Financial Crimes Control, KYC - Product Management, Vice President

The Goldman Sachs Group
United States, Utah, Salt Lake City
Feb 24, 2025
Global Compliance Our division prevents, detects and mitigates compliance, regulatory and reputational risk across the firm and helps to strengthen the firm's culture of compliance. Compliance accomplishes these through the firm's enterprise-wide compliance risk management program. As an independent control function and part of the firm's second line of defense, Compliance assesses the firm's compliance, regulatory and reputational risk; monitors for compliance with new or amended laws, rules and regulations; designs and implements controls, policies, procedures and training; conducts independent testing; investigates, surveils and monitors for compliance risks and breaches; and leads the firm's responses to regulatory examinations, audits and inquiries. You'll be part of a team with members from a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds, such as law, accounting, sales, and trading. We look for those who possess sound judgment, curiosity, and are able to adapt to a changing regulatory landscape. Job Summary & Responsibilities Financial Crime Compliance ("FCC") coordinates Goldman Sachs' enterprise-wide anti-money laundering (AML), economic sanctions, e-communications and anti-bribery compliance efforts. The combined FCC team, which is composed of professionals with extensive law enforcement, regulatory, legal, compliance, forensic consulting, operations and business experience, administers an array of surveillances, due diligence, investigative expertise and other control processes designed to identify potential money laundering, terrorist financing, bribery, securities fraud and other violations of law. The Financial Crime Compliance team is seeking an Vice President for a compliance role with experience in product management, product design, and Know Your Customer rules and regulations. The Vice President will work closely with senior leadership, cross-functional teams, and engineering stakeholders to ensure our KYC products meet regulatory requirements and exceed customer expectations. This role requires a deep understanding of the KYC/AML landscape, regulatory frameworks, and the ability to drive product innovation in a highly regulated environment. The Vice President will work within the KYC Product Management team to develop and lead the product strategy for KYC compliance solutions, ensuring alignment with company goals and regulatory requirements; help to oversee the roadmap, prioritizing initiatives based on regulatory changes, program priority and business needs; collaborate with senior leadership to shape the long-term vision for the KYC product portfolio. The Vice President will also coordinate drafting requirements, testing functionality, and working with change management teams to implement new system features. The ideal candidate will have 6+ years of experience in product management, with at least 3 years in KYC/AML compliance, financial services, or highly regulated industries. Principal Responsibilities Develop product strategy for KYC solutions Collaborate with senior leadership across Compliance, Operations, Engineering and the Business to execute on the strategic vision for KYC systems Know regulatory and firm KYC requirements to ensure products are fully compliance with global regulatory standards Understand firm products and services, and divisional systems, to ensure define and deliver system functionality Write, refine, and test product requirements Work with Change Management teams to appropriately plan and release new functionality Ensure stakeholder awareness of new and existing KYC system functionality Basic Qualifications The role requires a degree (Bachelors/Masters) in a related field (Legal, Finance, Statistics, Economics, Computer Science, Product Management, Engineering, or related quantitative disciplines) At least 6 years working experience in a product management role at a global, highly regulated financial institution Firm understanding of Know Your Customer regulations, and preferably at least 3 years of experience working in a Know Your Customer role (Operations, Execution, Compliance, Legal) Proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, VLookups) and PowerPoint Understanding of data structures and query languages such as SQL Knowledge of Data Quality and Data Analysis methodologies Ability to communicate Compliance requirements for consumption by Technology and other cross functional partners Experience using JIRA and writing business requirements Effective written and verbal communication skills Willingness to adapt in a fast-paced work environment; strong sense of urgency Strong work ethic Preferred Qualifications Technical skills (Alteryx, SQL, R, Python, Tableau) Awareness and experience working with AML trends and typologies Experience building and enhancing existing processes ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. 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