VP, Head of Screening & Transaction Monitoring Model Oversight

ING•New York, NY

14d•Hybrid

About The Position

As the head of the Customer Intelligence Unit at ING FCP, you will play a pivotal role in driving the Transaction Monitoring and Screening processes, which include Name Screening, Adverse Media Screening, and Transaction Sanction Screening. ING is growing fast and in the process of further extending its product offering. This is a new position in an existing team and the successful candidate will build the team, processes and tooling from the ground up, leveraging existing solutions in the ING network. Once implemented, your primary responsibility will be to maintain the effectiveness of these processes by balancing risk coverage and efficient alert handling.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
10+ years’ experience within Financial Crime Compliance, regulations and industry, best practices. Either as a consultant or in the industry.
Prior managerial experience in Screening & Transaction Monitoring is non-negotiable, including a track record of successful collaboration with US regulators (e.g. OCC, FINRA, Federal Reserve).
Competency with Microsoft Office Suite; advanced skills are beneficial
ACAMS certification preferred

Nice To Haves

Entrepreneurial mindset: you excel in building new offerings and teams
Sound experience in building and executing strategic roadmaps
Experience with Transaction Monitoring tools such Actimize, Mantas or Quantexa
Tech savvy, where you anticipate and leverage innovations in digital and technical applications that make ING more effective in its fulfillment of compliance obligations.
Able to act with a sense of urgency while maintaining composure and professionalism
Confidence to interface with senior stakeholders, both external and internal.
Flexibility to work collaboratively or independently depending on the situation
Ability to manage and motivate staff: you maneuver easily through complex policies, processes and people-related organizational dynamics across ING
Ability to run projects and initiatives with limited supervision

Responsibilities

Coverage & Configuration Support coverage assessments across products, entities, and behaviors; identify blind spots.
Work with Global teams to determine scenario weights, thresholds, risk scores, and settings in tooling per approved change controls.
Maintain business rules/parameterization catalog; implement approved changes.
Network & Intelligence Support global teams in building/using network graphs and link analysis for typology discovery and case enrichment.
Support global teams in conducting Typology assessment and review (threat intel, red flags, emerging risks); propose scenario logic/controls.
Conduct forensic/intelligence analysis of escalated cases to identify missed detections and tuning opportunities.
Scenario/Model Management Support global teams in designing Transaction Monitoring rules, scenarios, and features, partner with Model Risk for validation expectations.
Design the expected Transaction Monitoring model‑tuning approach and provide oversight of the end‑to‑end process.
Work with the Global team to validate current screening settings and configurations.
Measure effectiveness (precision/recall, alert quality, productivity, sanctions match quality).
Support ATL/BTL (Above /Below the Line) testing for scenarios/models and parameter changes.
Transaction Coverage Validate transaction types/flows are mapped into relevant scenarios and screened pathways.
Validate data completeness to source to target system.
Recommend compensating controls where tooling gaps exist.