Senior Manager, Financial Crimes

Sia•New York, NY

21h•$175,000 - $225,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Sia is hiring a Senior Manager to own the strategy and growth of its Financial Crimes offering. The role defines how the firm’s AML, sanctions, and broader financial crime capabilities evolve, sells solutions to senior client stakeholders, and leads delivery teams. It is a seller-doer position combining market-facing expertise, business development, and team leadership. The Senior Manager will shape the offering’s market positioning, identify portfolio opportunities, turn regulatory and market developments into differentiated solutions, build partner relationships, and establish Sia as a recognized voice in financial crime. The role also originates and closes client work, leads proposals and client presentations, oversees financial crime engagements, advises on monitoring and screening technology, and briefs senior management, boards, and regulators. The position is based in Sia’s New York City office. Consultants are expected to work onsite at least three days per week, either at a client site, the Sia office, or an approved coworking location, and should live within a reasonable commuting distance.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in finance, business, law, or a related field.
12 or more years of financial crime experience within industry, such as a bank or other financial institution, and management consulting.
Proven consulting track record at Manager, Senior Manager, or Director level, including originating and closing client work.
Direct experience building or leading financial crime offerings, practices, or solutions, including defining a roadmap and bringing new solutions to market.
Deep knowledge of AML and sanctions regulation and supervisory expectations, including the Bank Secrecy Act, USA PATRIOT Act, Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2020, OFAC sanctions, and FATF recommendations, plus familiarity with international regimes.
Strong command of AML and sanctions typologies, risk assessment methodologies, and monitoring and screening technologies.
Track record of designing and implementing compliance programs for financial institutions or multinational corporations.
Executive presence and ability to engage credibly with C-suite stakeholders and regulators.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
Demonstrated leadership in managing and developing teams of consultants.
Must be legally authorized to work in the United States at the time of application and throughout employment; employment visa sponsorship is not available now or in the future.
Must live within a reasonable commuting distance of Sia’s New York City office.

Nice To Haves

CAMS, CFCS, or equivalent certification.
Experience applying data analytics, AI, and automation to financial crime.
Established relationships in the financial institution and vendor ecosystem.
Experience with fraud, sanctions technology, or emerging areas such as digital assets and real-time payments.

Responsibilities

Set the strategy and market positioning for Sia’s Financial Crimes offering, including technology-enabled and risk-based compliance, data and AI in monitoring and screening, managed services, operating model shifts, evolving typologies, and regulatory expectations.
Identify portfolio gaps and growth opportunities, and determine which solutions to build, partner on, or retire.
Translate regulatory and market developments into differentiated, productized solutions, accelerators, and points of view.
Build and maintain strategic relationships with technology vendors, data providers, and alliance partners.
Establish Sia as a recognized voice in financial crime through thought leadership, speaking engagements, and industry forums.
Originate, shape, and close new business with financial institutions, owning pursuits from initial conversations through proposals, pricing, and negotiation.
Build and expand senior relationships with Chief Compliance Officers, Heads of Financial Crime, and COOs.
Lead proposal and RFP responses and client presentations, coordinating with cross-practice teams.
Lead engagements involving AML and sanctions program design and remediation, risk assessments, policy and control enhancement, transaction monitoring and screening strategy, KYC and CDD, and investigations and look-backs.
Advise clients on selecting, designing, tuning, and implementing monitoring and screening technology, including model validation and responsible AI use.
Brief client senior management, boards, and regulators on findings and recommendations.
Ensure quality, commercial performance, and client satisfaction across engagements.
Manage, coach, and mentor consultants and managers, and build the practice’s talent pipeline.
Develop training, methodologies, and reusable assets to increase team capabilities.
Collaborate with legal, risk, technology, data, and other Sia practices to integrate financial crime controls into broader transformation work.