Senior BSA/AML Compliance Officer
Job DescriptionSenior BSA/AML Compliance Officer
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Job Type: Full-Time
Industry: Financial Services / Banking
Language: English & Spanish
Search Conducted by: GRC Executive
About the Opportunity
GRC Executive is conducting a confidential search on behalf of a growing financial institution in San Juan for an experienced Senior BSA/AML Compliance Officer to join its senior compliance leadership team.
The organization is entering an important stage of growth and transformation and is looking for a senior leader who can help develop the people, processes, controls, and organizational structure necessary to support a larger and more scalable operation.
This opportunity may be structured as a BSA Officer, Deputy/Co-Chief Compliance Officer, or similar senior compliance leadership position, depending on the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate.
While strong BSA/AML and regulatory knowledge is important, this position requires an accomplished people and operational leader who has successfully managed teams, developed managers, improved processes, and helped compliance organizations scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide senior leadership and oversight across the organization's BSA/AML and OFAC compliance programs.
- Help build and scale the Compliance function to support continued organizational growth.
- Lead, coach, and develop compliance managers and professionals while establishing clear accountability and performance expectations.
- Strengthen organizational structure, workflows, policies, procedures, controls, and escalation processes.
- Provide senior oversight of BSA/AML, OFAC/sanctions, KYC, CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, investigations, and SAR processes.
- Oversee high-risk customer and transaction-related compliance matters.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, automation, controls, and scalability across compliance operations.
- Lead or support regulatory examinations, audits, risk assessments, testing, and remediation initiatives.
- Ensure identified compliance issues are appropriately documented, escalated, and remediated.
- Develop meaningful compliance reporting and metrics for executive management.
- Partner with executive leadership and teams across Operations, Risk, Technology, Legal, and other business functions.
- Provide compliance guidance related to new products, technologies, and business initiatives.
- Maintain strong working relationships with regulators, auditors, and other external stakeholders.
- Support the continued development of a strong, accountable, and scalable compliance culture.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive experience in BSA/AML, financial crimes, regulatory compliance, risk, or related areas within banking or financial services.
- Significant experience in a senior management or compliance leadership role.
- Demonstrated success managing and developing teams, including managers and experienced compliance professionals.
- Experience helping build, restructure, scale, or transform a compliance organization strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of BSA/AML, OFAC, KYC, CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, investigations, and SAR requirements.
- Experience with regulatory examinations, audits, compliance testing, and remediation.
- Strong understanding of compliance governance, internal controls, policies, and procedures.
- Ability to balance regulatory requirements with practical business and operational considerations.
- Strong executive communication, leadership, judgment, and organizational skills.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
- Fluency in English and Spanish preferred.
- CAMS, CRCM, CFE, or similar professional certification is a plus.
- Experience with fintech, payments, digital banking, cryptocurrency, or digital assets is a plus.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is not simply a technical BSA/AML expert.
We are looking for a strong leader and builder who understands how to take a compliance organization through a period of significant growth and transformation.
The successful candidate should be comfortable developing people, managing managers, establishing accountability, improving processes, implementing scalable controls, and partnering with senior leadership while maintaining a strong regulatory compliance framework.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
This is an opportunity to join a growing financial institution at an important stage in its development and have a meaningful impact on how its compliance organization evolves.
The selected executive will have the opportunity to help build, lead, and scale a compliance function while working closely with senior leadership.
All inquiries and applications will be handled confidentially by GRC Executive.
Qualified candidates will be contacted to coordinate an interview.
Senior BSA/AML Compliance Officer
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Job Type: Full-Time
Industry: Financial Services / Banking
Language: English & Spanish
Search Conducted by: GRC Executive
About the Opportunity
GRC Executive is conducting a confidential search on behalf of a growing financial institution in San Juan for an experienced Senior BSA/AML Compliance Officer to join its senior compliance leadership team.
The organization is entering an important stage of growth and transformation and is looking for a senior leader who can help develop the people, processes, controls, and organizational structure necessary to support a larger and more scalable operation.
This opportunity may be structured as a BSA Officer, Deputy/Co-Chief Compliance Officer, or similar senior compliance leadership position, depending on the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate.
While strong BSA/AML and regulatory knowledge is important, this position requires an accomplished people and operational leader who has successfully managed teams, developed managers, improved processes, and helped compliance organizations scale.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide senior leadership and oversight across the organization's BSA/AML and OFAC compliance programs.
- Help build and scale the Compliance function to support continued organizational growth.
- Lead, coach, and develop compliance managers and professionals while establishing clear accountability and performance expectations.
- Strengthen organizational structure, workflows, policies, procedures, controls, and escalation processes.
- Provide senior oversight of BSA/AML, OFAC/sanctions, KYC, CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, investigations, and SAR processes.
- Oversee high-risk customer and transaction-related compliance matters.
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, automation, controls, and scalability across compliance operations.
- Lead or support regulatory examinations, audits, risk assessments, testing, and remediation initiatives.
- Ensure identified compliance issues are appropriately documented, escalated, and remediated.
- Develop meaningful compliance reporting and metrics for executive management.
- Partner with executive leadership and teams across Operations, Risk, Technology, Legal, and other business functions.
- Provide compliance guidance related to new products, technologies, and business initiatives.
- Maintain strong working relationships with regulators, auditors, and other external stakeholders.
- Support the continued development of a strong, accountable, and scalable compliance culture.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of progressive experience in BSA/AML, financial crimes, regulatory compliance, risk, or related areas within banking or financial services.
- Significant experience in a senior management or compliance leadership role.
- Demonstrated success managing and developing teams, including managers and experienced compliance professionals.
- Experience helping build, restructure, scale, or transform a compliance organization strongly preferred.
- Strong knowledge of BSA/AML, OFAC, KYC, CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, investigations, and SAR requirements.
- Experience with regulatory examinations, audits, compliance testing, and remediation.
- Strong understanding of compliance governance, internal controls, policies, and procedures.
- Ability to balance regulatory requirements with practical business and operational considerations.
- Strong executive communication, leadership, judgment, and organizational skills.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience.
- Fluency in English and Spanish preferred.
- CAMS, CRCM, CFE, or similar professional certification is a plus.
- Experience with fintech, payments, digital banking, cryptocurrency, or digital assets is a plus.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is not simply a technical BSA/AML expert.
We are looking for a strong leader and builder who understands how to take a compliance organization through a period of significant growth and transformation.
The successful candidate should be comfortable developing people, managing managers, establishing accountability, improving processes, implementing scalable controls, and partnering with senior leadership while maintaining a strong regulatory compliance framework.
Why Consider This Opportunity?
This is an opportunity to join a growing financial institution at an important stage in its development and have a meaningful impact on how its compliance organization evolves.
The selected executive will have the opportunity to help build, lead, and scale a compliance function while working closely with senior leadership.
All inquiries and applications will be handled confidentially by GRC Executive.
Qualified candidates will be contacted to coordinate an interview.