Job Description

Join one of Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For as an AML Investigator specializing in Canadian STR filings. We’re looking for a seasoned professional with hands-on experience managing the full lifecycle of Suspicious Transaction Reports (STRs) in Canada — including submission to FINTRAC. This is not a typical alert review role; deep knowledge of Canadian AML regulations is a must.

You’ll be working directly with a senior AML leader as their go-to person for Canadian AML investigations. This is a high-impact, fully remote contract role with strong potential for long-term growth.

Job Descirption:

• Hyperfocus on FINTRAC AML reviews and STR Filings. AML Transaction Monitoring Alert Queue Management.
• Identifying gaps in the design and operating effectiveness of AML and STR control frameworks.
• Leading efforts with internal teams to remediate any activities for continuous process improvement, including managing projects for AML and STR compliance enhancement.
• Helping to partner with our money movement businesses to understand critical initiatives and ensure AML and STR compliance is built into program designs.

Driving excellence and demonstrably compliant outcomes across our compliance programs, including:

• Interaction with Regulatory Authorities to support AML and STR operations.
• Assist in overseeing vendor performance and execution related to technologies and tools leveraged to execute AML and STR responsibilities.
• Helping to develop, refine and update procedures to enhance AML and STR execution.
• Heading assessments, analysis, monitoring, and reports on AML and STR compliance risks.
• Flexibly to assist in other areas of concern to benefit our AML Office such as the BSA/SAR filing requirements.
• Aptness to make sound risk-based decisions on complicated AML investigations.
• Propensity to provide effective and considerate feedback to AML investigators while seeking to understand how to best assist operations in building and maintaining high quality investigations.
• Ability to provide risk-based advice, drive operational efficiency, manage and think cross functionally.
• Very strong process and problem-solving skills at both strategic and functional levels.
• Capacity to evaluate data to determine efficiencies via technologies, tools and/or process improvements.
• Propensity to be proactive in understanding and then assisting where needed in the overall BSA/FINTRAC/AML spaces.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively with business leadership.
• Ability to influence, challenge, and support senior leadership.

Requirements:

• Need 3–5 years of Canadian STR experience (not just U.S. SARs)
• STRs are detailed and manually filed — must be very thorough
• FINTRAC knowledge

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