Vice President Financial Intelligence Unit Investigator Jobs

The VP of Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is a senior compliance leadership role responsible for Corpay's global FIU, sanctions escalation, and transaction monitoring operations across North America, UK, Europe and Asia Pacific. The VP owns the end‑to‑end process for live transaction monitoring and screening, post‑transaction monitoring, investigations, regulatory reporting, typology intelligence, quality assurance, and risk reporting to the Chief Compliance Officer and Cross‑Border Payments. The VP of FIU leads compliance FIU analysts globally and ensures that Corpay's FIU standards, processes, systems and reporting remain aligned with global regulatory obligations, including U.S. MSB and state money transmitter obligations and other regional payment institution, e‑money, remittance, foreign exchange and regulated financial services requirements.

• Lead the global FIU function and provide direct leadership, coaching, prioritisation and performance oversight to FIU compliance analysts across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific.
• Own the end‑to‑end live transaction monitoring/screening and post‑transaction monitoring process, including alert triage, escalation, investigation, suspicious activity decisioning, case documentation, quality assurance and timely closure.
• Oversee all financial crime investigations, including matters involving money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, sanctions evasion, proliferation financing, scams, mule activity, trade‑based typologies, high‑risk corridors, shell companies and complex cross‑border payment activity.
• Ensure timely and accurate regulatory reporting, including SARs, STRs, SMRs, sanctions reports, blocked/rejected transaction reporting, law enforcement referrals and other jurisdiction‑specific reporting or escalation requirements, as applicable.
• Serve as Corpay's FIU subject‑matter expert for suspicious activity monitoring, regulatory reporting, investigations, case management standards, SAR/STR/SMR narrative quality and investigative decision governance.
• Serve as the sanctions subject‑matter expert for FIU escalations, sanctions screening investigations, potential sanctions evasion typologies, hit dispositioning standards, OFAC and other sanctions authority expectations, and escalation protocols.
• Develop and maintain global investigation standards, procedures, playbooks, typology libraries, escalation matrices, quality review methods and management information for FIU activity.
• Partner with Product, Operations, IT, Legal, Compliance Advisory, regional compliance directors and banking partner teams to identify emerging financial crime risks and align monitoring controls to business activity and regulatory expectations.
• Support Corpay's entry into the stablecoin space by developing FIU investigative standards, alerting strategies, escalation procedures and typology coverage for cryptocurrency and stablecoin‑related activity, including wallet, exchange, virtual asset service provider, blockchain and on‑chain/off‑chain risk indicators.
• Oversee the use and enhancement of transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, case management, blockchain analytics and data‑driven investigative tools, including requirements for data coverage, workflow controls, evidence retention and management reporting.
• Own NYDFS Part 504‑related transaction monitoring and filtering governance for Corpay's U.S. regulated MSB/money transmitter remit, including rule/scenario inventories, risk‑based tuning, threshold calibration, validation support, change management, data integrity reviews, issue management, documentation and annual certification support.
• Establish and report FIU key performance indicators and key risk indicators, including alert volumes, backlogs, aging, case outcomes, SAR/STR/SMR volumes, sanctions escalations, high‑risk typologies, quality assurance results, tuning/calibration outcomes and remediation status.
• Provide periodic and ad‑hoc financial crime risk reports, thematic reviews, significant investigation summaries and emerging risk briefings to the Chief Compliance Officer and other senior stakeholders.
• Lead responses to internal audit, regulatory examinations, law enforcement requests, banking partner due diligence and compliance assurance reviews related to FIU investigations, transaction monitoring, regulatory reporting and sanctions escalations.
• Promote a culture of compliance, sound investigative judgement, continuous improvement, accountability, data‑driven decisioning and professional development within the global FIU team.

