Associate Director, Transaction Monitoring
Core
Own global second-line Transaction Monitoring strategy, governance, and oversight of 1LOD teams to ensure high-quality suspicious activity detection and reporting.
Role type
Associate Director, Transaction Monitoring (Second Line of Defense)
Builds
Global financial crime controls, regulatory reporting (SAR/STR), and AI-driven anomaly detection systems
Domain
Financial Crime / AML / Transaction Monitoring / Fintech
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
AML and financial crime expertise, 2LOD oversight framework design, SQL and data analytics, AI/ML tool evaluation, global regulatory knowledge (FCA, FinCEN, MAS, HKMA, AUSTRAC), regulatory examination management
Preferred skills
Quantitative, technical, data, or legal degree; experience with high-volume cross-border payments, corporate banking, or FX platforms; partnership with Model Risk Management and Data Science teams
Technologies
SQL, AI/ML tools, graph analytics, automated dispositioning models
Responsibilities
Set governance and policy standards for global Transaction Monitoring; drive independent challenge of 1LOD teams; oversee regional SAR/STR reporting and complex investigations; collaborate on rule lifecycle governance; lead evolution to AI-driven monitoring; resolve complex financial crime escalations; validate model effectiveness; represent the program in regulatory examinations
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities