VP, Compliance Systems

Role Overview:

A global financial institution is hiring a senior Compliance Technology leader to oversee compliance data, monitoring systems, and regulatory technology initiatives. This role sits within Compliance and partners closely with Financial Crime, Technology, and senior leadership.

You will lead a small team while managing both strategic projects and daily compliance technology operations across AML, KYC, and Sanctions frameworks.

Key Responsibilities:

• Produce compliance data analysis, metrics, and reporting for senior stakeholders and regulatory driven initiatives
• Partner with Compliance and Technology teams to deliver regulatory change and enhancement initiatives
• Identify, assess, and escalate compliance and operational risks tied to systems, data, and monitoring processes
• Support optimization and ongoing performance of transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and client due diligence platforms
• Lead and develop a Compliance Technology team, including oversight of workload prioritization and delivery
• Maintain strong data governance standards and oversight of compliance data controls and quality assurance
• Support transaction monitoring rule testing, validation, and periodic tuning exercises
• Oversee compliance data extraction, transformation, and reconciliation processes
• Manage system lifecycle activities including requirements gathering, data mapping, UAT coordination, and implementation support

Qualifications:

• 10 years of Compliance, Financial Crime, or RegTech experience within financial services
• Strong AML, KYC, and Sanctions knowledge
• Experience with financial crime technology platforms (transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, client screening)
• Strong understanding of banking operations and payment flows
• Advanced Excel and SQL skills preferred
• Experience supporting compliance system implementations or regulatory change programs