Vice President, AML Investigator

BNY Mellon seeks a Vice President, AML Investigator - Digital Assets to lead complex financial crime investigations across crypto and emerging digital products. You will analyze high-risk transactions, uncover suspicious patterns, and prepare clear, defensible reports and SAR recommendations that meet stringent regulatory expectations. Partner with compliance, risk, and product teams to refine controls, harness data and analytics, and shape best practices as regulations evolve.

This role offers exposure to global markets, innovative digital solutions, and career growth within a culture of integrity and inclusion.

Responsibilities

• Lead AML investigations focused on digital asset activities, assessing complex transaction patterns and counter parties for potential financial crime risk.
• Oversee end-to-end case lifecycle, from alert triage and research through documentation, escalation, and closure in line with BNY and regulatory standards.
• Collaborate with compliance, risk, trading, and technology teams to strengthen controls around crypto and other digital asset products.
• Produce clear investigative reports and SAR recommendations that meet regulatory expectations and internal quality benchmarks.
• Monitor evolving regulatory guidance on digital assets and translate requirements into investigative practices and control enhancements.
• Use data and analytics tools to identify emerging typologies, trends, and red flags in digital asset markets.
• Provide guidance, training, and quality review for junior investigators, promoting best practices and consistency globally.
• Support internal and external audits, regulatory inquiries, and examinations related to AML and digital asset compliance.
• Recommend process and technology improvements to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of AML monitoring for digital assets.
• Promote a strong risk culture aligned with BNY's standards for integrity, client focus, and responsible innovation.

Required Skills

• Anti-Money Laundering (AML) investigations
• Digital asset / cryptocurrency risk analysis
• BSA/AML and global financial crime regulations
• Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) drafting
• Transaction monitoring systems (e.g., Actimize, Mantas)
• Blockchain analytics tools (e.g., Chainalysis, TRM Labs)
• KYC/CDD/EDD practices
• Data analysis and investigative research
• Regulatory exam and audit support
• Written investigative reporting