Senior Financial Crimes Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Arizona, +5 more states.

📋 Description

• Assist in the execution, consistency, and ongoing enhancement of the 2LoD Financial Crimes quality assurance program across BSA/AML, Sanctions, and Fraud.

• Conduct quality assessments of analyst outputs to ensure consistency and compliance with QA standards and procedures.

• Offer coaching, technical support, and hands-on training to QA Analysts.

• Facilitate calibration activities and ensure uniformity in QA review results.

• Analyze deficiencies, observations, and issues for their appropriateness, completeness, and severity.

• Confirm issue remediation and evaluate closure documentation.

• Assist with QA reporting, metrics, and updates for management.

• Execute complex and high-risk QA evaluations of 2LoD Financial Crimes processes.

• Assess accuracy, completeness, risk-based judgments, internal standards, and regulatory compliance.

• Review the quality of 2LoD oversight, including issue identification, escalation, and resolution.

• Detect and escalate recurring issues, trends, potential control weaknesses, and root causes.

• Contribute to QA methodologies, test scripts, defect taxonomies, and scoring frameworks.

• Distinguish between 1LoD execution errors and 2LoD oversight deficiencies.

• Pinpoint opportunities to standardize oversight practices, enhance documentation and governance, and utilize data analytics to uncover anomalies or inconsistencies.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Risk Management, or a related discipline.

• 5-8+ years of progressively responsible experience in Financial Crimes (AML, Sanctions, Fraud).

• Direct experience in 2LoD Compliance / Financial Crimes oversight or Quality Assurance / Testing of Financial Crimes functions.

• Comprehensive knowledge of BSA/AML and sanctions regulatory requirements.

• In-depth understanding of 2LoD roles and responsibilities within a three lines of defense framework.

• Strong familiarity with financial crime risk management frameworks and governance practices.

• Experience in reviewing complex financial crime cases and providing oversight or challenge.

• Proven experience in overseeing and reviewing the work products of others.

• Excellent analytical and judgment capabilities.

• CAMS, CFE, CRCM, or an equivalent AML certification is preferred.

• Experience in Transaction Monitoring, Suspicious Activity Investigations, CDD/EDD, or Sanctions compliance is preferred.

• Familiarity with leveraging data analytics or reporting tools in QA is preferred.

• Strong sense of independence and professional skepticism.

• Ability to evaluate the quality of judgment and oversight.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Capability to influence and challenge peers in Compliance.

• Meticulous attention to detail with a focus on consistency and governance.

• Proficient in providing effective review, feedback, and guidance.

• Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Annual performance-based incentive opportunity.

• Health insurance.

• 401(k) retirement benefits.

• Life insurance.

• Disability benefits.

• Paid time off.

• Comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees.

• Reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act and certain state or local laws, where applicable.