GLOBAL COMPLIANCE

Our division prevents, detects and mitigates compliance, regulatory and reputational risk across the firm and helps to strengthen the firmulture of compliance. Compliance accomplishes these through the firmnterprise-wide compliance risk management program. As an independent control function and part of the firmecond line of defense, Compliance assesses the firmompliance, regulatory and reputational risk; monitors for compliance with new or amended laws, rules and regulations; designs and implements controls, policies, procedures and training; conducts independent testing; investigates, surveils and monitors for compliance risks and breaches; and leads the firmesponses to regulatory examinations, audits and inquiries. You'll be part of a team with members from a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds, such as law, accounting, sales, and trading. We look for those who possess sound judgment, curiosity, and are able to adapt to a changing regulatory landscape.

Financial Crime Compliance (as primary responsibility for the execution of the firmnterprise-wide Anti-Money Laundering (anti-bribery, and government sanctions compliance programs and, among other things, performs enhanced due diligence and government sanctions screening, as well as surveillance and investigations designed to identify potential terrorist financing, money laundering, bribery, market abuse, or other suspicious activity

RESPONSIBILITIES AND QUALIFICATIONS

Job Summary & Responsibilities

The Global Controls and Data Group is seeking an experienced vice president for a compliance role in our Digital Finance business with experience in unsecured consumer lending, including revolvers, installment loans, and credit cards. The vice president will be responsible for helping to manage and develop compliance projects and initiatives in the Digital Finance business and will be responsible for performing data analysis, liaising with compliance and business groups to determine system and surveillance requirements, and drafting technology specifications. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, the ability to collaborate with others, the ability to manage projects and processes, and the ability to multi-task. In this role, the vice president will work closely with compliance, operations, technology and business personnel, and would be expected to quickly gain an understanding of the Digital Finance business and the rules and regulations under which the firm operates.

Principal Responsibilities

• Supporting compliance personnel in capturing, analyzing, and documenting requirements and process flows, including drafting specification and business requirement documents
• Assisting in the development and implementation of surveillances, including transactional monitoring and detection scenarios and other FCC applications
• Developing and proposing recommendations to address identified issues/risks
• Acting as a data engineer; understanding trends in underlying data and advise on modeling methodologies to detect potential suspicious activity
• Defining and tracking project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan
• Working with cross-divisional partners, including technology, operations and business personnel through all aspects of strategic and tactical builds of critical compliance program elements
• Ensuring the completion of project documentation to meet regulatory/issue requirements

Basic Qualifications

• The role requires a degree (Bachelors/Masters) in a computational field (Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Engineering, or related quantitative disciplines)
• Preferably 5+ years working experience in an analytical or technical role in a Financial Crime unit
• Experience with handling large data sets; familiarity with data cleansing methodologies, and data transfer processes
• Proficiency with Excel and Access
• Proficiency with SQL and RDBMSs (preferably PostgreSQL or MySQL)
• Experience in unsecured consumer lending, including revolvers, installment loans, and credit cards
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to adapt in a fast-paced work environment; strong sense of urgency
• Ability to prioritize work flows and ensure deadlines are met
• Strong work ethic

Preferred Qualifications

• Programming skills (Alteryx, Matlab, R, Python, etc.)
• Client service experience (internal or external)
• Experience working as part of a global team

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