including: AML/OFAC Program documentation U.S. centric Model and Filter Design Documentation (MDD/TMD/TSD) U.S. Procedures and Local Controls U.S. centric Data Management Documentation U.S. TM Coverage Assessments Remediation and governance evidence tracking.
• Coordinate U.S. and Global stakeholders to ensure clear accountability, decision rights, and governance records.
• Oversee remediation plans, issue management, action tracking, and regulatory commitments.
• Ensure end-to-end traceability between AML risks, controls, monitoring scenarios, screening filters, testing, and management reporting.
• Support regulatory examinations, internal audits, and independent reviews.
• Drive governance around data ownership, lineage, reconciliation, control testing, and investigative context requirements.
• Prepare executive reporting and management updates for senior governance committees.