Arq
BSA/AML Officer - US
New York, Remote. Posted 25 days ago
The role
You will test BSA/AML, KYC, OFAC and transaction monitoring controls end to end. You will rate findings with evidence and track open issues until they are closed.
What you will do
- Test BSA/AML, KYC, OFAC and transaction monitoring controls end to end
- Rate every finding with evidence
- Pull and analyze data yourself
- Challenge thresholds, alert logic and sampling assumptions with numbers
- Track open issues until owners close them
- Prepare for regulator exams and audits
Required qualifications
- 8+ years in BSA/AML, FinCrime, internal audit or regulatory compliance
- Experience at a top-tier audit/advisory firm, in-house compliance, or both
- Written findings that a regulator, auditor or board actually read
- Ability to state high risk to a senior leader and point to the regulation
- Deep working knowledge of the BSA, USA PATRIOT Act, OFAC and FinCEN expectations
Nice to have
- Law degree (JD) or bar admission
- Degree in engineering, mathematics, statistics or another STEM field
- SQL: you can query transaction data yourself
- Python or R for analysis, sampling or testing alert logic
- Statistics: sampling design, hypothesis testing, threshold and model validation
- CAMS, CRCM, CIA, CISA, CPA or CFE
- Exposure to AI or model risk (SR 11-7, NIST AI RMF)
About the company
ARQ is a fast-growing fintech building the backbone to move value seamlessly across borders.