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Financial Crimes Compliance Strategist

New York, NY (HQ)💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-21 → 2026-09-27

Core

Lead comprehensive investigations of escalated transaction-monitoring alerts and internal referrals to execute Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and sanctions compliance programs for a fintech platform processing billions in spend.

Role type

Senior IC Financial Crimes Compliance Strategist (AML/Sanctions)

Builds

Scalable investigation workflows, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities for financial crimes compliance

Domain

Fintech / Financial Crimes Compliance (AML, Sanctions, PEPs)

Deliverable

production ML models | dashboards & analysis | client delivery

Required skills

AML/BSA investigations, SAR/UAR drafting, risk-based judgment, process improvement, AI workflow design, fintech domain knowledge

Preferred skills

ACAMS certification, bank/partner diligence experience, automation in regulated environments

Technologies

AI-assisted workflows, transaction monitoring systems

Responsibilities

Conduct comprehensive investigations of escalated alerts and internal referrals; Draft and file SARs and partner reports; Recommend account actions or restrictions; Perform secondary and peer reviews of investigations; Drive improvements to investigation workflows, procedures, and tooling; Partner with Product, Engineering, and Data to build scalable compliance capabilities

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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