Financial Crimes QA Analyst I

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Financial crimes QA analyst reviewing BSA/AML, sanctions, and fraud oversight for Pathward, a financial empowerment company. Testing 2LoD governance, challenging decisions, and strengthening risk management.

Responsibilities:

  • Execute the quality assurance program focused on Second Line of Defense Financial Crimes activities across BSA/AML, Sanctions, and Fraud
  • Perform detailed QA reviews of 2LoD casework, memos, and decisions for accuracy, completeness, risk-based judgment, and regulatory alignment
  • Evaluate the quality of 2LoD oversight, including issue identification, escalation, and resolution
  • Identify inconsistencies in decision-making and gaps in challenge or governance
  • Conduct horizontal reviews across 2LoD outputs to identify systemic weaknesses, ineffective challenge, missed escalation opportunities, and policy-interpretation inconsistencies
  • Develop insights into emerging risks and control blind spots within 2LoD
  • Document QA findings, root causes, impacts on risk management, and severity ratings
  • Track and validate remediation of identified Compliance issues
  • Provide independent challenge within the 2LoD function
  • Support regulatory exams by demonstrating the effectiveness and rigor of 2LoD oversight and QA practices
  • Identify opportunities to standardize oversight practices, enhance documentation and governance protocols, and use data analytics to identify anomalies or inconsistencies

Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Business, Risk Management, or related field
  • 2+ years of experience in Financial Crimes (AML, Sanctions, Fraud)
  • Direct experience in 2LoD Compliance / Financial Crimes oversight or Quality Assurance / Testing of Financial Crimes functions
  • Strong knowledge of BSA/AML and sanctions regulatory expectations
  • Strong knowledge of 2LoD roles and responsibilities within a three lines of defense model
  • Strong knowledge of financial crime risk management frameworks and governance practices
  • Experience reviewing complex financial crime cases and providing oversight or challenge
  • Strong analytical and judgment skills
  • Strong sense of independence and professional skepticism
  • Ability to assess quality of judgment and oversight, not just execution
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
  • Ability to influence and challenge peers within Compliance
  • Attention to detail with a focus on consistency and governance
  • Strong organizational and problem-solving skills

Benefits:

  • Annual performance-based incentive opportunity
  • Health insurance
  • 401(k) retirement benefits
  • Life insurance
  • Disability benefits
  • Paid time off
  • Comprehensive benefits package for eligible employees
  • Hybrid, remote-office work arrangement
  • Reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities, as applicable