Compliance Manager, FIU

Overview

In this role you lead and develop a team of financial-crime investigators to uphold high investigation quality, regulatory compliance, and timely reporting. You will collaborate with Compliance, Risk, Legal and external regulators, acting as a senior escalation point for complex investigations. The role combines people leadership with hands-on regulatory response and risk mitigation in a fast-paced cross-border environment. You will shape investigations workflows and contribute to growth initiatives within FIU.

Pay / Benefits

• 25 days per annum + 8 bank holidays
• option to buy or sell up to 5 days annually
• employee contribution 3% matched with 5% from Corpay
• Vitality health coverage with 250 excess
• access to online courses
• volunteering days and company-wide activities

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of financial-crime investigators with clear standards for quality and compliance
• Prioritize workload, balance routine investigations with urgent escalations and regulatory deadlines
• Ensure adherence to AML/CTF and other financial crime regulations; prepare and submit regulatory reports
• Serve as senior escalation point for high-risk, time-sensitive investigations involving UK/EU entities
• Provide training on compliance policies and regulatory requirements to staff
• Facilitate workshops, provide status updates, and lead compliance meetings
• Respond to AML inquiries from external sources; support subpoenas, audits, and exams
• Act as subject-matter expert for UK/EU financial-crime investigations; advise on standards, risk indicators, escalation
• Identify risks and mitigation strategies; contribute to growth initiatives like mentoring and recruitment
• Support miscellaneous projects and duties as assigned

Key requirements

• 5+ years in the compliance field (preferably second-line or holistic function)
• 2+ years of managerial experience
• Experience leading and coaching a Compliance team
• Strong ability to manage escalations and make independent decisions
• Investigation experience within a financial institution
• Solid understanding of AML/CTF and broader financial crime regulatory requirements
• Confident communicating with senior stakeholders
• Ability to manage high-risk, sensitive, time-critical investigations
• Strong decision-making, prioritisation, and stakeholder management
• Experience preparing reports for audits, exams, subpoenas, or regulatory requests

• strong communication with senior stakeholders
• leadership and people development
• stakeholder management
• AML/CTF knowledge
• financial-crime investigations
• regulatory reporting and filings

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