State Street

Head of Digital Financial Crimes Compliance – Managing Director

State Street

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Boston • Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Pennsylvania • 🇺🇸 United States

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Salary

💰 $170,000 - $282,500 per year

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • This role is responsible for the oversight, design and delivery of integrated systems and controls relating to digital assets for our firm
  • Identify and explore opportunities for transformation and capacity creation that drive productivity and operational effectiveness while remaining compliant with Know Your Customer, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and Travel Rule compliance solutions as they relate to public/non-public blockchains and digital assets
  • Lead the Digital Assets AML strategy and present it in regulatory and audit contexts
  • Coordinate the firm’s overall strategy into the financial crimes compliance function and various systems through data management and solution design to enhance Compliance operations and analytics
  • Develop strategies that support AML Compliance using AI, automation, and analytics
  • Act as the product owner and subject matter expert to ensure state-of-the-art transaction monitoring and sanctions models, methods, and features required to support digital asset products and seamlessly integrate among other AML functions
  • Analyze risks, oversee the documentation, monitoring, and performance reporting on Digital Asset controls and models to key stakeholders
  • Evaluate and leverage leading and cutting-edge technology tools, including POCs and lead the testing of software efficacy by applying your AML experience with digital assets and risk technology areas to State Street’s Digital Asset products and services
  • Collaborate with other State Street stakeholders regarding the AML and sanctions program as required, including policy, risk assessment, digital asset management, and global delivery teams

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree, Masters Degree or Juris Doctorate degrees with in a quantitative discipline, such as Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Finance or related field, advanced law degree preferred
  • 15+ years of compliance experience with responsibilities including sanctions screening, suspicious activity monitoring, data management, data forensics, data governance, data modeling or data analysis
  • 10+ years of financial crimes compliance experience at a large bank or a Virtual Asset Service Provider with responsibilities including sanctions screening, suspicious activity monitoring, KYC, and/or Travel Rule compliance
  • Proven leader of financial crime teams operating globally, inclusive of talent identification, development and retention in an environment of strong collaboration across multiple jurisdictions
  • Direct experience working with blockchain analytics vendors and tools
  • Strong abilities in analytical thinking, problem solving, research, time management, and verbal and written communication
  • Capable of producing high quality and/or final work product and solutions under strict regulatory or management deadlines
  • Ability to take ownership and initiative, to negotiate, influence and build consensus and successfully navigate within a demanding and international environment of a leading global financial institution.
Benefits
  • our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
  • insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
  • paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
  • access to our Employee Assistance Program
  • incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans)
  • eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
AML Compliancesanctions screeningtransaction monitoringdata managementdata forensicsdata governancedata modelingdata analysisblockchain analyticsAI automation
Soft skills
analytical thinkingproblem solvingresearchtime managementverbal communicationwritten communicationleadershipcollaborationnegotiationinfluence
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeMaster's degreeJuris Doctorate