Compliance Manager (AML & FinCrime)

About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more help our 45+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth, two things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work. So far, we have 10,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About The Role

Compliance is a key team that ensures Revolut's products and processes meet the regulatory requirements and translate this into the best customer outcomes. They've got an outstanding ability to find solutions and carry out testing in a purely digital environment. Those data-driven experts know that better people and machines are the most effective way of managing conduct risk.

We're looking for a Compliance Manager to ensure that the Financial Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Control frameworks of Revolut are operating effectively. A professional excited to design, lead, and shape the future of oversight and compliance. A sharp mind who can quickly identify money laundering risk and maintain our systems and controls, considering a range of factors. Be warned, this is a very hands-on role.

What You'll Be Doing

1. Contributing to the FinCrime and AML programme that manages sources of financial crime risks and meets the needs of the regulator, local, and Group management.
2. Working closely with the India MLRO and other senior managers to identify, assess, and mitigate regulatory compliance risks, determining priorities and resources required to effectively control them.
3. Determining identification and verification standards for customer take-on and AML compliance.
4. Managing the suspicious activity reporting process, internally and externally.
5. Training staff to identify financial crime, escalate suspicious activity, and make external reports to regulators and law enforcement.
6. Receiving and promptly responding to enquiries from law enforcement agencies.
7. Continuously developing, enhancing, and embedding the financial crime and AML risk framework for managing key regulatory risks across the firm.
8. Serving as a liaison to the local authorities, managing filings to the local Financial Investigation Unit.
9. Collaborating with internal compliance teams to identify and provide clear steps necessary to mitigate regulatory risks.
10. Partnering with Product Owners to educate and drive the appropriate execution of compliance requirements.

What You'll Need

1. Fluency in English.
2. A bachelor's degree.
3. 5+ years of experience in an AML or FinCrime role.
4. Team management skills, including the ability to oversee compliance and control activities within a global payment processing environment.
5. Knowledge and experience of best practice in financial services regulation, fraud detection methodologies, and emerging practice in financial crime and money laundering typologies.
6. Excellent communication skills with the ability to motivate others.
7. The ability to exercise oversight and understanding of financial crime and AML policies, procedures, and control arrangements in a complex financial operation.
8. Problem-solving and decision-making skills to analyse complex information and identify the key issue/action to drive resolutions.
9. Deep knowledge of the regulatory environment in India and key financial crime regimes.
10. An understanding of payment systems and markets with a focus on technology and mobile applications.

Nice to have

1. A relevant master's degree or a professional qualification from an internationally recognised body (ICA, ACAMS, etc.).

Building a global financial super app isn't enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that's why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow every day. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We're doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That's why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.

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