Compliance Manager

Responsibilities:

• Oversee the day-to-day execution of the Company's Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and regulatory compliance program, ensuring adherence to BSA/FinCEN requirements and Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) regulations.
• Monitor AML activity, including review and oversight of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs), Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs), and patron identification (KYC/CDD) processes to ensure completeness, accuracy, and regulatory defensibility.
• Lead or support AML and Compliance investigations, ensuring timely identification, documentation, escalation, and resolution of suspicious activity and control failures.
• Serve as a primary compliance resource and escalation point, providing guidance, training, and recommendations to employees and leadership on AML, regulatory, and internal control matters.
• Maintain audit-ready compliance documentation, case files, reports, and records while supporting internal audits, external audits, and regulatory examinations.
• Partner with operational departments to ensure compliance controls, policies, and procedures are effectively implemented and consistently followed.
• Administer responsibilities related to the IGB Statewide Voluntary Self-Exclusion Program in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Select, train, develop, and manage compliance team members, including coaching, performance management, and corrective action as needed.
• Maintain strict confidentiality of patron, transaction, and compliance information.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Salary:

• $115,000/year

Additional Benefits:

• $7 Daily Garage Parking

Physical Demands & Work Environment:

• Regularly required to see, talk, hear, walk, and stand
• Frequently required to use hands to handle, feel, and reach
• Occasionally required to sit or stoop
• Occasionally lift and or move up to 30 pounds
• The work environment is fast-paced and contains bright lights, loud noise, and stressful situations.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Bachelors of Criminal Justice (preferred)
Bachelors of Accounting (preferred)
Bachelors of Finance (preferred)
Bachelors of Business Administration (preferred)
High School (required)

High attention to detail with a focus on accuracy, documentation quality, and audit defensibility (required)
Must be able to work weekends, evenings, and holidays as needed to support operations and compliance matters (required)
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to draft clear, fact-based, and regulator-facing documentation (required)
CAMS (Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist) or equivalent certification must be obtained within 6 months of hire (required)
Demonstrated proficiency in AML/Title 31 requirements required upon hire (required)
Must have a working knowledge of table games and slot machine operations within a regulated gaming environment (required)
Excellent written and verbal communications skills are required (required)
5 - 7 years: Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in AML, regulatory compliance, or casino gaming compliance, with direct exposure to Title 31/BSA requirements (required)
2 years: Minimum of 2 years of direct team leadership experience, including supervision, mentoring, and holding staff accountable to performance and compliance standards (required)
Must be able to obtain and maintain a gaming license issued by the Illinois Gaming Board (required)
Must be 21 years of age or older (required)

IGB Level 2 (required)