Director, Cross-Border Advisory & Governance

About the Role

As the Director, Cross-Border Advisory & Governance, you will support the development, implementation and ongoing management of the organization's global financial crimes compliance framework, with a particular focus on activities that span multiple jurisdictions.

The role will focus on ensuring that cross-border activities are supported by a consistent global framework while appropriately incorporating local regulatory requirements and jurisdiction-specific considerations. This includes supporting new and evolving regulatory obligations, changes to business activities, market expansion, and other initiatives that may create or change financial crime compliance requirements.

The position will require strong collaboration across Legal, Compliance, Operations, and business stakeholders to ensure regulatory expectations are clearly understood, appropriately implemented, and supported by effective governance and oversight.

What You'll Do

• Partner with Legal to evaluate the cross border requirements (i.e., financial crime regulatory requirements, licensing, data privacy) across jurisdictions and determine how requirements apply to the organization's activities.

• Support implementation of Legal’s interpretation of regulatory requirements related to cross border requirements and obligations.

• Translate regulatory and Legal guidance into clear operational requirements, processes, procedures, and controls that can be consistently implemented across relevant business activities and jurisdictions.

• Serve as a central Cross Border Compliance partner for cross-border activities, helping identify situations where multiple regulatory regimes or jurisdictional requirements may apply.

• Partner with regional FCOs to understand local regulatory expectations, identify areas requiring additional guidance or escalation, and support alignment between local requirements and the global Cross Border Compliance framework.

• Develop, maintain, and periodically review financial crimes policies, standards, procedures, guidance, and supporting documentation related to cross-border activities.

• Develop and deliver training and awareness to business teams and other stakeholders to promote understanding of financial crime requirements, responsibilities, escalation expectations, and controls.

• Provide advisory support to the business and compliance stakeholders on financial crimes matters, including complex or non-standard scenarios requiring cross-jurisdictional consideration.

• Establish and maintain appropriate governance, management information, reporting, and control oversight for cross-border financial crimes activities.

• Develop and monitor key indicators, reporting, and other management information to identify trends, control gaps, emerging risks, and areas requiring remediation or additional oversight.

• Support control design and periodic reviews to assess whether requirements have been appropriately incorporated into operational processes and whether controls remain effective and sustainable.

• Support regulatory examinations, internal audits, compliance reviews, and other assurance activities relating to cross-border financial crimes requirements, as appropriate.

What You'll Need

• Bachelor's degree preferred with 8+ years of experience in financial crimes compliance, AML/CFT, sanctions, regulatory compliance, risk management, or a related discipline. In lieu of a degree, a combination of education and relevant professional experience will be considered.

• Professional financial crimes certification such as CAMS, CFCS, ICA, CFE, or equivalent preferred.

• Strong knowledge of financial crimes compliance principles, including AML/CFT, sanctions, customer due diligence, beneficial ownership, screening, risk assessment, and related compliance controls.

• Experience working within a global or multinational organization and navigating regulatory requirements across multiple jurisdictions.

• Strong experience drafting policies, standards, procedures, guidance, governance materials, and management reporting.

• Experience developing and delivering compliance training to both compliance professionals and business stakeholders.

• Ability to evaluate complex or ambiguous regulatory matters, identify appropriate stakeholders, and facilitate decisions across multiple functions and jurisdictions.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate complex regulatory topics clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build effective relationships across global and regional teams.

CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate’s education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Director, Cross-Border Advisory & Governance position is $160K/yr and the maximum salary for the position is $180K/ yr. The compensation that is offered to a successful candidate will depend on the candidate’s skills, qualifications, and experience.Successful candidates will also be eligible for a discretionary bonus based on CBRE’s applicable benefit program. This role will provide the following benefits: 401(K), Dental insurance, Health insurance, Life insurance, and Vision insurance.

Equal Employment Opportunity: CBRE is an equal opportunity employer that values diversity. We have a long-standing commitment to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, veteran status, political belief, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

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