FFB Bank

Financial Crime

• Serve as the subject matter expert on compliance and fraud related topics for the Bank’s ISO Sponsorship/Merchants Services, Payments, and Commercial Banking businesses.
• Responsible for researching, analyzing, developing, and monitoring new and existing operational procedures, ensuring compliance with key regulations, including the USA Patriot Act, Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), Anti Money Laundering (AML), Countering the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), and Office of Foreign Assets Control Regulations (OFAC).
• Identify, develop, and implement methods of maintaining compliance, and recommend changes to existing and proposed programs based upon analysis of changing state and federal laws and regulations.
• Contributes to process improvement by identifying inefficiencies and offering solutions within workflows.
• Drives team performance by setting clear goals, monitoring results, and implementing strategies to exceed targets.
• Supervises, coaches, and develops staff including conducting performance evaluations, taking corrective action and providing ongoing feedback and mentorship.
• Collaborates with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to support company initiatives and strategic objectives.
• Ensures compliance with all anti-money laundering regulations, including, but not limited to the USA Patriot Act, AML, CFT, KYC, and OFAC for the Bank’s ISO Merchant Services Program, as well as the Bank’s own internal ISO Payments Program.
• Researches, analyzes, develops, and monitors new and existing operational procedures, ensuring compliance with key regulations.
• Manages the daily/monthly/quarterly examinations of AML and Fraud procedures ensuring timely identification and effective management of all suspicious and fraudulent activities.
• Engages with regulatory authorities to support the Bank’s AML program governance and compliance.
• Maintains continual awareness and tracking of relevant regulatory developments and industry best practices in the areas of AML, CFT, and OFAC.

Director of AML/CFT