Project Manager-Compliance

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Manage compliance and regulatory projects from initiation through closure.
• Define project objectives and deliverables with Compliance, Risk, Legal, Operations, Technology, Business, and external stakeholders.
• Translate regulatory requirements into project plans, business requirements, and implementation activities.
• Develop schedules, milestones, dependencies, budgets, and resource plans; monitor progress and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and changes.
• Coordinate implementation of regulatory requirements, policies, controls, and compliance processes.
• Ensure project deliverables meet internal governance standards and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Prepare status reports, dashboards, steering committee updates, and management presentations; facilitate project meetings, workshops, reviews, and governance forums.
• Manage third-party vendors and technology partners where required.
• Maintain documentation, audit trails, and project governance; support regulatory inspections, audits, remediation, and compliance assessments.
• Drive UAT, implementation, training, transition, and post-implementation activities; escalate and resolve critical issues.

Required qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology, Risk, Compliance, or a related field.
• 6–10 years of project management experience, preferably in banking or financial services.
• Proven experience managing compliance, regulatory, risk, or transformation projects.
• Strong understanding of Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid project management methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including experience with senior management and cross-functional teams.
• Strong risk, issue, dependency, and change management capabilities.
• Good understanding of banking operations, regulatory frameworks, and governance processes.
• Proficiency in MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Jira, Confluence, or similar project management tools.

Preferred experience and certifications

• Experience in one or more of AML/CFT, KYC/customer due diligence, sanctions screening, transaction monitoring, regulatory reporting, FATCA/CRS, consumer protection, data privacy, operational risk and controls, regulatory remediation, or regulatory change management is preferred.
• PMP/PRINCE2, Agile/Scrum, or compliance/risk certifications such as CAMS, ICA, or CRCM are preferred.

Core competencies

• Project management, compliance and regulatory change, risk management, stakeholder management, governance, regulatory remediation, Agile/Waterfall, and banking and financial services.