Vice President, Compliance & Control (AML Surveillance / Transaction Monitoring)

BNY Mellon

$125K — $150K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required
  • 5-7 years of relevant work experience preferred
  • Background in Financial Services, Audit, or Compliance
  • Expertise in financial crimes investigations involving digital assets and private wealth
  • ACAMS or CFE certification preferred

Responsibilities

  • Lead high-risk transaction investigations from start to finish
  • Leverage bank systems to identify suspicious activities
  • Analyze large datasets to uncover suspicious behavior
  • Conduct risk-based reviews of regulatory requirements
  • Support the firm's Global AML program with thorough investigations
  • Identify and escalate issues with defined governance procedures
  • Build effective relationships to facilitate team goals

Benefits

  • Highly competitive compensation and benefits packages
  • Access to flexible global resources for personal and professional growth
  • Focus on health and personal resilience programs
  • Generous paid leave, including volunteer time to support community engagement
  • Strong culture of excellence and pay-for-performance philosophy
Full Job Description
Job Description

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Vice President, Compliance & Control (VPR) to join our Financial Crimes Compliance ("FCC") team. This role is located in Pittsburgh, PA or Lake Mary, FL.

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
  • Lead complex, high-risk transaction-based investigations end-to-end (including multi-jurisdictional activity, nested relationships, and multi-product flows) and determine disposition with clear rationale and audit-ready documentation
  • Leverage bank systems/applications when searching for signs of suspicious activity and evaluating internal party or external party Anti-Money Laundering ("AML") risk
  • Use transactional data to spot patterns and tell the story-efficiently analyze large datasets to identify suspicious behavior, link related parties/activity, and surface actionable insights
  • Provide expertise in transaction monitoring and actively build experience by preparing risk-based reviews of both current and emerging regulatory requirements, addressing concerns and identifying control gaps
  • Conduct Level 2 transaction-based investigations and/or perform quality control reviews
  • Support the firm's Global Anti-Money Laundering program including providing thorough investigations for Suspicious Activity Report ("SAR") consideration.
  • Identify and escalate material issues using defined governance, with crisp problem statements and recommended actions
  • Contribute to the preparation of time sensitive reporting and appropriately escalate issues
  • Participate in projects and program activities that aim to strengthen compliance and improve the control environment
  • Build effective working relationships and communicate clearly with leadership and cross-functional partners to support team goals and investigative outcomes.
  • Assisting with audit/exams/testing requests
  • Contribute to the achievement of team objectives

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
  • Bachelors' degree or the equivalent combination of education and experience is required
  • 5-7 years of total work experience preferred. Financial Services, Audit or Compliance background and/or experience with financial services compliance and/or experience with the assigned products, services or business lines/areas and the pertaining laws, regulations and rules of relevant regulators preferred. Experience in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Transaction Monitoring desired
  • Subject matter expertise in financial crimes investigations involving digital assets, correspondent banking, institutional custody, and/or private wealth
  • ACAMS (Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists) or CFE (Certified Fraud Examiner) certification and intelligence work in the private or public sector, is preferred.


Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

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