Lead – Internal Audit

Technical Skills:

• Execute high quality BSA/AML and OFAC audits in an efficient, autonomous manner.
• Draft, discuss, and present audit findings to respective stakeholders, liaising closely with the AML Compliance team.

Complexity and Impact of Work:

• Track audit findings and perform validation testing over completed regulatory tasks; resolving a wide range of challenges in creative ways, and suggesting different potential approaches when appropriate.
• Help define and prepare reporting metrics for senior stakeholders of Anchorage Digital Bank and the Audit Committee.

Organizational Knowledge:

• Collaborate across Internal Audit and adjacent teams to determine audit scope, identify risks and control gaps, and develop mitigating management action plans.
• Develop excellent relationships with stakeholders across the business, from AML Compliance to KYC Operations, and provide best practice guidance as a trusted control advisor to the business.

Communication and Influence

• Discuss and communicate audit findings.

You may be a fit for this role if you have:

• Experience executing internal audits for BSA/AML and OFAC compliance, BSA/AML IT, and/or BSA/AML model testing under moderate guidance.
• Complete conceptual knowledge of BSA/AML audit or compliance assurance/testing at a financial institution.
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt traditional banking experience to the crypto industry; ensuring we correctly support Anchorage Digital Bank’s products and services.
• Passion for promoting a positive working environment through excellent listening, speaking and demonstrated empathy for team members.
• Ability to contribute to cross-functional goals, collaborating across Internal Audit and AML Compliance, to problem-solve and enhance teamwork.
• Excellent communication skills, presentation abilities for leading walkthroughs and presenting issues, and the ability to clearly articulate audit findings and identify risks and root causes to stakeholders.
• Talent for resolving a wide range of issues in creative ways; you’re capable of suggesting different approaches and adapting to changing circumstances.

Although not a requirement, bonus points if:

• You have CAMS certification.
• You have worked at or adjacent to a crypto-native company.
• You read blockchain protocol white papers for fun, and stay up to date with the proliferation of crypto asset innovations.
• You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)