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Location: North America, Toronto or London (Global remit across North America, UK, Europe and Asia Pacific)

What We Need

TheVP ofFinancial Intelligence Unit (FIU) is a senior compliance leadership role responsible forCorpay'sglobal FIU, sanctions escalation, and transaction monitoring operations across North America,UK,Europeand Asia Pacific. TheVPowns 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, Cross-Border Payments.

TheVP of FIUleadscomplianceFIUanalystsgloballyand 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. This role is the primary subject matter expert for complex financial crime investigations, suspicious activity decisioning, sanctions escalations, stablecoin and cryptocurrency-related investigations, and monitoring program effectiveness, including governance for transaction monitoring and filtering programs.

How We Work

As VP of Financial Intelligence Unit,Corpaywill set you up for success by providing:

• Assigned workspace in your local officeor remote work support

• Company-issued equipment

RoleResponsibilities

The responsibilities of the role will include:

• Leading the global FIU function and providing direct leadership, coaching, prioritization, and performance oversight to FIU compliance analysts across North America,Europeand Asia Pacific.

• Owning 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, andtimelyclosure.

• Overseeing 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.

• Ensuringtimelyandaccurateregulatory reporting, including SARs, STRs, SMRs, sanctions reports, blocked/rejected transaction reporting, law enforcement referrals, and other jurisdiction-specific reporting or escalation requirements, as applicable.

• Serving asCorpay'sFIU subject matter expert for suspicious activity monitoring, regulatory reporting, investigations, case management standards, SAR/STR/SMR narrative quality, and investigative decision governance.

• Serving 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.

• Developing andmaintainingglobal investigation standards, procedures, playbooks, typology libraries, escalation matrices, quality review methods, and management information for FIU activity.

• Partnering with Product, Operations,IT,Legal, Compliance Advisory, regionalcompliancedirectors, and bankingpartner teams toidentifyemerging financial crime risks and align monitoring controls to business activity and regulatory expectations.

• SupportingCorpay'sentry 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.

• Overseeing 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.

• Owning NYDFS Part 504-related transaction monitoring and filtering governance forCorpay'sU.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.

• Establishing and reporting 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.

• Providing 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.

• Leading 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.

• Promoting a culture of compliance, sound investigative judgment, continuous improvement, accountability, data-driven decisioning, and professional development within the global FIU team.

Qualifications & Skills

• 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 is 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 judgment.

• Professional certifications such as CAMS, CGSS, CFCS, CFE, ICA, or equivalent are 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 is preferred; familiarity with tools such as Oscilar, LexisNexis, Salesforce, TRM Labs, Chainalysis, or Elliptic is beneficial.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• 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 prioritization.

• Investigative judgment - 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 program 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 to 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, prioritize 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.

Benefits & Perks

• 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, & volunteer time

• Discounted gym membership rate

• Philanthropic support with both local and national organizations

• Fun culture with company-wide contests and prizes

Pay Transparency

The expected salary for this position is $250,000 based on the candidate's work location. This range reflects a good faith estimate of the expected compensation for this role at the time of posting. The final offer will bedeterminedbased 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.Additionalcompensation and benefits, including incentive programs, health coverage, retirement plans, paid time off, and other benefits (where applicable), may also be provided.

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About Corpay

About Corpay

Corpay is a global technology organization that is leading the future of commercial payments with a culture of innovation that drives us to constantly create new and better ways to pay. Our specialized payment solutions help businesses control, simplify, and secure payment for fuel, general payables, toll and lodging expenses. Millions of people in over 80 countries around the world use our solutions for their payments.

At Corpay, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and respectful workplace where employees are valued for their diverse perspectives, experiences, and contributions. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion strengthen our teams, drive innovation, and support our continued success globally.

As part of our hiring process, offers of employment may be subject to the successful completion of pre-employment screening conducted by an authorized third-party provider, in accordance with applicable laws and Corpay policies. Screening requirements may include employment references, identity verification, criminal record checks, financial or sanctions screening, and other background checks relevant to the role and permitted by local law.

Notice to Recruitment Agencies and Search Firms: Corpay does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies or search firms without a valid written agreement in place. Any unsolicited candidate submissions will become the property of Corpay, and no fees will be paid related to such submissions.

Learn more about Corpay: https://www.corpay.com

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