Associate Director, Global Financial Crimes Compliance Enterprise Threat Mitigation
$100,909–$180,107 year
On-siteNew York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Serve as a senior point of escalation for transaction screening alerts involving clients, vendors, event attendees, and third parties, applying sanctions, AML, anti-bribery, and due diligence expertise to resolve complex cases. Oversee the review and disposition of screening alerts generated through automated and manual processes, ensuring decisions are well-documented and aligned with regulatory requirements. Evaluate potential risks including sanctions, AML, PEP, and adverse media, while supporting the optimization of screening controls and escalation criteria to reduce false positives. Conduct Second Line of Defense reviews of transaction screening frameworks to identify control gaps and enhance policies related to financial crimes compliance. Partner with technology, legal, and business stakeholders to improve screening systems and monitor emerging risks impacting S&P Global's products and services. Track screening trends and performance metrics to support program oversight and deliver targeted training on escalation standards and risk indicators.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of Compliance experience in Financial Services or a Brokerage Firm
- demonstrated experience operating within a financial crimes compliance, sanctions, AML, or enterprise risk management function
- 5+ years of demonstrated Sanctions and Transaction Screening experience
- experience reviewing, investigating, and resolving screening alerts involving clients, vendors, counterparties, transactions, third parties, or other relevant entities
- Strong understanding of sanctions laws, regulations, and screening expectations
- experience assessing potential matches, false positives, ownership and control considerations, geographic risk, and escalation requirements
- Familiarity with broader Financial Crimes Compliance areas, including AML, anti-bribery and corruption, customer and third-party due diligence, adverse media, monitoring, tracking, and advising on compliance issues
- Experience with Financial Crimes Compliance systems and tools, including screening platforms, case management systems, workflow tools, and reporting or analytics used to monitor alert volumes, trends, and escalation activity
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
- ability to partner effectively with Compliance, Legal, Technology, Operations, and business stakeholders
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- ability to clearly document alert decisions
- ability to explain complex regulatory issues
- ability to provide practical guidance
- ability to present to stakeholders or governance forums
- Self-motivated, organized, and able to work well under pressure
- ability to prioritize competing tasks
- ability to manage high-volume alert activity
- ability to support time-sensitive escalations
- Forward-thinking approach to technology and automation
- proven experience using AI, automation, data analytics, or modern workflow tools to reduce manual effort, improve screening accuracy, enhance audit trails, and streamline compliance operations
- indefinite right to work in the United States
Desired Qualifications
- ICACertification
- ACAMS certification
- ACSCA certification
- other industry related sanctions certification
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