Selena Carr
Wood-Ridge
Summary
Dynamic Compliance Officer with extensive experience at Nordea Bank, excelling in sanctions screening and transaction monitoring investigations. Proven track record in enhancing risk controls and delivering impactful training. Adept at mentoring teams and driving process improvements, ensuring compliance with BSA/AML regulations while fostering cross-departmental collaboration.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Compliance Officer
Nordea Bank
New York
01.2025 - Current
- Perform periodic monitoring and complex investigations on customer and transaction activity to ensure adherence to BSA/AML and sanctions-related controls; document findings and disposition rationale.
- Developed and delivered AML red flag training and training on sanctions and export-circumvention indicators applicable to branch products, customers, and geographic exposure.
- Implemented procedural enhancements that strengthened risk controls in case escalations, cross-departmental collaboration, and audit trails for monitoring decisions.
- Partner with stakeholders across the branch to obtain documentation, clarify payment/party information, and resolve higher-risk cases under tight deadlines.
Assistant BSA/AML Manager, Officer
Columbia Bank
Fair Lawn
01.2022 - Current
- Lead and mentor a team of seven analysts conducting EDD, KYC/CIP verification, suspicious activity investigations, and OFAC screening of customers and transactions; ensure consistent, well-supported alert dispositions.
- Strengthened higher-risk customer review standards using a risk-based methodology, improving clarity of investigative steps, decisioning, and management reporting.
- Leverage transaction monitoring, negative news, customer verification subscriptions, and open-source research to build comprehensive risk profiles and identify potential sanctions/evasion red flags for escalation.
- Serve as liaison for internal/external BSA/AML audits and regulatory exams; coordinate evidence collection and respond to examiner inquiries on investigations, controls, and outcomes.
- Designed enterprise training on red-flag activity in cryptocurrency and cannabis sectors, emphasizing sanctions risk, typologies, and documentation expectations.
Compliance & BSA Officer
First Financial Federal Credit Union
Freehold
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Owned day-to-day AML compliance activities, including managing audits/exams and preparing SARs and CTRs for FinCEN submission with clear narratives and supporting documentation.
- Conducted in-depth investigations from transaction monitoring alerts, referrals, and employee misconduct matters, including potential sanctions circumvention attempts; escalated credible matches and maintained case files.
- Administered FinCEN 314(a)/(b) programs and ensured timely, accurate responses and documentation.
Senior Regulatory Affairs Analyst
Vanguard
Malvern
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Coordinated cross-functional working groups to assess impacts of regulatory policy changes and translate requirements into business actions and briefings.
Public Policy Analyst
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
Richmond
01.2013 - 01.2019
- Led legislative outreach and briefings; synthesized policy analysis and intelligence to support system-wide objectives and stakeholder communications.
Manager, Federal Government Relations
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
Washington
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Briefed committees on regulatory/legislative developments related to Dodd-Frank derivatives markets; managed federal lobbying disclosure and reporting.
Director
McBee Strategic Consulting
Washington
01.2008 - 01.2011
- Developed legislative outreach programs, produced briefing materials, and authored client newsletters on legislative developments.
Education
M.B.A. -
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VAB.A. -
Rutgers University
New Brunswick, NJSkills
- Sanctions screening
- OFAC compliance
- Sanctions/export circumvention red flags
- Transaction monitoring investigations
- Enhanced due diligence (EDD)
- KYC/CIP
- Adverse media research
- Risk-based customer profiling
- Case documentation
- Audit trails
- Policy/procedure development
- Training
- Mentorship
- Regulatory exams
- Audits
- Process improvement
- Data organization
- LexisNexis
- Dow Jones
- Factiva
- Verafin
- Fiserv
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
Certification
- Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS), ACAMS, 02/01/22
- Accredited Cannabis Banking Professional (ACPB), CareerLearning/Green Check Verified, 02/01/23
- Securities Industry Essentials (SIE) Exam, FINRA, 05/01/22
Systems And Tools
- LexisNexis (customer verification/adverse media)
- Dow Jones/Factiva (negative news)
- Verafin (transaction monitoring)
- Fiserv (core/banking systems/sanctions screening)
- Microsoft Excel/PowerPoint/Word
Timeline
Compliance Officer
Nordea Bank
01.2025 - Current
Assistant BSA/AML Manager, Officer
Columbia Bank
01.2022 - Current
Compliance & BSA Officer
First Financial Federal Credit Union
01.2020 - 01.2022
Senior Regulatory Affairs Analyst
Vanguard
01.2019 - 01.2020
Public Policy Analyst
Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond
01.2013 - 01.2019
Manager, Federal Government Relations
Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA)
01.2011 - 01.2012
Director
McBee Strategic Consulting
01.2008 - 01.2011
M.B.A. -
Virginia Commonwealth University
B.A. -
Rutgers University