Head of Digital Financial Crimes Compliance, Managing Director

Who we are looking for:

This role is responsible for the oversight, design and delivery of integrated systems and controls relating to digital assets for our firm. The Head of Digital Financial Crimes Compliance within State Street’s Financial Crimes Compliance function will identify and explore opportunities for transformation and capacity creation that drive productivity and operational effectiveness while remaining compliant with Know Your Customer, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, and Travel Rule compliance solutions as they relate to public/non-public blockchains and digital assets.

The Managing Director is responsible for leading the Digital Assets AML strategy and presenting it in regulatory and audit contexts. This position involves coordinating the firm’s overall strategy into the financial crimes compliance function and various systems through data management and solution design to enhance Compliance operations and analytics. Responsibilities include developing strategies that support AML Compliance using AI, automation, and analytics.

You will act as the product owner and subject matter expert to ensure state-of-the-art transaction monitoring and sanctions models, methods, and features required to support digital asset products and seamlessly integrate among other AML functions. You will analyze risks, oversee the documentation, monitoring, and performance reporting on Digital Asset controls and models to key stakeholders. While acting as leader, you will also evaluate and leverage leading and cutting-edge technology tools, including POCs and lead the testing of software efficacy by applying your AML experience with digital assets and risk technology areas to State Street’s Digital Asset products and services.

We ask that you collaborate with other State Street stakeholders regarding the AML and sanctions program as required, including policy, risk assessment, digital asset management, and global delivery teams.

Ensuring and leading robust interaction with industry, law enforcement and regulatory entities on behalf of the company.

You will be responsible to ensure Financial Crimes Compliance partners with business units, data stewards, and IT teams for a better understanding of the customer journey across multiple lines of business.  You will support the ongoing operational success of the bank while meeting Financial Crimes Compliance requirements.

This role can be performed in a hybrid model, where you can balance work from home and office to match your needs and role requirements. Our standard hybrid model is 4 days on site and 1 day remote. Preferred location is Boston or Quincy, MA. We will consider applicants from: Stamford, CT; Princeton and Clifton, NJ; and Berwyn, PA;

Why this role is important to us

The team you will be joining plays an important role in the overall success of the organization. Across the globe, institutional investors rely on us to help them manage risk, respond to challenges, and drive performance and profitability. To make that happen we need team members like you to help navigate employees and the organization as a whole. In your role you will strive for cutting-edge solutions, that are straightforward and scalable. You will help us build resilience and execute day to day deliverables at our best. Join us if making your mark in the financial services industry from day one is a challenge you are up for.

What we value

These skills will help you succeed in this role

• Direct experience working with blockchain analytics vendors and tools,

• Ability to lead by example and set a tone to consider the broad and long-term impacts of your strategic decisions

• Strong abilities in analytical thinking, problem solving, research, time management, and verbal and written communication

• Capable of producing high quality and/or final work product and solutions under strict regulatory or management deadlines

• Ability to take ownership and initiative, to negotiate, influence and build consensus and successfully navigate within a demanding and international environment of a leading global financial institution

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, Masters Degree or Juris Doctorate degrees with in a quantitative discipline, such as Mathematics, Physics, Statistics, Finance or related field, advanced law degree preferred

• Experience utilizing and deploying blockchain analytics solutions

• 15+ years of compliance experience with responsibilities including sanctions screening, suspicious activity monitoring, data management, data forensics, data governance, data modeling or data analysis

• 10+ years of financial crimes compliance experience at a large bank or