**Overview** Are you a highly motivated and experienced AML professional ready to make a significant impact? Intuit is seeking a Lead Investigator to join our dedicated Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance team. In this role, you'll be crucial in protecting our rapidly expanding financial services — encompassing QuickBooks, TurboTax, and Credit Karma products that facilitate ACH, credit card, lending, cross-border payments, and bill pay — for millions of consumer and business customers. _This role is hybrid with on-site expectations of 3 days per week. We prioritize being together to promote connection and belonging, creativity and innovation, as well as speed, agility, and productivity to accelerate getting work done._ **What you'll bring** Required: + 5+ years of experience in BSA/AML investigations, financial crimes, or fraud detection, preferably at a fintech, MSB, or financial institution. + Strong understanding of ACH, card transactions, cross-border wires, transactions bill payments, and digital money movement products. + Proven experience with SAR drafting, filing and FinCEN reporting requirements. + Strong leadership experience with the ability to mentor, coach, and lead other investigators. + Demonstrated ability to mentor junior investigators and lead training programs focused on investigative standards and regulatory compliance. + Familiarity with applicable U.S. laws and regulations including BSA, USA PATRIOT Act, FinCEN guidance, and financial crimes compliance. + Experience using internal and external case management and investigation tools, including AML transaction monitoring platforms and third-party research tools (e.g., Chainalysis, WorldCheck, LexisNexis). + Providing guidance to product and or business partners on risks associated with fintech product launches and enhancements Preferred: + Experience working in fintech, data environments and/or with high-volume transactional environments. + Demonstrated experience providing guidance to product and or business partners on financial crimes compliance risks associated with fintech product launches and enhancements + Familiarity with transactions involving digital assets and blockchain analytics tools. + CAMS, CFCS, or other relevant certification preferred. **Key Attributes for Success** + Analytical mindset with the ability to synthesize complex information quickly. + Strong communication skills (verbal and written), including comfort presenting cases to senior leadership or regulators. + Ability to operate in dynamic environments independently while balancing team leadership and programmatic growth. + Agile and adaptable in a high-growth, fast-paced fintech environment. + Entrepreneurial and proactive in understanding and then assisting where needed in the overall BSA/AML spaces + Ability to influence, challenge, and support senior leadership + Very strong process and problem-solving skills at both strategic and functional levels + Aptnes to make sound risk-based decisions on complicated AML investigations. **How you will lead** **Investigations & Case Management** + Lead end-to-end investigations of complex and high-risk cases involving potential money laundering, fraud, structuring, and other suspicious activity. + Review transactional activity for consumer and business clients across various channels: ACH, card (credit/debit), cross-border wires, and digital payments. + Prepare and file timely, high-quality Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) to FinCEN in accordance with regulatory requirements and internal standards. + Conduct enhanced due diligence (EDD) on high-risk entities or patterns, including those involving digital assets or crypto-related activity. Team Leadership, Mentorship & Training + Serve as a Team Lead, providing direct guidance, quality assurance, and oversight to AML/BSA investigators. + Mentor and support junior and less experienced investigators, providing coaching, on-the-job training, and career development opportunities. + Design and lead training programs to standardize investigative practices, improve case quality, and promote compliance knowledge across the team. + Help prioritize investigations, assign workload, and ensure consistent application of investigative procedures. + Act as the primary, lead person for complex or sensitive investigations and drive such investigations to conclusion. Program Building & Scaling + Develop and implement investigative procedures, workflows, escalation protocols, and quality assurance controls. + Collaborate with Product, Data, and Engineering teams to identify data sources and improve automation and tooling for investigations. + Help build frameworks for typologies, detection scenarios, and red flag indicators tailored to our evolving products and risk profile. Cross-Functional Collaboration + Work closely with BSA/AML Officer, Quality Control, Risk Operations, Data Analytics, Legal, and other compliance teams to ensure a unified approach to financial crime prevention. + Participate in internal and external audits, regulatory exams, and special projects. Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. The expected base pay range for this position is Bay Area California $169,000- $228,500 and San Diego $149,000 - $201,500. This position will be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits) (https://www.intuit.com/careers/benefits/full-time-employees/) . Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing pay equity for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender. EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability. Intuit will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with requirements of local law.