Independently tests BSA/AML, KYC, OFAC, and transaction monitoring controls, rates findings with regulator-ready evidence, analyzes data, and prepares the organization for exams and audits.
Consultant - Compliance Quality Assurance
📜 Description
- Test the timeliness, completeness, and accuracy of financial crime compliance controls.
- Review standard operating procedures against policy requirements.
- Prepare terms of reference and select samples using approved QA methodologies.
- Present observations to senior stakeholders and discuss factual accuracy.
- Track issues through timely remediation.
- Maintain QA documentation and AML/CFT records for audits and reviews.
🛠️ Requirements
- Minimum 3+ years of financial crime, Compliance, Audit or QA experience
- Experience with transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, KYC/EDD, and suspicious activity reporting.
- Excellent stakeholder management and regulatory engagement experience.
- Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to automate manual processes in a controlled environment.
- Familiarity with AML transaction monitoring, CDD and Screening systems and experience managing regulatory examinations and remediation programmes.
✨ Benefits
- Medical coverage
- 24/7 employee assistance program
- Generous vacation programs, including a year-end shutdown
- Role-specific training and internal workshops
- Learning stipend
- Performance bonuses
- Equity for specific roles
- Company-wide social events, team bonding activities, happy hours, and team offsites
Full job description
Key Responsibilities:
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Operational effectiveness testing – reviewing the timeliness, completeness and accuracy of Financial Crime Compliance Controls
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Design effectiveness testing – review Standard Operating Procedures and assess against policy requirements
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Planning – Complete Terms of Reference templates and deduce samples using approved sampling methodology for QA reviews
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Reporting – present observations to senior stakeholders for factual accuracy discussions
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Issue management – ensure all issues are remediated in a timely manner
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Record-Keeping & Audit Readiness - ensure that thorough documentation of QA processes and results is maintained. Verify that all compliance documentation, records of AML/CFT activities, decisions, and reports, are properly kept and readily accessible for internal or external review and audits.
Requirements :
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Minimum 3+ years of financial crime, Compliance, Audit or QA experience
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Experience with transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, KYC/EDD, and suspicious activity reporting.
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Excellent stakeholder management and regulatory engagement experience.
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Strong analytical, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
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Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
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Experience using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to automate manual processes in a controlled environment.
- Familiarity with AML transaction monitoring, CDD and Screening systems and experience managing regulatory examinations and remediation programmes.
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