About this role
Role Overview
- Manage and maintain a high calibre Financial Crime Compliance within the 1st Line of Defence, supporting and protecting the business against Financial Crime.
- Work alongside the Head of Compliance Operations to manage and set department and individual goals and targets for all Compliance Operations tasks.
- Responsibility for the further development, implementation and maintenance of an effective tactical and strategic FCC programme.
- Monitoring regulatory FCC developments and notifying relevant changes and ensure the design and implementation of new/amended FCC controls are effective.
- Maintenance of Financial Crime Systems, driving continuous validity testing and optimization.
- Delivering FCC regular training programme to embed a culture of awareness.
- With the help of MLROs and the 2nd Line Compliance Team, understand and have continuing knowledge of FCC requirements to ensure that the AML programme is consistent with all applicable local laws, regulations and rules and that the FCC programme is updated, as required, in light of changes to local laws, regulations and rules.
- Develop and manage a regular monitoring and reporting process to inform senior management, the audit committee and the board.
- Manage remediation activities across Financial Crime, being the central conduit between Operations, Technology, and Compliance.
- Establish and maintain liaison with local financial industry representatives to proactively identify current financial crime trends, criminal activity and the identification of organised criminal groups and influence security best practises.
- Where applicable, liaison with national and international law enforcement entities and liaison with local financial industry representatives to proactively identify financial crime trends/criminal activity and organised criminal attacks.
Requirements
- Minimum 10 years of experience in Financial Crime Compliance in EMI/FinTechs.
- Highly numerate with extensive experience in designing, implementing, and running financial crime technology infrastructures.
- Knowledgeable and experienced in governance and Financial Crime Compliance policies and procedures with knowledge on fintech Financial Crime Compliance risk and advisory.
- Able to communicate and present to senior management or business partners.
- Experienced people manager.