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, economics, criminal justice, law, data analytics or a related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• Master's degree or law degree preferred.
• At least 15 years of progressive experience in financial crime compliance, FIU leadership, AML/CFT investigations, sanctions, transaction monitoring, fraud investigations or regulatory reporting; experience in a global financial institution strongly preferred.
• At least 5 years of people leadership experience managing FIU, investigations, transaction monitoring, sanctions, fraud or financial crime compliance analysts, preferably across multiple jurisdictions or regions.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. BSA/AML, OFAC sanctions, FinCEN SAR expectations, state money transmitter requirements, NYDFS Part 504 and global AML/CFT regulatory reporting frameworks, including SAR, STR, SMR and equivalent reporting regimes.
• Demonstrated experience owning or materially contributing to transaction monitoring and sanctions screening program design, including rule/scenario development, risk assessment linkage, threshold tuning, calibration, segmentation, validation, data quality and change control.
• Hands‑on experience conducting, reviewing and approving complex investigations and high‑quality regulatory filings involving cross‑border payments, foreign exchange, money transmission, remittance, e‑money, fintech, commercial payments or similar financial products.
• Experience or strong working familiarity with cryptocurrency, stablecoin, digital asset, blockchain and virtual asset service provider investigations, including illicit finance typologies and the use of blockchain analytics tools.
• Deep understanding of sanctions programs and list‑based screening, including OFAC, United Nations, European Union, United Kingdom, Canadian, Australian and other relevant sanctions regimes, as applicable to a global payments business.
• Experience preparing risk reports, executive briefings, regulatory responses, audit materials and board or senior management reporting for financial crime compliance topics.
• Demonstrated ability to operate in a fast‑paced, high‑volume, highly regulated environment while maintaining defensible decisioning, strong documentation, confidentiality and sound risk judgement.
• Professional certifications such as CAMS, CGSS, CFCS, CFE, ICA or equivalent preferred.
• Blockchain analytics or crypto investigations certifications from TRM Labs, Chainalysis, Elliptic or similar providers are a plus.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, especially Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience with SQL, data visualization, case management, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, blockchain analytics and workflow tools preferred; familiarity with tools such as Oscilar, LexisNexis, Salesforce, TRM Labs, Chainalysis or Elliptic beneficial.

• Strategic FIU leadership – Ability to design, scale and lead a global FIU operating model that balances consistency, regional regulatory nuance, operational efficiency and risk‑based prioritisation.
• Investigative judgement – Ability to evaluate complex facts, identify suspicious activity, connect seemingly unrelated information, reach defensible conclusions and ensure high‑quality case documentation and regulatory reporting.
• Sanctions expertise – Advanced knowledge of sanctions screening, sanctions evasion typologies, list interpretation, ownership/control analysis, escalation protocols and blocked/rejected transaction reporting expectations.
• NYDFS Part 504 and monitoring governance – Strong understanding of transaction monitoring and filtering programme governance, including scenario coverage, tuning, calibration, threshold testing, validation support, documentation, issue management and certification readiness.
• Crypto and stablecoin intelligence – Ability to understand and investigate digital asset, stablecoin, wallet, exchange and blockchain‑related risks, and translate emerging typologies into monitoring rules, investigative procedures and actionable controls.
• Data‑driven risk reporting – Ability to use quantitative and qualitative data to identify trends, explain risk, prioritise resources, measure control effectiveness and provide clear risk reporting to the Chief Compliance Officer and senior stakeholders.
• Communication and influence – Excellent written, verbal and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex financial crime, sanctions, crypto and regulatory topics clearly to technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Cross‑functional partnership – Ability to build trusted relationships with Compliance, Legal, Product, Operations, Technology, Data, Risk, regional leadership, external counsel, auditors, regulators, law enforcement and banking partners.
• Operational excellence – Strong ability to manage high‑volume workflows, deadlines, quality standards, SLAs, backlogs, escalations, remediation plans and continuous improvement initiatives.
• People and inclusion – Ability to lead with professionalism, accountability, collaboration, respect, coaching and a commitment to developing a high‑performing, globally connected FIU team.

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision and paramedical benefits, as of day one.
• Optional company‑match RRSP program.
• Virtual fitness classes offered company‑wide.
• Time‑off including major holidays, vacation, sick, personal and volunteer time.
• Discounted gym membership rate.
• Philanthropic support with both local and national organisations.
• Fun culture with company‑wide contests and prizes.
• Pay transparency – Expected salary for this position is $250,000 based on the candidate’s work location. The final offer will be determined based on job‑related factors including skills, experience, qualifications and applicable market conditions. Compensation may vary based on geographic location and will be confirmed during the hiring process.

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