Senior Financial Crime Manager

Overview

In this standalone MLRO role, you will own financial crime compliance for a UK-regulated entity, reporting to the CFO with direct exposure to the CEO and Board. You will lead NCA and FCA interactions, shape firm-wide AML/CTF, sanctions, and KYC standards, and supervise monitoring and controls. The role focuses on risk-based compliance across international payments, including high-risk relationships and regulatory reporting. You will drive training and assurance reviews to sustain robust governance.

Responsibilities

• Act as nominated MLRO and FCA contact on financial crime
• Manage SAR process, NCA submissions (including DAML) and law enforcement requests
• Own firm-wide risk assessment and AML/CTF, Sanctions, PEP and ABC policies
• Set KYC/CDD/EDD standards and approve high-risk/PEP relationships
• Oversee sanctions screening, transaction monitoring and fraud controls
• Produce the Annual MLRO Report and board-facing reporting
• Deliver AML training and run assurance reviews

Key requirements

• MLRO or Deputy MLRO experience, ideally in payments, remittance, e-money or fintech
• 5+ years in a senior UK compliance role
• International experience essential; African markets exposure a plus
• Commercially minded, collaborative and comfortable working autonomously

• commercially minded
• collaborative
• autonomous
• AML/CTF
• Sanctions
• KYC/CDD/EDD

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