Vice President, Audit Project Leader- Global Financial Crimes & Compliance

At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world’s financial system we touch nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000 employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities and people everywhere.    

We continue to be a leader in the industry, awarded as a top home for innovators and for creating an inclusive workplace. Through our unique ideas and talents, together we help make money work for the world. This is what #LifeAtBNY is all about.

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Audit Project Leader to join our Internal Audit team. This role is located in NYC- Hybrid.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways: 

• Lead or participate in delivering complex and challenging Financial Crime and Sanctions audit assignments.
• Lead or participate in the end-to-end planning, fieldwork and reporting of Financial Crime and Sanctions audit assignments - this will require consideration of complex, judgmental business processes and decisions.
• Coach colleagues, review their work, and give meaningful feedback.
• Identify meaningful issues impacting business and operations under review, challenging management to ensure appropriate remedial action has been taken to address the issues identified.
• Prepare draft audit reports.
• Follow-up of audit actions and where necessary testing their implementation.
• Build and proactively manage relationships with key stakeholders and participate in Continuous Monitoring activities.
• Act as a subject matter expert for Internal Audit on Financial Crimes and Sanctions topics.
• Contributes to the development of the annual audit plan.
• Maintain up to date knowledge of industry best practice and regulatory requirements.
• Carry out other ad-hoc tasks and projects as directed by audit senior management.
• Represents Internal Audit on projects and at management meetings/committees.
• Good appreciation for auditing second line of defense compliance function.
• Have a data first mindset and harness advanced data analytics to deliver value-added audit projects.
   

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following: 

• 7-10 years of experience working in financial services or banking, within Third Line Internal Audit or Second Line Risk or in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Sanctions related processes.
• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Experience in auditing second line of defense compliance preferred, but not mandatory.
• Knowledge of US Financial Crimes related laws, rules, and regulations such as Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), USA Patriot Act and OFAC.
• Strong communication, influencing skills and confident in communicating with stakeholders both internal and external both written and verbal with the ability to influence at a senior level.
• Substantial operations, conduct, and governance understanding and exposure.
• Strong risk and control mindset
• Self-starter with a high degree of self-sufficiency
• Excellent planning, co-ordination, organization, and presentation skills
• Thrives in a fast-paced environment and adaptable to change.
• Strong knowledge and use of Excel and other Microsoft software – PowerPoint, Word, Visio
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills, including with colleagues remotely.
• Ideally educated to degree level or equivalent professional experience and have completed a recognized relevant post-graduate qualification (e.g. CIA, CMIIA, ACA, ACCA, CAMS), but not essential 

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself. Here’s a few of our awards: 

• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2024
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2024
• Human Rights Campaign Foundation, Corporate Equality Index, 100% score, 2023-2024
• Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion, Disability: IN – 100% score, 2023-2024
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2024
• Dow Jones Sustainability Indices, Top performing company for Sustainability, 2024
• Bloomberg’s Gender Equality Index (GEI), 2023

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter. 

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

 

BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The base salary for this position is expected to be between $81,000 and $155,000 per year at the commencement of employment. However, base salary if hired will be determined on an individualized basis, including as to experience and market location, and is only part of the BNY total compensation package, which, depending on the position, may also include commission earnings, discretionary bonuses, short and long-term incentive packages, and Company-sponsored benefit programs.
This position is at-will and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, change in geographic location, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Salary : $81,000 - $155,000