ROLE EXPECTATIONS
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Maintains exceptional customer service at every interaction.
- Assess, establish and maintain an anti-money laundering (AML) program.
- Ability to carry out assignments discreetly, effectively, and efficiently in sensitive, confidential circumstances when performing all duties.
- Perform audits, critique and evaluate gaming departments to determine regulatory compliance and training opportunities.
- Ability to detect suspicious activity and conduct SAR related investigations, writing narratives, and filing SAR within a given deadline.
- Ability to manage and conduct continuing activity SAR reviews.
- Provide training to all applicable casino related team members in a timely manner
- Manage and oversee exception management procedures for audit and Title 31 policy and procedures violations
- Ability to maintain a close working relationship with banking partners.
- Ability to run monthly AML Committee meetings and quarterly Compliance committee meetings.
- Audit accounting and operation records, procedures and practices to determine accuracy and compliance with accepted codes, rules, regulations, standards, ordinances and policies affecting Casino operations.
- Plan, coordinate, and execute all compliance related audits with 3rd parties including Gaming Commission, External Auditors, State of Nevada, IRS, and others.
- Provide recommendations for process improvement and act as a liaison between operational departments and regulatory agencies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional leaders to design and manage controls related to department-specific systems, including user access reviews, system implementations, and risk mitigation.
- Evaluate program quality and effectiveness, identifies areas for improvement, and forecasts future program needs by ensuring work performed meets regulatory requirements, industry standards, practices and/or expectations.
- Organize, prioritize and complete numerous tasks under time constraints while maintaining attention to detail.
- Excellent interpersonal, analytical, research and managerial experience leading teams with audits and projects.
- Perform other reasonable duties and responsibilities as assigned.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
- This position does have direct supervisory responsibilities.
REQUIREMENTS
- At least 21 years of age.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Minimum ten (10) years of related compliance experience in a casino or government agency, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Minimum of seven (7) years of supervisory experience leading a team in performing AML related audits, conducting SAR related investigations, conducting due diligence and enhanced due diligence.
- Experience in conducting risk assessments
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience conducting due diligence on vendors and risk rating vendors for follow up periodic reviews;
- Minimum of two (2) years of experience with reading financial documents such as tax returns and bank statements and conducting an analysis of patron’s source of wealth
- Experience in detecting fraud and liaising with Surveillance, Security, and Revenue Audit to detect, stop, and report necessary fraudulent activity.
- Strong organizational skills, solution-driven, analytical thinker.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.
- Proficiency with casino related systems and AML/Compliance tracking systems
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Proactive with an attention to details.
Rio Las Vegas is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship. Rio Las Vegas makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.