Director US AML Risk Management

Application Deadline:

11/13/2025

Address:

320 S Canal Street

Job Family Group:

Audit, Risk & Compliance

If you’re looking for your next dream job, consider this one in BMO’s Enterprise Risk Group where every colleague helps protect and grow the bank by providing independent review and oversight of enterprise-wide risks, working together to maintain a risk management framework and fostering a strong risk culture.  #ERPMDreamJobs

This role is about governance, risk oversight, and strategic alignment across the enterprise.

You’ll be at the forefront of designing and implementing AML risk frameworks and methodologies, guiding the business in updating procedures, and driving alignment across all three lines of defense in both the US and Canada. This is a relationship-heavy, influence-driven role where your ability to manage stakeholders, navigate complex organizational dynamics, and lead large risk forums will be key to success.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the development and execution of AML risk management strategies and frameworks.

• Provide oversight and guidance on AML governance and risk practices across business units.

• Collaborate with senior leaders and stakeholders across 1LOD, 2LOD, and 3LOD to ensure alignment and best practices.

• Represent the AML Risk team in high-level risk meetings and regulatory discussions.

• Manage and mentor a team of professionals, fostering a culture of accountability and excellence.

• Drive continuous improvement in AML risk methodologies and business procedures.

• Influence and navigate internal politics to build consensus and drive change.

What You Bring

• 10+ years of AML experience with a strong foundation in risk management.

• Proven leadership experience managing teams and presenting at senior levels.

• Deep understanding of AML frameworks, governance structures, and regulatory expectations.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to delegate and represent your team effectively.

• Strategic mindset with the ability to balance detail orientation and big-picture thinking.

This role offers the opportunity to shape how AML risk enables growth, helping the bank expand responsibly and sustainably over the next five years. You’ll be part of a team that’s not operationally driven, but focused on strategic risk leadership, making a real impact on the bank’s future.

Provides oversight, monitoring and reporting on financial crime risks for a designated portfolio. Develops and monitors risk management framework that includes the governance framework & practices leveraged across BMO to manage financial crime risks. Provides policies & standards, methodologies and controls that increase transparency, accuracy and consistency across groups. Works with stakeholders to implement the methodology, metrics and program standards for the assigned portfolio to ensure compliance as well as effective monitoring, timely reporting and identification of action plans.

• Fosters a culture aligned to BMO purpose, values and strategy and role models BMO values and behaviours in all that they do.

• Ensures alignment between values and behaviour that fosters diversity and inclusion.

• Regularly connects work to BMO's purpose, sets inspirational goals, defines clear expected outcomes, and ensures clear accountability for follow through.

• Builds interdependent teams that collaborate across functional and operating groups to create the highest value for all stakeholders.

• Attracts, retains, and enables the career development of top talent.

• Improves team performance, recognizes and rewards performance, coaches employees, supports their development, and manages poor performance.

• Acts as a trusted advisor to senior leaders for making business decisions and implementing strategic initiatives.

• Develops an expert understanding of business/group challenges.

• Networks with industry contacts to gather competitive insights and best practices.

• Recommends measures to improve organizational effectiveness.

• May consult to or serve on various committees and task forces.

• Interprets new regulations and assesses impacts to the governance framework.

• Influences and negotiates to achieve business objectives.

• Identifies emerging issues and trends to inform decision-making.

• Recommends business priorities, advises on resource requirements and develops roadmap for strategic execution.

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