AML Manager strengthening compliance framework at digital banking startup. Key role in enhancing AML/CFT policies and collaborating with internal and external partners.
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Hybrid Principal Architect – Financial Crimes Risk Management Technology
Posted 2 days ago
About the role
- Principal Architect redefining Financial Crimes Risk Management systems at Wells Fargo. Shaping architecture for AI-driven capabilities to prevent and respond to financial threats.
Responsibilities
- Define and maintain the target-state architecture for Financial Crimes, including data, analytics, workflow, screening, case management, and AI/ML components.
- Develop multi‑year architectural roadmaps aligned with enterprise strategies and regulatory expectations.
- Drive architecture for the modernization of FCRM platforms (e.g., AML solutions, sanctions screening engines, fraud detection, customer risk rating systems, and typology models).
- Ensure architectural alignment with broader Risk, Finance, and Data target-state strategies.
- Architect AI/ML–enabled Financial Crimes Risk Management (FCRM) capabilities, including: Intelligent alerting, typology detection, behavior modeling GenAI-assisted investigations and SAR drafting Advanced entity resolution, network analytics, anomaly detection
- Drive integration of modern vector search, embeddings, and LLM-based pattern analysis into Financial Crimes Risk Management (FCRM ) workflows where appropriate.
- Serve as the architectural authority and thought leader for AML, Sanctions, Fraud, and KYC domains.
- Ensure architectural decisions meet regulatory requirements (e.g., FFIEC, FinCEN, OFAC, OCC/FRB expectations).
Requirements
- 7+ years of architecture experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education.
- 5+ years in AML, Sanctions, Fraud, or broader FinCrimes technology architecture.
- 3+ Years of Hands-on Architecture expertise utilizing Modern Tech Stacks such as API, Microservices Based Architecture and Data Platforms such as Python, Spark, Object Store etc.
Benefits
- Health benefits
- 401(k) Plan
- Paid time off
- Disability benefits
- Life insurance, critical illness insurance, and accident insurance
- Parental leave
- Critical caregiving leave
- Discounts and savings
- Commuter benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Scholarships for dependent children
- Adoption reimbursement
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