Leads the global financial crime framework across the EU, UK and US, translating policy into operational controls and overseeing risk assessments, model governance, reporting and regulatory engagement.
Global Head of Financial Crime Strategy
📜 Description
- Set global AML/CFT strategy, risk appetite, policies, and controls across payments, cards, and emerging products.
- Build a consistent group-wide compliance framework with local regulatory requirements incorporated.
- Partner with Product and Engineering on KYC, screening, and AI/ML transaction-monitoring systems.
- Oversee global and regional risk assessments, complex investigations, and STR/SAR filings.
- Improve KYC/CDD/EDD workflows, rule validation, and back-testing to maintain effective controls.
- Build and mentor a cross-border compliance team and guide regional MLROs and compliance officers.
🛠️ Requirements
- Experience: 12+ years of senior compliance leadership within a global payments firm, fintech, or international bank.
- Industry Expertise: Familiarity with the FinCrime regulations around the world, including Payment Services Act, BSA/USA PATRIOT Act, and evolving international cross-border payment standards.
- The "Architect" Mindset: You have 15+ years of experience, but you’ve moved past manual reviews. You think in terms of scalable systems and automated workflows.
- Influence without Authority: Proven ability to lead a matrixed organization where regional MLROs have local accountability but look to you for functional direction and "best-in-class" tools.
- Fintech Native: You understand the nuances of high-velocity payments, crypto-linkages, and digital-first onboarding.
- Crisis & Advisory: You are the "Level 2" escalation point for complex, cross-border financial crime cases that span multiple jurisdictions.
✨ Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Performance bonuses
- Sales commissions
- Equity for specific roles
- Recognition programs
- Medical coverage
- 24/7 employee assistance program
- Generous vacation programs, including a year-end shutdown
Full job description
About the role
As the Global Head of Financial Crimes Compliance, you are the architect of our global financial crime combatting strategy. Your mission is to empower our MLROs and Country Compliance Officers by providing them with a world-class, tech-driven framework, unified policies, and scalable tooling. You build the global standards and systems that ensure our in-country Compliance leaders succeed in meeting regulatory expectations, including audits and inspections.
Key Responsibilities
Requirements
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Experience: 12+ years of senior compliance leadership within a global payments firm, fintech, or international bank.
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Industry Expertise: Familiarity with the FinCrime regulations around the world, including Payment Services Act, BSA/USA PATRIOT Act, and evolving international cross-border payment standards.
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The "Architect" Mindset: You have 15+ years of experience, but you’ve moved past manual reviews. You think in terms of scalable systems and automated workflows.
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Influence without Authority: Proven ability to lead a matrixed organization where regional MLROs have local accountability but look to you for functional direction and "best-in-class" tools.
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Fintech Native: You understand the nuances of high-velocity payments, crypto-linkages, and digital-first onboarding.
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Crisis & Advisory: You are the "Level 2" escalation point for complex, cross-border financial crime cases that span multiple jurisdictions.
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Time-to-Market: Speed at which a new country can "plug in" to the global FCC stack and go live.
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Platform Health: Significant reduction in manual work for regional teams through automation and high-fidelity alerting.
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Audit Readiness: 100% consistency in global data standards during any regional regulatory examination.
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Detection Effectiveness: High "true positive" rate in transaction monitoring and significant reductions in false positive alerts.
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Regulatory Standing: Zero major findings in regulatory audits and successful expansion into new markets via timely licensing.
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