Description
We're seeking an experienced Financial Crime Investigations & Reporting Lead – EU to own and oversee suspicious activity reporting in the first line financial crime teams for our European markets.
You'll act as the first line owner for financial crime, ensuring high-quality suspicious activity reports and effective control frameworks that meet regulatory expectations across multiple EU jurisdictions.
Key responsibilities:
- Act as first line control owner for ongoing monitoring across EU markets, including transaction monitoring, fraud controls, sanctions screening, and SAR/STR processes
- Ensure processes and controls meet reporting obligations and are fit for scaling in European markets
- Approve TPSA process and procedure documentation to ensure alignment with regulatory and internal policy requirements
- Monitor control effectiveness through MI review, exception tracking, and assurance outputs
- Represent TPSA in regulatory interactions and respond to queries from regulators, auditors, or Compliance
- Support the MLRO and Authorised Management with timely updates on control performance, incidents, and remediation
- Ensure compliance with EU and national regulatory requirements
- Act as the primary liaison between first line operations and the Compliance function
- Escalate material control weaknesses or emerging financial crime risks
- Provide periodic reporting to senior leadership on control status, performance, and emerging risks
- Oversee remediation of audit, compliance monitoring, and RCAMS actions
Requirements:
- Proven experience in financial crime, fraud, or AML control management within a regulated financial services organisation
- Strong understanding of first vs second line of defence responsibilities and governance boundaries
- Deep technical knowledge of transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and suspicious activity reporting frameworks
- Familiarity with EU and national regulatory requirements for AML/CFT and fraud prevention
- Strong analytical and reporting skills
- Excellent written communication skills
- Previous experience as a control owner or governance lead in a multi-jurisdictional environment is desirable
- Working knowledge of goAML and regional FIU reporting systems is advantageous
Benefits:
- Salary: €40,400.00 - €45,450.00
- 25 days paid annual leave
- 3 paid days off for volunteering or L&D activities
- Extended maternity and paternity leave
- Personal L&D budget
- Additional health & dental insurance
- Mental wellbeing platform
- Fully covered Multisports card
- Food vouchers
- Snacks, light food, drinks in the office
- WFH equipment allowance
- Flexible working from home
- Sabbatical Leave
- Share options