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Robert L. Goecks, VP (MBA, CPA, CAMS, CFE)
Practice Leader, AML Compliance
LUBRINCO
Robert Goecks has deep and varied subject matter expertise in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) compliance. Rob completed a career as a Special Agent with IRS Criminal Investigations where he conducted and supervised money-laundering investigations.
Most recently, Rob was the Practice Leader of Bank Secrecy Act/Anti-Money Laundering (BSA/AML) Compliance Services for the accounting firm of Eisner LLP headquartered in New York City.
Rob has deep and varied subject matter expertise in AML compliance, having completed a career as a Special Agent with IRS Criminal Investigations where he conducted and supervised money-laundering investigations.
Rob spent a year as a Special Investigator of sales practice violations for the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) where he introduced AML training to NASD’s District 10 in Manhattan.
Rob served as the Executive Director of AML Compliance for the U.S. subsidiary of a Canadian bank for approximately three years. His tenure there included the challenges of sustaining a compliant AML Program in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and the firm’s relocation from Ground Zero.
Before joining Eisner LLP, Rob was recruited by an established private bank/wealth management firm headquartered in Manhattan to be their designated AML Compliance Officer. The firm had a pre-existing Cease and Desist Order involving weaknesses in their AML Program. With his leadership the Order was lifted within six months of his arrival and under his continued guidance, the firm sustained its AML compliance for the next five years. Rob reported directly to the firm’s General Counsel, participated in senior management’s risk management meetings and reported regularly to the Board of Directors.
Rob is a member of the Board of Directors of the New York State Society of CPAs and the founding Chair of the Society’s Anti-Money Laundering & Counter Terrorist Financing Committee. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees for the John Jay College Foundation, Inc. where he is Chair of the Audit Committee.
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