Assistant Vice President, Financial Crime Compliance

About the role

The Assistant Vice President, Financial Crime Compliance is the senior Financial Crime leader for a major business segment. The role is accountable for the effectiveness and maturation of the Financial Crime Compliance program across the segment's businesses and legal entities, sets the segment agenda, advises senior leadership on risk and regulatory priorities and leads the segment's Financial Crime transformation. It is a hybrid position based in Boston, MA.

Key responsibilities

• Advise senior leadership on Financial Crime risk, regulatory obligations, emerging threats and strategic priorities.
• Ensure material weaknesses are identified, prioritized and remediated, with clear ownership and transparent escalation.
• Set and drive the segment Financial Crime strategy aligned with the global Financial Crime framework and modernization agenda.
• Take part in Compliance and segment leadership forums so Financial Crime is embedded in business strategy and risk decisions.
• Build Financial Crime governance, including management information, key risk indicators and reporting to local risk, governance and Board-level committees; partner with the Global CAMLO Office on consistent measures.
• Lead remediation of data, governance and control weaknesses, working with Data, Technology, Risk and business teams toward the enterprise Data Risk standard.
• Define and implement the segment Financial Crime target operating model and lead its transformation agenda.
• Assess the capacity, capability and investment needed for the program and recommend resources, technology and remediation sequencing.
• Lead regulatory engagement, oversee examinations and inquiries, and represent segment requirements in enterprise governance forums.
• Build relationships across business, Compliance, Risk, Legal, Audit, Data and Technology, and build and lead a high-performing Financial Crime capability.
• Provide decision-oriented reporting and recommendations to senior management and governance committees.

Required profile

• Significant Financial Crime Compliance leadership experience in a large insurance, banking, wealth, asset management or diversified financial services organization.
• Demonstrated experience leading a material Financial Crime mandate across multiple businesses or legal entities, with accountability for senior stakeholder engagement, regulatory outcomes, transformation delivery and specialist team development.
• Experience advising senior executives, engaging regulators and presenting to governance and Board-level committees in highly regulated environments.
• Proven ability to set strategy and lead transformation across complex matrix organizations without direct reporting authority.
• Exceptional judgment, executive presence, communication and stakeholder influence.

Required skills

• Deep expertise across AML, sanctions, fraud, anti-bribery and corruption, and broader Financial Crime Compliance requirements.
• Strong understanding of Financial Crime governance, management information, data risk, control frameworks and regulatory remediation.
• Certifications such as CAMS, CFCS, CGSS, CFE, ICA or similar are an asset.