Compliance Manager - Rule Library

Our client, a leading financial institution, is seeking an experienced compliance professional to join its Compliance and Financial Crimes team as a Manager, Rule Library Governance. This role will focus on the governance, maintenance, and optimization of enterprise monitoring rules, scenarios, and controls across compliance and financial crime programs.The position offers significant exposure to Compliance, AML, Risk, Technology, and senior leadership while supporting transaction monitoring, surveillance, and compliance testing initiatives. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical capabilities, experience with monitoring systems and rule development, and a solid understanding of regulatory expectations within banking and financial services.Key Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee the centralized compliance rule library, including governance, documentation, version control, and regulatory alignment.
• Design, enhance, calibrate, and optimize monitoring rules and scenarios to improve effectiveness and risk coverage.
• Support threshold tuning, scenario refinement, and ongoing rule performance enhancements across monitoring and surveillance programs.
• Align rule library governance with enterprise monitoring, testing, and compliance oversight frameworks.
• Track and analyze rule performance metrics and provide reporting, analysis, and insights to senior management and stakeholders.
• Partner closely with Compliance, AML, Risk, Technology, and business teams to implement monitoring enhancements and operational improvements.
• Support validation activities, model governance initiatives, and ongoing monitoring effectiveness reviews.
• Assist with regulatory examinations, internal audits, and responses to regulatory inquiries related to monitoring frameworks and controls.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen governance processes, automation, and monitoring efficiency across the compliance program.
• Promote consistency and alignment of monitoring rules and controls across business lines and compliance functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree required;Business, Finance, Accounting, or related field preferred.
• 6 8+ years of experience within Compliance, AML, Risk, Financial Crime, or related banking functions.
• Experience working with transaction monitoring systems, rule development, scenario tuning, or surveillance programs.
• Strong understanding of AML, sanctions, market conduct, and related regulatory expectations.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail and sound professional judgment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with strong stakeholder management capabilities.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate effectively across business and technology teams.
• Advanced Excel proficiency required;experience with SQL, analytics tools, or data visualization platforms is a plus.
• Relevant certifications such as CAMS, CRCM, or related certifications preferred.