To be fair it says he was a legal & compliance officer. They are the people, usually vainly, trying to keep the front office bankers on the straight and narrow. Or, if they are very cynical, telling the front office what is the minimum they can get away with and stay on straight and narrow... I guess Q&A/ Standards & Quality would be airline equivalent
A very frustrating role in a bank, the rest of the bank regards you as a sneak who is trying to stop them getting rich and also as someone who couldn't cut it as a "real" banker