Job Overview
Location
Chicago, IL
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Software Engineering
Date Posted
June 22, 2026
Full Job Description
📋 Description
- • Create and maintain the Annual Financial Crimes test plan covering key risk areas including AML, sanctions, enhanced due diligence, and suspicious activity reporting.
- • Coordinate day-to-day execution of testing activities with the offshore Testing team to ensure timely and accurate delivery of control assessments.
- • Own and continuously update the testing framework and supporting templates to align with evolving regulatory requirements and industry standards.
- • Conduct hands-on testing of both functional and backend systems, including executing SQL queries to validate control effectiveness based on established control setups.
- • Develop detailed test plans, collect test data, write test instructions, and perform adequacy reviews of policies and procedures related to financial crimes controls.
- • Analyze test results to identify and summarize risk-based observations, prioritizing findings by potential impact and likelihood.
- • Communicate control deficiencies clearly to business units and key stakeholders, exercising credible challenge to drive remediation.
- • Assist in preparing executive-level reports that summarize testing outcomes, conclusions, and recommendations for senior leadership.
- • Support the maintenance and enhancement of the Global Financial Crimes Control Library to ensure consistency and compliance across jurisdictions.
- • Develop and contribute to departmental Testing and Monitoring metrics used for performance tracking and regulatory reporting.
- • Perform qualitative and quantitative analysis on financial crimes control data to assess risk exposure and control effectiveness.
- • Collaborate cross-functionally with stakeholders across the Financial Crimes Compliance program and Engineering teams to align testing efforts with system changes and business processes.
- • Apply understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to evaluate how technology implementations impact financial crimes controls.
- • Utilize SQL, Jira, and JQL queries to extract, analyze, and report on control data and system behavior.
- • Maintain a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail in all testing documentation, analysis, and communication.
- • Demonstrate fluency in applying technology solutions to solve complex business and regulatory challenges in a global financial services environment.
- • Work in a hybrid model with four days per week in the Chicago office and one day remotely.
🎯 Requirements
- • 6+ years of experience evaluating AML controls within a financial institution, preferably a large broker-dealer with an international client base
- • Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree
- • Experience with SQL, Jira, and JQL queries
- • Knowledge of US and foreign AML regulatory regimes
- • Understanding of financial crimes data and the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- • Experience in AML areas including Investigations, Sanctions, Enhanced Due Diligence, and Suspicious Activity Reporting
🏖️ Benefits
- • Competitive salary ranging from $115,000 to $150,000 annually, plus annual performance-based bonus and stock grant
- • Retirement plan 401(k) with competitive company match
- • Excellent health and wellness benefits including medical, dental, and vision; company-paid medical healthcare premium
- • Daily company lunch allowance and fully stocked kitchen with healthy breakfast and snack options
- • Education reimbursement and learning opportunities
- • Wellness screenings, health coaching, and counseling services through an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
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About Interactive Brokers LLC
Interactive Brokers LLC is a U.S.-regulated electronic brokerage and market maker that provides direct-access trading in stocks, options, futures, forex, bonds, ETFs and funds to individual and institutional clients worldwide. The company operates a consolidated equity capital of over $10 billion, routes orders to more than 150 markets in 33 countries, and offers a proprietary Trader Workstation platform, margin lending, portfolio management tools, research and robo-advisory services through Interactive Advisors. Founded in 1978 and headquartered in Greenwich, Connecticut, it is listed on NASDAQ under ticker IBKR and regulated by SEC, FINRA, NYSE and global authorities.
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