VP, Global Head of Financial Crimes

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RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

RGA is seeking an authoritative leader and financial crimes subject matter expert to serve as the Global Head of Financial Crimes Compliance. This role is RGA's principal in-house authority on anti-money laundering (AML), economic sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud risk management, and related financial crime matters, providing day-to-day guidance on live cases, screening alerts and escalations across the group. 

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate the technical and regulatory expertise, and the judgment, that the role demands, together with the authority and poise to influence senior stakeholders across RGA. 

The role will also lead the build of a best-in-class, risk-based and technology enabled global financial crimes program. They will also play a critical role in RGA's broader compliance transformation, being responsible for building and leading a world-class global financial crimes program, capable of supporting a growing global enterprise. 

What you will do 

• Serve as the organization's principal subject matter expert on financial crime legal requirements. Act as the day-to-day point of contact for the business, regional compliance officers and control functions on AML, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, and fraud questions, including screening alerts, escalations, and case-level determinations, and provide credible in-house guidance that reduces RGA's reliance on outside counsel. 

• Own the technical determination, and the documented rationale, for complex sanctions and AML matters, including cross-border payment questions, restricted party and ownership analysis, license and permission considerations, and sanctions exposure arising in ceded and assumed business. 

• Lead the selection, implementation, tuning and ongoing quality assurance of screening and monitoring tooling, including the pending replacement of RGA's sanctions screening tool, with hands-on ownership of the testing and calibration work. 

• Lead the build out and maturation of a global financial crimes compliance program, and establish scalable governance, monitoring, investigative, and reporting capabilities across RGA's global operations which facilitates the business operating in a compliant manner on a day to day basis. Build and lead a high-performing dedicated global financial crimes team, including organizational design, talent acquisition, capability development and succession planning. 

• Establish and oversee policies, standards, procedures, and controls governing AML, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, fraud risk, and related financial crime risks. 

• Ensure the financial crimes program remains aligned with the evolving global regulatory framework, industry best practices and emerging technologies. 

• Lead responses to regulatory inquiries, examinations, and audits involving financial crime compliance matters and act as the named point of contact for regulators and auditors on technical financial crime questions. 

• Partner with technology and operations teams to enhance monitoring, screening, and investigative capabilities. 

• Educate the business on how compliance is achieved by developing and delivering financial crimes training and awareness programs. 

• Build and lead a high-performing team of financial crimes professionals. 

• RGA-Specific Reinsurance Responsibilities: Transform and lead the financial crime program, including establishing and implementing an effective compliance risk based management program and oversight framework that complies with the risk assessments related to ceding companies, retrocessionaires, brokers, and strategic counterparties. Serve as enterprise subject matter expert for sanctions compliance and related financial crime legal requirements. Assess financial crime risks associated with cross-border payments, international business operations, and sanctions exposure. Provide oversight of third-party administrator (TPA), outsourcing, and vendor financial crime due diligence programs. Partner with Enterprise Risk Management, Legal, Compliance, and Business Development teams to evaluate emerging financial crime risks in reinsurance markets. 

Location: Flexible to our office in NY, St. Louis, London (UK).

The successful candidate may also work in a remote arrangement. 

Qualifications 

• At least one current financial crimes certification is strongly preferred, for example CAMS (ACAMS), CGSS (ACAMS Certified Global Sanctions Specialist), CFCS, CFE, or an ICA Advanced Certificate or Diploma in Financial Crime Prevention, Sanctions Compliance or AML. A sanctions-specific credential such as CGSS is strongly preferred given RGA's sanctions exposure, and candidates without a certification should be prepared to obtain one within twelve months of appointment. JD or equivalent legal degree from an accredited law school preferred. 

• 10+ years of compliance, financial crimes, AML, sanctions, fraud, or related risk management experience within insurance, reinsurance, banking, securities, or other regulated financial services organizations.  

• Demonstrated experience leading financial crimes, sanctions or related compliance programs within a large, complex global organization. 

• Experience operating across multiple jurisdictions, and managing diverse regulatory requirements, and engaging with regulators and executive leadership. 

• Deep current and hands-on expertise interpreting and applying sanctions regulations (including OFAC, EU, UK and UN regimes), AML laws, anti-bribery and corruption requirements, and related financial crime legal frameworks evidenced by the ability to reach and document technical determinations on live matters without routine reliance on external counsel. 

• Proven success building and transforming enterprise financial crimes compliance programs within a large, complex, global organization.  

• Working knowledge of international insurance or reinsurance, and of the sanctions, AML and fraud risks arising in ceded and assumed business, or clear evidence of the ability to acquire it quickly. 

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What you can expect from RGA:

• Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.

• Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.

• Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.

We’re excited to get to know you and connect your unique skills with our global opportunities. To create a modern and seamless experience, we use artificial intelligence (AI) in parts of our preliminary screening process. This technology helps us personalize job recommendations, automate interview scheduling, evaluate candidates based solely on experience—without considering name, gender, or other personal details—and provide real-time answers through our chatbot. AI is used only during early screening and never makes hiring decisions. Your RGA recruiter will work closely with you every step of the way to ensure the process feels personal, thoughtful, and focused on you.

Compensation Range:

Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and market location. In addition, RGA provides an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan. RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits.

RGA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, gender identity or expression, sex, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.