Team Lead, FinCrime Compliance

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced Team Lead to join the FinCrime Compliance team in the second line of defense. The ideal candidate will have strong financial crime risk knowledge, provide subject matter expertise in the financial crime and sanctions compliance monitoring field and guide other team members, if needed.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee and drive the smooth flow of work within the team.

• Support direct Manager in strategic projects in the FinCrime field, as needed and proactively assist with the efficient implementation of new FinCrime processes, demonstrating initiative and can-do attitude.

• Identify and investigate potential suspicious activities in relation to financial crime, handle in depth AML and fraud investigations, as well as ATO cases.

• Efficiently execute transaction monitoring tasks i.e. handling alerts triggered by transaction monitoring tools and high risk scenarios.

• Ensure investigations are completed to a high standard, including the preparation of high quality investigation reports and the accurate filing or logging of relevant supporting material.

• Handle escalations from various teams as per procedures, including EDD, PEP, Sanction and Adverse Media screenings and high risk scenarios.

• Handle requests for information from external sources i.e. subpoenas and law enforcement requests.

• Maintain the confidential information of our customers, our partners, and our business with the utmost integrity.

• Assist with providing payment-related compliance expertise to improve processes, tooling, and automation.

• Create and maintain thorough and clear documentation on procedures, incidents, risk analysis, as well as provide reporting to different levels of audience.

Requirements:

• You have 4+ years of experience in a high-volume output Compliance operations team

• You are knowledgeable in the area of financial crime and sanctions compliance risk management and controls, you understand financial crime and sanctions compliance related regulations

• You have experience managing teams

• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills

• You are data-driven and have a structured approach to solving problems

• You are very organized and have an acute attention to detail

• You uphold a service-oriented mindset when working with internal and external teams

• You are willing to put in extra hours during our busy periods (typically around the end of month)

• You are able to work in an extremely fast-paced global environment while maintaining quality and accuracy

• You are able to execute independently and maintain integrity in a fully remote company

• You are a fun and supportive teammate!