Financial Crime Team Manager

Our Fintech client continues to expand its products and services and is looking for a highly skilled Financial Crime Manager to lead and manage the Risk team. This role is focused on inspiring and empowering the team while ensuring the effective implementation of the company’s risk management strategies. The right candidate will possess outstanding leadership abilities, capable of guiding the team through any challenges that may arise.
The role reports into the VP of Operations, and this team plays a critical role in safeguarding the business against Financial Crime in the UK and US.
The Financial Crime Manager will:

• Lead, and inspire a vibrant team of risk analysts, assistants, and specialists by setting clear performance expectations and objectives through regular one-on-one meetings and performance reviews.
• Monitor and validate the effectiveness of risk mitigation strategies, risk rules, and initiatives by developing and maintaining KPIs.
• Investigate complex issues, foreseeing potential challenges, and delivering proactive, concrete remedies to mitigate any adverse effects.
• Stay up to date with the latest industry best practices and emerging trends in risk management and share your expertise to support an ingrained risk mitigation approach for all feature developments.
• Produce periodic reports providing a concise overview of the team's performance and the company’s Financial Crime risks - including chargeback levels, eKYC performance, work backlogs, SARs, MID performance, and PEPs.
• Ensure compliance with partners' requirements concerning Financial Crime risk management, generating monthly/quarterly/annual reports.
• Bring your expertise to the weekly Ops Management Meetings and share any valuable insights and trends to help drive success.

We’re looking for:

• A decisive leader, team player, and problem solver, able to assess situations, identify causes, and propose solutions.
• A proven track record of successfully managing a Financial Crime operation.
• Experience with different fraud monitoring systems, demonstrating a strong knowledge of effectively integrating and implementing them.
• Excellent understanding and awareness of regulatory mandates within AML/Fraud/Compliance.
• Ability to work collaboratively and build positive relationships across departments.
• Experience in utilizing project management practices and a strong understanding of business analytics tools, such as JIRA or Confluence.

This is a permanent full-time role initially working Mon-Fri 9am to 5.30pm from the Farnborough office. After the successful completion of probation, working from home for a maximum of 2 days a week will be an option.
An innovative, award-winning Fintech business, offering an excellent induction and onboarding program with ongoing learning and development. 25 days holiday plus BH, great company events local and abroad, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, cash health plan, your birthday off, long service awards, and many more benefits and perks.