Senior Director, Complex Investigations

Center 2 (19050), United States of America, McLean, Virginia

Senior Director, Complex Investigations

Capital One is a leading banking and technology company seeking to reimagine banking. One of our key risk management priorities is to continue to transform our AML and Sanctions program to enable rigorous, nimble, and sustainable AML and Sanctions risk management, delivered through partnership between the first, second, and third lines of defense, tailored to Capital One's products, services, risks, and capabilities.

The Anti-Money Laundering and Sanctions program is a core risk function within Capital One’s Corporate Compliance Department. This Group serves as a second line of defense and operates certain first line of defense controls for Capital One’s Lines of Business. Capital One has a highly motivated, mission-driven AML and Sanctions team focused on enabling rigorous, nimble, and sustainable risk management.

Capital One is seeking a leader to serve as the Head of its Complex Investigations team within its Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). We are seeking a results-oriented and forward leaning candidate with the experience, subject matter and transformational expertise, regulatory credibility, and proven operational effectiveness in a highly regulated environment to join a high-performing team and help lead it to pre-eminence.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the execution, evolution, and continuous improvement of Capital One’s enterprise-wide complex financial crimes investigations team. 

• Manage a diverse and geographically dispersed investigative team that investigates Capital One’s most complex financial crimes compliance cases, while driving high quality performance and process excellence.

• Build strong partnerships and collaborate with business, technology, analytics, and other stakeholders to reach optimal business and risk management outcomes in a dynamic and fast-moving environment. 

• Work and collaborate with AML’s Modeling Analytics and Data Insights team to obtain the data necessary for investigative activities. 

• Effectively liaise, engage, and communicate with AML advisory and business stakeholders when control gaps are identified and/or refer potential work to the appropriate stakeholders. 

• Serve as an active participant on the FIU Senior Leadership Team, helping to drive strategy, execution, as well as an open, transparent, diverse, and inclusive culture across Capital One’s FIU and the broader AML organization.

• Interact with credibility, when appropriate, with federal, state, and local government and law enforcement officials, peer financial institutions, relevant public-private partnerships, and trade associations. 

• Maintain knowledge of financial industry laws and regulations and provide regulatory expertise in consulting with a diverse group of business leaders. 

• Prepare and oversee the reporting of investigative results to senior management and the Board of Directors, as appropriate.

• Display a high degree of emotional intelligence, foster good team dynamics, respond effectively to address employee concerns, and maximize the potential of team members.

Competencies:

• Demonstrated ability to formulate a strategic vision for a risk management, compliance, audit, or regulatory organization while providing meaning, context, and motivation to execute the strategic priorities.

• Understand and embrace the power of technology, analytics, and automation to drive error-free execution. 

• Strong business judgment, analytical acumen, and the ability to evaluate complex, multi-dimensional situations, and risk characteristics and to formulate appropriate compliance recommendations and advice.

• Strong strategic planning and change management skills, including ability to plan, organize, and oversee the development and implementation of strategies to streamline operational processes and ensure the delivery of sustainable, effective, and efficient risk management services across the enterprise.  

• Proven capability to influence and build consensus among peers and senior leadership leveraging sound logic and analysis.

• Highly developed interpersonal, presentation, and communications skills (both verbal and written) in a diverse and inclusive work environment. 

• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization, as well as with external parties. 

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