Head Financial Crime Compliance (Crypto)
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As Head of Financial Crime Compliance at Revolut, you'll design and lead the future of oversight and compliance for all crypto products. You'll blend regulatory expertise with a deep understanding of business risk to ensure our features meet global AML/CTF standards across multiple jurisdictions. The Financial Crime team at Revolut blends regulatory expertise with data-driven thinking to stay one step ahead in preventing 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 the company stays ahead of regulatory changes
- Provide oversight and support to the identification, remediation and resolution of FinCrime-related risk incidents
- Offer 2LoD support to the business and 1LoD 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 any key or high-risk financial crime compliance issues
What you bring
- 7+ years of experience in FinCrime, covering AML/CTF and sanctions across retail and business customers, including KYC, CDD, transaction monitoring, and risk assessments
- Expertise working with crypto products and a deep understanding of related FinCrime risks, frameworks, and legislations such as FATF and TFR
- Experience managing FinCrime risk in a regulated entity under frameworks such as MiCA or VARA
- Excellent knowledge of global requirements for financial crime controls
- An understanding of industry-wide financial crime practices and trends
- Exceptional knowledge and experience identifying financial crime risks and potential vulnerabilities, and advising on best practices to address them
- A track record of stakeholder management and the 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
- Remote position based in Portugal
About Revolut
Revolut is a fintech company on a mission to deliver more visibility, control, and freedom over money. With 80+ million customers and 13,000+ employees working globally, Revolut offers a powerhouse of products including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more. The company has been certified as a Great Place to Work and continues its lightning-fast growth through exceptional employee experience and innovative financial solutions.
