VP Sanctions Screening

About the Role:

Position Title: GFCD Sanctions Screening Tuning Team – Team Lead

Corporate Title: Vice President

Reporting to: Director - Global Transaction Monitoring

Location: Bangalore

Job Profile

Position details:

Purpose of Role:

This newly created leadership position is part of the Global Financial Crimes Division (GFCD) Operations function, established to build and lead the Operations Intelligence & Analytics capabilities. The Team Lead will be responsible for managing a team of specialists focused on enhancing the effectiveness, efficiency, and risk mitigation capabilities of the sanctions screening program. This role plays a critical part in ensuring a globally consistent and continuously improving approach to financial crime prevention.

Main Responsibilities

In connection with the Global Financial Crimes program, the Team Lead will:

• Provide strategic direction and day-to-day leadership to a team of analysts and specialists.
• Oversee threshold tuning, rules optimization, and filter platform enhancements to improve sanctions screening performance.
• Guide the creation and execution of test cases and scripts for system changes and releases.
• Supervise the development of tailored business rules to reduce false positives and improve operational efficiency.
• Lead periodic assessments of screening algorithms and rules to identify and mitigate sanctions risks.
• Ensure the production of meaningful reports and dashboards for senior management using tools like Power BI and Tableau.
• Direct the design and execution of ATL/BTL sampling and statistical testing to validate model effectiveness.
• Coordinate with global/regional teams (Americas, EMEA, APAC, Japan) to implement and maintain a globally consistent model.
• Collaborate across GFCD functions to ensure clearly defined roles, responsibilities, and seamless operations.
• Support the development and implementation of policies and procedures governing the sanctions screening lifecycle.

Skills and knowledge:

• Expertise as a team leader of teams of 10+ staff
• Expertise in sanctions screening optimization, including rule tuning, threshold calibration, and effectiveness testing.
• Strong quantitative background with applied experience in statistics, data analysis, and model validation.
• Proficient in SQL and Python for data extraction, transformation, and analysis.
• Hands-on experience with financial crime detection platforms (e.g., HotScan, Actimize WLF).
• Solid understanding of regulatory expectations (OFAC, FinCEN, FATF, FRB, OCC, SEC).
• Experience leading model governance activities, including documentation, validation, and performance monitoring.
• Skilled in developing and testing analytical methods for emerging financial crime risks.
• Strong leadership and project management capabilities in regulated environments.
• Effective communicator with experience presenting technical findings to senior leadership and regulators.
• Proficient in data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI) for compliance reporting and insight

Job Requirements:

Education & professional qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree in Statistics, Data Science, or related field preferred.

Experience:

• 15+ years in BSA/AML or OFAC model design, testing, tuning, or validation