Senior Manager – BSA/AML & Sanctions Modeling and Analytics
Mercury
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: California • New York • United States
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Salary
💰 $215,100 - $298,800 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Build the modeling and analytics function and take ownership of model documentation, tuning, and partner with engineering for model development.
- Develop and execute the modeling and analytics roadmap supporting the company’s Financial Crimes Compliance program.
- Partner with senior Compliance, Product, and Data leaders to translate regulatory requirements into effective analytical frameworks.
- Champion analytical excellence, model governance, and innovation in AML and Sanctions detection approaches.
- Design, implement, and maintain statistical and machine learning models for transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, customer risk scoring, and alert optimization.
- Ensure models and rules have appropriate documentation in line with Mercury’s Model Risk Management framework, draft new documentation for existing models as needed.
- Evaluate and tune existing detection models and rules to reduce false positives while maintaining regulatory rigor.
- Develop data-driven methods to identify new typologies, emerging risks, and evolving financial crime trends.
- Partner with Model Risk Management to support validation and performance monitoring of models to ensure compliance with internal and regulatory standards.
Requirements
- 5-8 Years of experience leading modelling and analytics functions for financial crimes compliance.
- Ability to build and scale the function, including hiring, establishing norms, and delivering excellence along the roadmap
- Establish regular reporting for modelling and analytics
- Identify areas of opportunity to increase efficiency and precision of the transaction monitoring and sanctions screening program.
- Highlight and escalate deficiences in the program and develop a solutions oriented approach for executive leadership.
- Have the technical writing skills to translate code into plain english and vice versa.
Benefits
- base salary
- equity (stock options)
- benefits
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
statistical modelsmachine learningtransaction monitoringsanctions screeningcustomer risk scoringalert optimizationmodel documentationmodel tuningdata-driven methodsmodel validation
Soft Skills
leadershipanalytical excellencecommunicationproblem-solvingcollaborationreportinginnovationsolutions-oriented approachtechnical writingefficiency improvement