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SENIOR AUDITOR (INTERNAL AUDIT, U.S. OPERATIONS)

Overview of the Role

The position is intentionally structured as a specialized Internal Audit role focused on Financial Crimes, Sanctions, Regulatory Compliance, and related risk areas across the New York Branch and Miami Agency. The successful candidate must be capable of independently executing end-to-end audit assignments while providing subject matter expertise in BSA/AML, OFAC, Sanctions, KYC/CDD, and Financial Crime Risk Management.

This search is focused on a Senior Internal Auditor with strong Financial Crimes and Regulatory Compliance audit experience. While the candidate must still be capable of executing audits end-to-end, preference will be given to candidates with significant exposure to BSA/AML, OFAC, Sanctions, KYC/CDD, Transaction Monitoring, and related regulatory compliance programs.

Target Candidate Profile

We are looking for candidates with the following characteristics:

✅ Core Background

· Current or recent Internal Audit experience

· Banking industry experience

· Direct experience auditing:

• BSA / AML
• OFAC / Sanctions
• KYC / CDD
• Financial Crimes Compliance
• Regulatory Compliance Programs

✅ Hands-On Audit Experience (Critical)

Candidates must demonstrate:

· Experience planning, executing and reporting Financial Crimes audits

· Experience testing regulatory compliance controls

· Experience assessing AML transaction monitoring programs

· Experience reviewing sanctions and OFAC controls

✅ Industry Experience

· U.S. regulated banking environment required

· Foreign Banking Organization (FBO) experience preferred

· Experience interacting with: FRB; NYDFS; OCC; FDIC; and/or OFR

✅ Language Requirement (Mandatory)

• Fluent or native Spanish (spoken and written)
• Must be able to:
• Conduct interviews in Spanish
• Review documentation in Spanish
• Draft professional communications in Spanish

This is a strict requirement. Candidates without Spanish fluency should not be submitted.

Preferred / Differentiating Experience (Not Required)

The following are considered strong advantages:

• Exposure to BSA / AML / OFAC / Financial Crimes frameworks
• Experience interacting with regulators (FRB, NYDFS, OCC, FDIC, OFR)
• Background as a regulatory examiner
• Exposure to multiple audit areas (not specialized in only one domain)

· CAMS certification

· Regulatory examiner background

· Experience supporting enforcement actions, MRAs, MRIAs or Consent Orders

· Experience auditing correspondent banking and international banking operations

What to Avoid (Important)

Please do not submit candidates with the following profiles:

· AML investigators without Internal Audit experience

· Compliance Officers without audit execution experience

· Advisory-only compliance professionals

· Transaction Monitoring Analysts

· KYC specialists without audit experience

· IT auditors

· Candidates lacking audit fieldwork and control testing experience

Screening Requirements Before Submission

Please confirm the following before presenting candidates:

• ✔ Candidate has hands-on audit execution experience (fieldwork and testing)
• ✔ Candidate has worked in a banking or financial institution environment
• ✔ Candidate is fluent in Spanish (validated verbally if possible)

Key Success Factors for This Role

A successful candidate will be:

• A well-rounded auditor, not a specialist
• Comfortable working across multiple audit areas
• Able to execute audits independently
• Capable of operating in a regulated banking environment
• Effective in a bilingual (Spanish/English) context

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $130,000.00 - $145,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Experience:

• Financial auditing: 7 years (Required)
• Banking: 5 years (Required)
• Regulatory Compliance: 7 years (Preferred)
• Risk management: 7 years (Preferred)

Language:

• Spanish (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• New York, NY 10169 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• New York, NY 10169: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in New York, NY 10169