# Senior Financial Crimes Compliance Controls Strategist

**Company:** [Ramp](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/ramp)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** Legal
**Salary:** $144k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Bsa/Aml, Sanctions, Financial Crimes Compliance, Compliance Testing, Controls Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, LLMs, Automation, Transaction Monitoring, Kyc, Kyb, Enhanced Due Diligence, Sanctions Screening, Acams
**Posted:** 2026-08-24

> Build and own Ramp’s financial-crimes controls-effectiveness framework, including testing, monitoring, remediation, and AI-enabled workflows. Partner with Product, Engineering, Design, and Data teams to embed risk-based BSA/AML and sanctions controls into strategic initiatives.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own financial-crimes compliance (FCC) controls effectiveness across manual procedures, detection rules, workflow controls, automation deployments, and AI/LLM-enabled capabilities.
- Establish standards for testing, evidence retention, issue identification, remediation tracking, and ongoing control monitoring.
- Partner with Product, Engineering, Design, and Data teams on major initiatives, translating FCC requirements into scalable workflows, controls, and user experiences.
- Own FCC’s internal AI and automation strategy, including identifying use cases and ensuring AI-enabled workflows are tested, documented, monitored, and subject to appropriate human oversight.
- Use financial-crimes expertise, data, and analytical methods to evaluate risk coverage, identify emerging risks or control gaps, and drive improvements.
- Serve as an independent secondary reviewer for FCC compliance reviews when segregation of duties or heightened review is required.

## Requirements
- 7+ years of experience in financial-crimes compliance, AML/BSA, or sanctions.
- 3+ years in technical compliance, controls, compliance testing, quality assurance, or a similar role.
- 3+ years as an AML or financial-crimes trusted advisor partnering with technical, operational, product, or business stakeholders.
- Experience developing, implementing, or evaluating controls across manual and technology-enabled processes.
- Deep understanding of financial-crimes typologies and evolving risks across products, payment flows, customer types, and operational processes.
- AI fluency, including independent use of approved AI tools, critical assessment of output quality and limitations, and leadership of AI and automation initiatives in compliance.
- Strong data-analysis skills to assess control performance, evaluate AI/LLM-enabled controls, identify trends or gaps, and partner with technical teams.
- Experience presenting testing results, control documentation, risk findings, or program materials to regulators, examiners, auditors, or bank partners.
- ACAMS certification or equivalent financial-crimes certification.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
- Comfort operating autonomously and building structure in a new, evolving role.

## Nice to Have
- Experience evaluating or implementing AI, machine learning, LLM, automation, or decisioning controls in a regulated environment.
- Experience supporting fintech, payments, banking, card, or money-transmission compliance programs.
- Experience designing controls for transaction monitoring, KYC/KYB, EDD, sanctions screening, suspicious-activity reporting, or payment-risk workflows.

## Benefits
- Flexible PTO.
- Centralized home-office equipment ordering.
- Health and wellness stipend.
- Budget for intra-office travel.
- Weekly coffee stipend.
- United States: medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage; One Medical annual membership; 401(k) with employer match; fertility HRA; paid parental leave; pet insurance; in-office perks; and relocation expense coverage to NYC or SF if needed.
- Canada: group medical, dental, and vision coverage; life, AD&D, and disability coverage; fertility drug coverage; retirement plan with employer match; paid parental leave; Employee Assistance Program; and virtual care.
- United Kingdom: private medical insurance; virtual GP and at-home care; workplace pension; and paid parental leave.

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