Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here: At Crowe, you have the opportunity to deliver innovative solutions to today's complex business issues. Crowe's accounting, consulting, and technology personnel are widely recognized for their in-depth expertise and understanding of sophisticated process frameworks and enabling technologies, along with their commitment to delivering measurable results that help clients build business value. Our focus on emerging technology solutions along with our commitment to internal career growth and exceptional client value has resulted in a firm that is routinely recognized as a "Best Place to Work." We are 75 years strong and still growing. Come grow with us! Job Description: Financial Crime Testing & Validation Senior Consultant Crowe is looking for a detail-oriented individual to join our fast-paced Financial Services Financial Crime Compliance Testing team. When you become a part of our Financial Crime team you will work with a broad array of professionals who take pride in providing cutting edge industry AML and regulatory best practices with the goal of assisting clients administering a sound and compliant AML risk management environment. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Compliance and Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) laws; internal audit processes and best practices; risk and control matrices; and design/operational effectiveness testing. This position would focus on annuity AML compliance testing and internal audit engagements at institutions of various types, including mid-sized banking organizations, MSB's, alternative payment providers (i.e. Fintech organizations), broker/dealers, and asset managers. Projects are facilitated remotely in a team atmosphere. Required Qualifications for Role as Senior Consultant: * Bachelor's Degree * Advanced verbal and written communication skills * 3+ years of experience in BSA/ AML, consulting/advisory, bank internal audit, or compliance testing * Prior financial services internal audit consulting or financial services third line internal audit experience * Strong understanding of BSA/ AML, sanctions, legal and regulatory environment for financial institutions of all sizes * Experience developing, auditing, and monitoring compliance of BSA/AML requirements * Experience with second- or third-line control effectiveness testing against *Ability to actively engage with stakeholders to collect information, and issues, and make recommendations for business and process improvements. *Effective verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact with all levels of management. *Strong teamwork, communication, and customer service skills. *Excellent problem-solving abilities to identify and address compliance gaps or weaknesses. *Strong analytical, attention to detail, organizational, and core project management skills * Ability to travel up to 5% if requested for project(s) Preferences: * Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (CAMS), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA), Certified Information Systems Analyst (CISA) or other relevant professional certification * Proficiency with AML/BSA regulatory requirements for retail banking activities, products and services * Understanding of relevant banking regulations and supervisory expectations for large financial institutions * Good interpersonal skills to build and manage relationships with Business Lines across all three lines of defense * Demonstrated experience executing across all phases of an audit, including planning, conducting process walkthroughs, developing/executing test procedures, tracking artifacts and reporting on deliverables * Experience submitting written or oral reports of audit results to senior management and audit committees including findings, analysis, conclusions and recommended actions * Knowledge and practical use of stat