VP, Global Head of Financial Crimes

Reinsurance Group of America, Incorporated•Remote, Missouri, United States of America, MO

7d•$180,220 - $268,400•Hybrid

About The Position

RGA is seeking an experienced and strategic leader to serve as the Global Head of Financial Crimes Compliance. This role is responsible for building and leading a world-class global financial crimes program including anti-money laundering (AML), economic sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud risk management, and related financial crime prevention programs. This leader will play a critical role in RGA's broader compliance transformation efforts by designing and implementing a modern, risk-based, technology enabled financial crimes compliance framework capable of supporting a growing global enterprise.

Requirements

JD degree from an accredited law school preferred
10+ years of compliance, financial crimes, AML, sanctions, fraud, or related risk management experience within insurance, reinsurance, banking, securities, or other regulated financial services organizations.
Demonstrated experience leading financial crimes, sanctions or related compliance programs within a large, complex global organization.
Experience operating across multiple jurisdictions, and managing diverse regulatory requirements, and engaging with regulators and executive leadership.
Deep expertise interpreting and advising on sanctions regulations, ALM laws, anti-bribery and corruption requirements, and related financial crime legal frameworks.
Proven success building and transforming enterprise financial crimes compliance programs within a large, complex, global organization.

Nice To Haves

CAMS, CFCS, CFE, or similar professional credentials preferred

Responsibilities

Serve as the organization’s principal subject matter expert on financial crime legal requirements.
Lead the build out and maturation of a global financial crimes compliance program, and establish scalable governance, monitoring, investigative, and reporting capabilities across RGA’s global operations.
Build a high-performing global financial crimes team, including organizational design, talent acquisition, capability development and succession planning.
Establish and oversee policies, standards, procedures, and controls governing AML, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud risk, and related financial crime risks.
Ensure the financial crimes program remains aligned with the evolving global regulatory framework, industry best practices and emerging technologies.
Respond to regulatory inquiries, examinations, and audits involving financial crime compliance matters.
Partner with technology and operations teams to enhance monitoring, screening, and investigative capabilities.
Develop and deliver financial crimes training and awareness programs.
Build and lead a high-performing team of financial crimes professionals.
Transform and lead the financial crime program, including establishing and implementing an effective compliance risk based management program and oversight framework that complies with the risk assessments related to ceding companies, retrocessionaires, brokers, and strategic counterparties.
Serve as enterprise subject matter expert for sanctions compliance and related financial crime legal requirements.
Assess financial crime risks associated with cross-border payments, international business operations, and sanctions exposure.
Provide oversight of third-party administrator (TPA), outsourcing, and vendor financial crime due diligence programs.
Partner with Enterprise Risk Management, Legal, Compliance, and Business Development teams to evaluate emerging financial crime risks in reinsurance markets.