Senior Officer, Compliance
Posted on: 23 Jan 2025
Chicago, IL
Job Description
Senior Officer, Compliance – Remote (Chicago, IL area only)
Are you ready to use your relationship management and compliance skills for one of the world’s largest FinTech organizations? Do you want to work for a global business that is committed to moving money for the better? Are you interested in joining a globally diverse organization where our unique contributions are recognized and celebrated, allowing each of us to thrive? Then it’s time to join Western Union as a Senior Officer, Compliance!
Western Union powers your pursuit.
Our vision is to be the preferred financial services provider for the underserved – billions of people and businesses with unmet financial service needs. In this crucial role, you will provide anti-money laundering (AML) Compliance support to Western Union’s largest Strategic Accounts to build programs that are in compliance with the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), USA Patriot Act, and other anti-money laundering laws as they apply to Money Services Businesses.
Role Responsibilities
Serve as the day-to-day Compliance contact supporting strategic partners in the retail and financial service sectors.
Partner with Sales and Operations Senior Leaders to monitor, analyze and present the impact of Compliance controls.
Evaluate internal controls and anti-money laundering compliance programs for agents through transaction analyses, compliance reviews, and training sessions.
Build and deliver presentations to current and prospective partners on the advantages of compliance.
Complete agent program reviews on a quarterly target basis and manage case load independently.
Lead cross-functional projects surround program improvement and risk mitigation.
Role Requirements
4+ years experience in the financial services industry
Knowledge of compliance, auditing, risk management, and BSA Compliance.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
Excellent verbal communication and training/presentation skills.
Very strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Independent worker with excellent multi-tasking ability.
Highly developed and demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills.
Strong proficiency in Microsoft suite of applications, including excel and PowerPoint.
Ability to travel up to 30% (expenses are paid).
Western Union
Rochester, NY
We are a global leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement. From small businesses and global corporations, to families near and far away, to NGOs in the most remote communities on Earth, Western Union helps people and businesses move money - to help grow economies and realize a better world. In 2018, we completed more than 800 million transactions for our consumer and business clients. We continue to innovate, developing new ways to send money through digital, mobile, and retail channels, with an array of convenient pay-out options to meet business and consumer needs.
We are a business centered on the needs of our customers, and over the years, we’ve invested and innovated to provide consumers and businesses with even more choices – in products, in services, and in how and where they can access Western Union when moving money across borders.
We move money for better, enabling individuals, families and friends to securely and seamlessly transfer money in the ways that are most convenient for them, whether that is walking into a retail location or using our Western Union website or app to move money in minutes.
Our customers use our services to send money to family members in nearly every part of the world, to provide support, recognize a special occasion, and enable entrepreneurship or education.
As businesses have a growing need to move money around the globe and transact in different currencies, we’ve answered these needs with Western Union Business Solutions to help navigate the global economy, including solutions for International Payments, Risk Management, and Cash Management Solutions. We offer a wide range of industry-specific solutions that today help over 50,000 clients including financial institutions, educational institutions, NGOs, and small/medium sized businesses needing to make cross-border payments.
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IndustryBanking/Financial Services
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No. of Employees12,000
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Website
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