Jared Ott
Director Advisory Forensic
Jared Ott is a Director in KPMG's Financial Crimes practice based in New York City. He has over 12 years of experience in financial crimes compliance, including assessing and advising a variety clients—from global financial institutions to financial technology companies. He is a former anti-money laundering (AML)/countering the financing of terrorism (CFT) and sanctions compliance expert at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the U.S. Department of the Treasury. At the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), Jared was a Senior Regulations Advisor and helped lead AML/CFT regime modernization efforts and rulemakings. Additionally, he issued exceptive relief and administrative rulings to enable innovative approaches to compliance with—or clarification of—the Bank Secrecy Act (BSA). Jared is passionate about helping clients explore and implement the usage of innovative approaches to meet regulatory requirements and supervisory expectations, while ensuring their programs are appropriately risk-based and generating highly useful information for law enforcement and national security agencies.