Overview As Global Head of Financial Crimes Compliance, you will lead RGA's in-house program for AML, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, and fraud risk. You'll guide senior stakeholders, shape a risk-based, technology-enabled global program, and drive regulatory responses. You'll partner with technology and business units to enhance monitoring and investigations, while building a world-class team. This is a strategic, transformation-focused role with global impact and cross-border responsibility.
Compensation / Benefits- annual bonus
- long-term equity incentive plan
- full range of health benefits
- retirement benefits
- remote work flexibility
- competitive base pay
Responsibilities- Serve as the principal subject matter expert on financial crime requirements and provide in-house guidance to reduce reliance on external counsel
- Own the technical determinations for complex sanctions and AML matters, including cross-border payments and ownership analyses
- Lead the selection and ongoing tuning of screening and monitoring tooling, including tool replacement and calibration
- Build and mature a global financial crimes program with scalable governance, monitoring, investigations, and reporting
- Establish policies, standards, procedures, and controls for AML, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, and fraud risk
- Ensure alignment with evolving global regulatory frameworks and best practices; stay abreast of emerging technologies
- Lead responses to regulatory inquiries, examinations, and audits; act as point of contact for regulators and auditors
- Partner with technology and operations to enhance monitoring, screening, and investigative capabilities
- Educate the business on compliance by developing and delivering financial crimes training and awareness programs
- Build and lead a high-performing global financial crimes team with clear organizational design and succession planning
- Oversee sanctions compliance and financial crime risk assessments related to cross-border operations and ceded/assumed business
- Provide oversight of third-party due diligence programs and vendor risk in financial crime
Key requirements- 10+ years of compliance, financial crimes, AML, sanctions, fraud, or related risk management experience in financial services
- Proven experience leading financial crimes or related compliance programs in a large global organization
- Deep hands-on expertise interpreting and applying sanctions regulations (OFAC, EU, UK, UN), AML, and related frameworks
- Ability to document technical determinations on live matters without routine external counsel
- Experience across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory requirements; engaging regulators and executives
- Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills
- influencing senior stakeholders
- leadership and people management
- strong communication and collaboration
- AML and sanctions compliance
- sanctions screening and monitoring tools
- regulatory risk assessment
