Senior Manager, Sanctions Escalations

Work Location:

Mount Laurel, New Jersey, United States of America

Hours:

40

Pay Details:

$110,760 - $178,880 USD

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Line of Business:

Financial Crime Risk Management

Job Description:

The Senior Manager, Financial Crime Risk Oversight oversees the team and leads 2nd-line oversight activities and monitoring of the AML/ATF/Sanctions/ABAC compliance programs for covered TD businesses and legal entities, including managing critical program initiatives and handling complex/high-risk matters and escalations.

Depth & Scope:

• Provides people management leadership by hiring the best talent, setting goals, developing staff, managing employee performance, supporting compensation decisions, promoting teamwork, and handling disciplinary actions, as required
• Supports the development of a high-performance business oversight team as a member of the Leadership team
• Oversees and leads a large and/or highly complex and diverse AML/ATF/Sanctions/ABAC function for an area of significant risk, complexity or scope while growing talent, developing skills and capabilities to achieve career goals, support project/initiative success and achieve business results
• Provides oversight to programs for an assigned portfolio of complex and dynamic TD businesses and legal entities
• Maintains highly specialized expertise and in-depth knowledge to manage AML/ATF/Sanctions/ABAC programs for multiple, significant complex businesses, functional areas and/or global business lines
• Provides coaching, mentorship and guidance to practitioners, business, executives within area of expertise
• Manages and oversees the overall discipline and strategy for the AML/ATF/Sanctions/ABAC area while aligning to the enterprise best practices
• Position typically deals with senior/executive management
• Key contact for business management, regulators, and external/internal auditors, dealing with a broad range of issues including non-routine information
• Focuses on longer-range planning for functional area (e.g., 12 months or greater)
• May manage and prioritize multiple projects at a given time
• Acts as highest point of team escalation for resolution and provides direction to resolve issues or escalate

Education & Experience:

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent work experience 
• 10+ years experience

Preferred Skills:

• Proven experience managing operations teams, including setting and evaluating performance metrics
• 5+ years of leadership and people management experience, preferably within financial services or compliance environments
• Strong background in sanctions compliance, regulatory expectations, and escalation processes
• Demonstrated ability to guide and provide oversight to teams on sanctions regulations
• Skilled in defining and driving operational efficiencies across cross-functional teams
• Proactive approach to building out action plans, process improvements, and procedural documentation
• Track record of identifying opportunities for change and executing with autonomy and accountability
• Experience working within a tiered operational model (e.g., Level 1 and Level 2 teams), with a focus on escalation decision-making
• Comfortable presenting to senior leadership and engaging with internal and external clien