AML Group Manager: Enterprise Payments Advisory

Description

The AML Group Manager: Enterprise Payments Advisory, within BSA Operations, is primarily responsible for the ongoing management and oversight of the Enterprise Payments requirements. The role reports to the executive leadership of the BSA/AML and OFAC Compliance program and may conduct risk assessments to support various business initiatives. The role coordinates and communications with various levels of leadership within BSA/AML and OFAC Compliance Programs, the Enterprise Payments business segment, and Risk Management functions, among others. The position plays a key role within the prioritization, risk assessment, submission of product/model development intake, and oversight of data and technology related requirements used for BSA/AML and OFAC compliance programs. This role also coordinates with cross functional teams of colleagues to design, develop, document, report, and maintain strategic roadmaps of data, system, modeling, and control enhancements.

It will be key for this person to be in close contact with the LOB and BSA/AML and OFAC Compliance stakeholders to ensure a clear understanding of the various strategies required for local regulation. Additionally, this person will help coordinate with the AML Product Development, AML Model Development, AML Learning and Development, and BSA/AML and OFAC Operational leaders to organize deliverables and to present and documentation for senior management discussions, exams, and audits related to Enterprise Payment initiatives and risk management practices. The successful candidate will need strong communications skills, the ability to work independently yet indirectly lead and provide guidance to Huntington colleagues within BSA/AML and Huntington’s lines of business. In addition, the candidate needs to demonstrate strong knowledge of BSA/AML risks, strong knowledge of Payments and underlying data/technology trends and guidance, as well as related regulatory and compliance standards. The candidate will demonstrate the ability to lead projects of varying size and complexity, exercise sound judgment, and exercise the ability to utilize and leverage data analytics/key metrics.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducts BSA/AML and OFAC advisory services and risk assessment process for Enterprise Payments on behalf of BSA/AML and OFAC Compliance leaders.
• Coordinates regular Enterprise Payment business unit updates to corresponding stakeholders within BSA/AML and OFAC Programs. Serves as key liaison between the business segment and BSA/AML and OFAC Program Leadership.
• Provides guidance for risk appetite and corresponding tolerance and management decisions, as well as BSA/AML and OFAC compliance best practices/industry insights related to various forms of payment channels and technology offerings.
• Active engages with AML Learning and Development to ensure colleagues are adequately trained on Enterprise Payments BSA/AML and OFAC compliance risks.
• Actively encourages and engages with colleagues to champion Huntington values and behaviors.
• Ensures adherence to corporate and Program expectations for end-to-end data governance, process, and documentation management. Ensure communication pathways are open for end-to-end risk and impact awareness.
• Participates in issues management workstreams and may serve as credible challenge or stakeholder within BSA/AML and OFAC related issues and findings.
• Establishes enterprise communication pathways to coordinate and provide status updates to key stakeholders, including cross functional and inter-departmental executives.
• Coordinates across multiple business segments to document cross functional strategic objectives and cross impacted BSA/AML and OFAC compliance products or operational processes. May publish periodic updates on progress against objectives.
• Resolves, or when appropriate escalate, issues to expedite decision making.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, or education/work experience equivalent
• 7+ years of experience directly supporting BSA/AML, OFAC, Fraud, Financial Crimes, and/or Corporate Investigations Programs
• 5+ years of experience in financial services with a focus on card brands, merchant services, ISOs, PayFac’s, payment processors, gateways, and/or supporting payment technology
• 3+ years within a project management role, or experience coordinating moderate-to-large complex projects with varying stakeholders
• Excellent internal and external communication skills including the ability to create and conduct executive-level presentations and updates
• Excellent program and project management/organizational skills

Preferred Qualifications:

• Advanced degree (Master’s, etc.)
• CAMS certification or related AML/CTF certification, or additional years of related BSA/AML experience
• Deep understanding of the payments industry and ability to leverage a broad network.
• Experience working with independent software vendors (ISVs) and software platforms in understanding and delivering for their payment solution needs.
• Prior experience in a payments business, operating in a regulated financial institution regime, including direct and sponsored merchant acquiring as well as ISO’s and PayFac’s.
• Prior experience with vendors and service providers, such as Payment Processors, Gateways and vendors supporting regulatory requirements.
• Have knowledge of back-end and front-end processing systems.
• Professional Project Management (PMP) certification or accreditation
• Experience with Fiserv is strongly preferred including operations, data, systems, and platforms.
• Ability to leverage Agile development tools like Azure Dev Ops, ServiceNow, Jira, Figma, Monday
• Demonstrated success working in a fast-paced environment and balancing work efforts across multiple projects
• Demonstrated focus on continuous improvement with results-driven experiences
• A team player with a proven ability to build strong collaborative relationships with internal partners, including finance, technology, operations, risk management, legal, compliance, and other internal and external partners, including vendors.
• Huntington product and service knowledge with the understanding of how controls identify and mitigate risks
• Strong interpersonal skills in teamwork, communication, time management and prioritization, adaptability, problem solving and decision making, and innovation
• Progressive thinker and problem solver, with a strong ability to manage ambiguity/complexity.
• Ability to embrace change, constructively negotiate constraints, and effectively leverage resources to create exceptional outcomes. 

Exempt Status: (Yes= not eligible for overtime pay) (No= eligible for overtime pay)

Workplace Type:

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