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Jeff Cartwright

Regulatory Risk & Compliance Director

Lehi, Utah

Work Experience

2025

  • Regulatory Compliance

    2025

  • Investor / LP

    2022

  • Owner, Denver location

    2024

  • Owner & President

    2021

  • BSA/AML Lead

    2020 - 2021

2020 - 2020

  • VP of Compliance

    2020 - 2020

2019 - 2019

  • Policy & Compliance Manager

    2019 - 2019

2014 - 2019

  • Director of Regulatory Risk & Exams

    2018 - 2019

    Direct all aspects of regulatory examinations from start to finish including onsite coordination and pre-exam planning & testing. Coordinate and track exam response plans with legal, finance, engineering, infrastructure, information technology (IT), and product team of 12+. Lead Policy Committee of 15 responsible for reviewing and following up on outstanding policy governance matters.

  • Head Of Internal Audit

    2017 - 2018

    Hired 6 employees including internal audit team of 3 and created function from scratch. Created internal audit reports for executive management and Board of Directors, preparing and presenting findings to executive management team of 8. Collaborated with team of 12 to create and implement an internal control environment to meet SOC 1 and SOC 2 requirements. Designed and implemented first ever standardized risk assessment process and risk management framework.

  • Compliance Management

    2014 - 2017

    Managed Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) policies and procedures for use by company with 250 employees. Coordinated and facilitated one of the first successful Title 31 examinations of a digital currency company worth more than $250M. Directly managed regulatory exams and independent reviews including several multi-state examinations resulting in 0 material findings. Participated in industry conferences and panels (MTRA, NMLS, ACAMS, CSBS) including largest event with 2000 attendees. Created, managed, and tracked administration of Coinbase AML training to 200+ employees. Oversaw creation and implementation of policies and procedures related to UDAAP, unclaimed funds, quality assurance, quality control, transaction testing, least-privilege access, ethics, and record-keeping.

2013 - 2014

  • AML Consultant

    2013 - 2014

    Collaborated with major retail banking client to manage review of correspondent banking transactions and coordinate creation and quality assurance of 400+ SAR filings. Provided training to team of 100+ analysts on topics including suspicious activity identification and SAR writing best practices. Led bi-weekly progress meetings with 15+ participants to discuss status of SARs and SAR-related issues.