Investigations, Compliance & Privacy, Senior Vice President

AlixPartners•New York, NY

4d•$135,000 - $210,000•Hybrid

About The Position

AlixPartners is seeking a senior leader for its Risk Advisory practice to lead complex financial-crimes investigations and advise clients on fraud risk, compliance, and institutional integrity. The role combines in-house financial-services risk and compliance, consulting, and/or federal law-enforcement expertise with the ability to provide clear, actionable recommendations to executive and legal audiences. Relevant areas include money laundering, OFAC and sanctions, securities fraud, ACH and digital-asset fraud, and cyber-enabled financial crime, as well as building and leading multidisciplinary teams. The position includes BSA/AML, OFAC, and FCPA risk assessments and compliance program implementations; complex domestic and cross-border investigations; use of investigative technologies and data analysis; engagement with regulators, law enforcement, prosecutors, industry associations, and counsel; and management of multiple sensitive workstreams. The role also involves coaching team members, managing client expectations, and preparing clear investigative reports and litigation-ready materials. AlixPartners uses a hybrid work model combining in-person work at client sites or AlixPartners offices with remote work. Travel is part of the role, with frequency varying according to client, team, and individual circumstances. The role may require work outside normal U.S. business hours as unique projects or needs arise.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, professional training, and substantial investigative experience.
At least six years of relevant experience in complex investigations and risk and compliance matters related to financial crime, fraud risk, cybercrime, securities enforcement, and regulatory compliance.
Experience working with cryptocurrency.
Knowledge in several relevant areas, including financial fraud, securities misconduct, insider trading, cyber-enabled fraud, money laundering, ACH/payments fraud, digital assets, blockchain analytics, asset tracing, forensic accounting, or BSA/AML/OFAC compliance.
Experience working with financial institutions, capital-markets organizations, fintech or digital-asset businesses, regulators, prosecutors, or law-enforcement agencies.
Ability to understand technical investigative evidence and explain complex cyber, trading, transaction, or blockchain findings clearly to non-technical executives and clients.
Strong written, verbal, presentation, and executive-communication skills; sound judgment and discretion in confidential matters; experience authoring expert reports, affidavits, and litigation-ready exhibits.
Analytical fluency with large and complex datasets; experience with SQL, blockchain forensics platforms, link-analysis tools, case-management systems, Excel, Power BI, Tableau, Python, or comparable tools.
Collaborative, entrepreneurial approach and ability to work effectively independently and as part of a team.
Willingness to travel domestically or internationally based on client needs.
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Willingness to work outside normal U.S. business hours as project needs arise.
Ability to work full time in an office and remote environment and to sit or stand at a computer and work in front of a screen for significant portions of the workday.
Must become familiar with and promote and abide by AlixPartners’ Core Values as defined by its Code of Conduct, and foster an inclusive environment with people at all levels of an organization.

Nice To Haves

Prior experience in risk and compliance roles within a financial institution.
CPA, CFE, CAMS, or comparable professional certification.
Advanced degree such as an MBA.
Recognized training or certifications in incident response, cybersecurity, digital forensics, blockchain investigations, AML, fraud examination, or related disciplines.
Consulting or advisory experience, including client development, engagement management, proposal preparation, and cross-selling integrated service lines.

Responsibilities

Work on BSA/AML, OFAC, and FCPA risk assessments and compliance program implementations for financial institutions, fintech companies, and digital-asset businesses; develop and validate corrective-action plans under regulatory agreements.
Support complex domestic and cross-border investigations involving financial fraud, securities misconduct, insider trading, market manipulation, money laundering, asset misappropriation, corruption, identity theft, account takeover, ACH fraud, digital-asset fraud, and other platform or enterprise abuse.
Apply blockchain analytics, transaction tracing, trading analysis, digital forensics, open-source intelligence (OSINT), and large-dataset analysis to identify patterns, trace funds, assess exposure, and support defensible conclusions.
Use blockchain forensics platforms such as Chainalysis, TRM Labs, and Elliptic, as well as commercial databases such as Accurint and PACER, to create clear visualizations and litigation-ready exhibits.
Engage with regulators, law-enforcement agencies, prosecutors, industry associations, and external counsel; assist in preparing investigative reports, presentations, and supporting materials.
Work with multidisciplinary teams of investigators, forensic accountants, data analysts, cybersecurity specialists, and subject-matter experts; coach junior team members and delegate tasks as needed.
Manage multiple workstreams, budgets, deadlines, and client expectations in fast-moving, sensitive matters requiring discretion and rapid response.
Manage significant, sensitive, and multi-jurisdictional matters from allegation or incident through findings, reporting, remediation, and stakeholder communication.
Build or improve investigative capabilities, fraud controls, intelligence-sharing practices, policies, procedures, workflows, training, or quality standards.
Travel domestically or internationally based on client needs and work outside normal U.S. business hours when project needs arise.
Promote and abide by AlixPartners’ Core Values and Code of Conduct and foster an inclusive environment.