Financial Crimes Strategy & Oversight Lead

Truist • Charlotte, NC

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About The Position

The Financial Crimes Strategy and Oversight Lead is a senior leadership position within Truist’s Financial Crimes risk organization, responsible for executing the vision, governance, and strategic priorities for Truist’s enterprise-wide Anti-Money Laundering (AML) program, including Sanctions. This role provides oversight of innovation initiatives, ensuring the AML framework remains robust, adaptive, scalable, and aligned with evolving regulatory expectations. The incumbent will influence enterprise risk identification, assessment, and decision-making, and serve as a trusted advisor to business and risk partners.

Requirements

• Ten years of demonstrated experience with anti-money laundering/terrorist financing compliance programs, with at least five years of experience in key leadership roles.
• Ability to manage large and diverse staff in multiple locations.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, as well as strong technical skills, including experience in developing, collecting and reporting metrics to manage execution and compliance program controls.
• Ability to develop and maintain collaborative relationships with all levels of management and staff.
• Excellent verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills; ability to communicate effectively with Executive Management and line of business managers.
• Advanced proficiency in computer applications, such as Microsoft Office software products.

Nice To Haves

• Accreditation by ACAMS, an equivalent industry body, or other qualifications in the areas of financial crime, risk management, or compliance.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute AML strategic priorities in alignment with enterprise objectives, influencing organizational direction and long-term risk posture.
• Collaborate with technology, data, and business partners to identify, measure and mitigate risks tied to strategic objectives.
• Participate in regulatory dialogues and industry forums, shaping thought leadership through speaking engagements at conferences and executive roundtables.
• Solution and execute high-risk escalations and ensure sustainable, timely, effective resolution while maintaining executive visibility and accountability.
• Manage enterprise-level communications, translating complex strategies into clear compelling executive communications.
• Act as technology liaison for AML platforms, influencing roadmap and investment decisions.
• Lead enterprise-wide evaluation of changes and impacts to AML transformation initiatives, driving modernization scalability and alignment with future-state architecture.
• Champion process automation and data governance enhancements, strengthen process and controls to enable alignment to strategy.
• Conduct root cause analysis and enforce timely remediation of identified gaps.
• Lead and manage a high-performing team by setting clear goals, providing guidance, fostering collaboration, and ensuring accountability for results.

Benefits

• Truist offers medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, accidental death and dismemberment, tax-preferred savings accounts, and a 401k plan to teammates.
• Teammates also receive no less than 10 days of vacation (prorated based on date of hire and by full-time or part-time status) during their first year of employment, along with 10 sick days (also prorated), and paid holidays.
• Depending on the position and division, this job may also be eligible for Truist’s defined benefit pension plan, restricted stock units, and/or a deferred compensation plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees