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The role:
The Staff Anti-Money Laundering Line of Defense Specialist will play a crucial role in safeguarding SoFi by ensuring effective implementation of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Sanctions policies across the business. This dynamic position sits within the Member Business Unit reporting to the AML First Line of Defense Lead, and offers the opportunity to collaborate with teams across SoFi, driving both compliance and innovation to ensure each business meets regulatory requirements. If you're passionate about protecting financial integrity and building innovative, technology-driven risk management solutions, this role is for you!
What you’ll do:
Program Execution & Risk Mitigation
Direct the alignment and enhancement of SoFi’s AML program implementation into the first line of defense across SoFi’s businesses, including:
Owning the controls for collection and verification of customer information in line with Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB) requirements, including Customer Due Diligence (CDD).
Owning the controls for collecting and validating relevant updates to customer information in accordance with SoFi’s procedures.
Supporting the growth of Commercial Payments Services (Banking as a Service) to ensure effective implementation of customer and transaction monitoring systems and escalation processes.
Support the creation, iteration, and execution of AML-related policies, making appropriate risk tradeoffs.
Policy Adherence & Issue Resolution: Driving the remediation of AML-related issues impacting SoFi’s business, customers, and clients.
Lead the process enhancements across frontline facing staff including operations
Cross-Functional Partnership & Influence
Act as a key liaison between Compliance, Risk, Engineering, and Operations to drive front line AML program enhancements, focusing on accurate and complete capturing of customer data, business strategies to mitigate AML risk, and prioritization of innovative technology-driven compliance solutions.
Support the development and implementation of AML-related controls and process improvements.
Take ownership of issues that span across business lines which have a common solution.
Strategic Leadership & Oversight
Support SoFi’s businesses to effectively implement AML policies, embedding compliance into business processes and technology.
Align with stakeholders to develop and implement quarterly and annual objectives, as well as reporting to measure and improve performance
Support leadership on emerging AML technology and industry best practices to proactively shape SoFi’s compliance strategy.
Foster a strong risk culture by educating senior business leaders and product teams on AML priorities, ensuring adherence to compliance requirements across all business initiatives.
Contributes to development of company objectives. Solves problems and drives results related to those objectives in creative and effective ways.
Run at problems and identify operational pain points and opportunities to improve processes and our member experience.
What you’ll need:
Bachelor's degree in Business, Economics, Finance, or related field
8+ years of experience in risk management, business operations, technology, strategy, consulting, or similar roles
Experience working with or within a regulated financial institution, with specific experience developing and implementing an AML program
Experience working with technical teams
Data-driven, able to analyze data with strong attention to detail and accuracy, and passionate about telling the story behind the numbers
Strong management, organizational, and evaluative process skills; ability to analyze complex organizational and technical issues and drive process improvements
Effective negotiation and influencing skills, including strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, across different business lines, and with external stakeholders
Comfort working in a high growth, constantly changing environment
Nice to have:
Frontline Experience - working directly with customers or supporting frontline staff
CAMS/CFE certification preferred (or willingness to become certified within one year of start date)
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