Financial Crimes Compliance Controls Senior Strategist (Fintech)

Location: Hybrid; New York, NY headquarters or remote within the United States. Relocation expense coverage to NYC or SF may be available.

Salary: $160,000–$220,000 target base in NYC/SF; $144,000–$198,000 nationwide, plus equity.

Company

Ramp builds smart financial infrastructure that automates payment authorization, risk flagging, spend categorization, and financial close workflows for businesses.

What you will do

• Own FCC control effectiveness across manual procedures, detection rules, workflow controls, automation deployments, and AI- or LLM-enabled capabilities.
• Establish standards for control testing, evidence retention, issue identification, remediation tracking, and ongoing monitoring.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Design, and Data on major initiatives, translating financial-crimes requirements into scalable workflows, controls, and user experiences.
• Lead the internal AI and automation strategy, including use-case selection, testing, documentation, monitoring, and human oversight.
• Use financial-crimes expertise, data, and analytical methods to identify emerging risks, control gaps, and improvement opportunities.
• Act as an independent secondary reviewer for FCC compliance reviews requiring segregation of duties or heightened review.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in financial-crimes compliance, AML/BSA, or sanctions.
• At least 3 years in technical compliance, controls, compliance testing, quality assurance, or a similar role.
• At least 3 years as an AML or financial-crimes trusted advisor working with technical, operational, product, or business stakeholders.
• Experience developing, implementing, or evaluating controls across manual and technology-enabled processes.
• Strong understanding of financial-crimes typologies, risk evolution, control performance, data analysis, and AI or LLM-enabled controls.
• ACAMS or an equivalent financial-crimes certification, plus strong written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience evaluating or implementing AI, machine learning, LLM, automation, or decisioning controls in a regulated environment.
• Experience with fintech, payments, banking, cards, or money-transmission compliance programs.
• Experience designing controls for transaction monitoring, KYC/KYB, EDD, sanctions screening, suspicious-activity reporting, or payment-risk workflows.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible PTO, home-office equipment ordering, health and wellness stipend, and budget for intra-office travel.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage, with regional plan variations and dependent coverage options.
• 401(k) or regional retirement plans with employer matching.
• Parental leave of up to 16 weeks for birthing and bonding or 8 weeks for bonding only, with regional variations.
• Fertility support, pet insurance, life and disability coverage, employee assistance, and virtual care.
• In-office meals, snacks, drinks, and a weekly coffee stipend.