Key skills
SQL
About this role
Role Overview
- Own and optimize AML transaction monitoring and screening systems (e.g., rules tuning, threshold adjustments, alert calibration).
- Analyze alert and case data to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities to improve detection efficiency and effectiveness.
- Investigate and clear transaction monitoring alerts.
- Partner with Product, Data, and Engineering teams to design, implement, and enhance AML controls.
- Act as the primary point of contact for AML vendors, managing system performance, enhancements, and issue management.
- Conduct ongoing validation and testing of monitoring scenarios to ensure alerts are accurate, risk-aligned, and defensible.
- Support model/rule governance, including documentation, tuning rationale, and audit/regulatory readiness.
- Perform quality assurance on alerts, cases, and SAR/UAR outputs to ensure consistency and regulatory compliance.
- Contribute to the development and enhancement of AML policies, procedures, and risk assessments.
- Assist with audits, regulatory exams, and internal reviews related to transaction monitoring and screening systems.
- Identify and drive automation and process improvements across AML operations and systems.
- Support ad-hoc analyses and strategic initiatives as Greenlight scales.
Requirements
- 5–7 years of AML/BSA/CTF experience within a bank, fintech, or money services business.
- Strong hands-on experience with AML systems (transaction monitoring and/or screening), including rules tuning, scenario development, or alert optimization.
- Demonstrated experience working with AML data (alert volumes, false positives, typologies, segmentation, etc.).
- Experience working with or managing third-party AML vendors (e.g., ComplyAdvantage, Oscilar, Actimize, Verafin, etc.).
- Familiarity with model/rule validation, tuning methodologies, and/or system implementation is strongly preferred.
- CAMS, CFE, or similar certification preferred.
- Solid understanding of BSA/AML regulations, OFAC, and suspicious activity reporting requirements.
- Ability to translate regulatory requirements and risk insights into practical system rules and controls.
- Strong analytical mindset with experience using data to drive decisions (SQL or data tooling is a plus, but not required).
- Comfortable working cross-functionally with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to operate independently in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
Tech Stack
- SQL
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, and HSA match
- Paid life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefits
- Traditional 401k with company match
- Unlimited PTO
- Paid company holidays and pop-up bonus holidays
- Professional development stipends
- Mental health resources
- 1:1 financial planners
- Fertility healthcare
- 100% paid parental and caregiving leave, plus cleaning service and meals during your leave
- Flexible WFH, both remote and in-office opportunities
- Fully stocked kitchen, catered lunches, and occasional in-office happy hours
- Employee resource groups