Head Financial Crime Compliance (Crypto)
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As Head of Financial Crime Compliance at Revolut, you design and lead oversight and compliance for all crypto products. You blend regulatory expertise with a deep understanding of business risk to ensure Revolut's crypto features meet global AML/CTF standards across multiple jurisdictions. You join a Financial Crime team that combines regulatory expertise with data-driven thinking to prevent financial crime in a fast-moving, digital environment.
What you'll do
- Steer cryptoasset products through the global financial crime regulatory landscape
- Manage FinCrime compliance across multiple crypto jurisdictions and entities
- Define and maintain all group-wide financial crime policies, ensuring Revolut stays ahead of regulatory changes
- Provide oversight and support to the identification, remediation, and resolution of FinCrime-related risk incidents
- Offer second line of defence support to the business and first line of defence FinCrime teams with the launch of products, procedures, processes, and systems
- Ensure FinCrime risks are considered in day-to-day operations, including the development of new products and new customer acquisition
- Establish, maintain, and review dashboards to identify areas that might fall outside risk appetite and require further investigation
- Prepare reports to group committees and the Board, escalating key or high-risk financial crime compliance issues
What you bring
- 7+ years of experience in FinCrime (AML/CTF and sanctions), covering subjects such as KYC, CDD, transaction monitoring, and risk assessments across retail and business customers
- Expertise working with crypto products and a solid understanding of related FinCrime risks, frameworks, and legislations such as FATF and TFR
- Experience managing FinCrime risk in a regulated entity under regulations such as MiCA and VARA
- Excellent knowledge of global requirements for financial crime controls
- An understanding of industry-wide financial crime practices and trends
- Exceptional ability to identify financial crime risks and potential vulnerabilities, and advise on best practices to address those findings
- A track record of stakeholder management and strong ability to collaborate, negotiate, and communicate effectively
- Fluency in English
Nice to have
- A professional qualification from an internationally recognised body such as ICA or ACAMS
- Knowledge of key regulatory issues on anti-fraud and control assessment processes
What we offer
- Poland: PLN27,100 - PLN31,900 gross monthly
- Other locations: compensation will be discussed during the interview process
- Final compensation determined based on your qualifications, skills, and previous experience
About Revolut
Revolut is a fintech company founded in 2015 with a mission to give people more from their money. Its products include spending, saving, investing, exchanging, and travelling, serving over 80 million customers globally. The company employs 13,000+ people across offices and remote locations worldwide and has been certified as a Great Place to Work.
