VP, Head of Monitoring and Screening Governance

ING•New York, NY

13d•$178,000 - $215,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The AML Governance Lead will serve as the U.S. First Line of Defense (1LoD) owner for Transaction Monitoring, Name Screening, Transaction Screening, Negative News governance activities. The role is responsible for ensuring that the U.S. monitoring and screening framework operates within regulatory expectations and is supported by regulator-ready documentation, governance, testing evidence, and risk assessments. The individual will lead the U.S. Monitoring & Screening Control Board, coordinate governance across global and local stakeholders. This role will act as the primary liaison between business, compliance, operations, technology, and model owners.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
8-9+ years of AML, sanctions, financial crime, or compliance governance experience.
Strong knowledge of NYDFS Part 504, BSA/AML, OFAC, FFIEC, and regulatory expectations.
Experience leading governance committees, risk programs, regulatory remediation initiatives, or large-scale AML transformations.
Deep understanding of Transaction Monitoring and Screening governance, testing, and model lifecycle oversight.
Excellent stakeholder management skills across 1LoD, 2LoD, Technology, Operations, and senior management.

Responsibilities

Lead the U.S. Transaction Monitoring and Screening Control Board and associated governance forums.
Oversee and maintain technical regulator-ready evidence architecture, including: AML/OFAC Program documentation, U.S. centric Model and Filter Design Documentation (MDD/TMD/TSD), U.S. Procedures and Local Controls, U.S. centric Data Management Documentation, U.S. TM Coverage Assessments, Remediation and governance evidence tracking.
Coordinate U.S. and Global stakeholders to ensure clear accountability, decision rights, and governance records.
Oversee remediation plans, issue management, action tracking, and regulatory commitments.
Ensure end-to-end traceability between AML risks, controls, monitoring scenarios, screening filters, testing, and management reporting.
Support regulatory examinations, internal audits, and independent reviews.
Drive governance around data ownership, lineage, reconciliation, control testing, and investigative context requirements.
Prepare executive reporting and management updates for senior governance committees.