Job Description
Job Listing ID:
4498298 Job Title:
Senior Associate - Financial Crimes Audit & Issue Validation Testing Application Deadline:
Open Until Filled Job Location:
Salem
Date Posted:
05/23/2026 Hours Worked Per Week:
Not Provided Shift:
Not Provided Duration of Job:
Either Full or Part Time, more than 6 months You may contact this employer directly.
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About Us SolomonEdwardsGroup, LLC ("SolomonEdwards") is a full-service professional services firm offering financial, operational, and technology consulting and operations support. We work with some of the world's most prominent companies to help them envision and achieve a better future. We know that our consulting services are only as meaningful as the people and talent behind them, and we are committed to recruiting incredibly talented, committed, and collaborative individuals who can help us deliver exceptional client service. For more information, visit SolomonEdwards Position Summary:
We are seeking a Senior Associate-level Financial Crimes Audit and Issue Validation Testing Consultant to support financial crimes audits, regulatory validation activities, and control testing initiatives. This role combines hands-on execution responsibilities with increased ownership of testing quality, documentation standards, and workpaper defensibility. The ideal candidate will have strong experience performing financial crimes audits, compliance testing, or issue validation work within highly regulated financial institutions. This individual will independently develop and execute testing, support regulatory mapping activities, review work performed by peers when needed, and contribute to maintaining high-quality, regulator-ready deliverables. Essential Duties:
Audit, Testing, and Validation Execution Execute financial crimes audit and issue validation testing across AML, sanctions, KYC, transaction monitoring, and related financial crimes programs. Review and interpret policies, procedures, and control documentation; conduct walkthroughs and process mapping. Map applicable laws, rules, regulations, and internal policy requirements to relevant controls and processes. Develop and execute detailed test scripts and validation procedures aligned to regulatory and internal policy requirements. Conduct testing of control design and operating effectiveness and document results in regulator -ready Workpapers. Validate remediation activities and corrective action plans for sustainability and root-cause resolution. Identify, escalate, and clearly communicate issues, control gaps, and test observations. Quality Assurance and Regulatory Support Support quality review efforts by ensuring testing documentation is complete, consistent, and defensible. Assist in maintaining strong regulatory mapping between applicable AML regulations, guidance, and internal controls. Provide thoughtful challenge to test conclusions and issue remediation efforts where appropriate. Contribute to improving testing methodologies, documentation standards, and audit consistency across engagements. Support stakeholder discussions, audit leadership updates, and potential regulatory inquiries or reviews. Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in accounting, Finance, Business, or related field. 8+ years of financial crimes audit, compliance testing, or issue validation experience within financial services. Experience supporting AML, sanctions, KYC, transaction monitoring, or broader financial crimes compliance programs. CAMS or similar financial crimes certification is strongly preferred. Strong documentation and workpaper preparation skills with ability to produce regulator -ready deliverables. Ability to independently manage multiple testing workstreams in a fast-paced environment. Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency with SQL or similar query languages. Strong understanding of financial crimes risk areas, control frameworks, and testing methodologies. 
