Senior Director, Financial Crime Controls in London

Checkout.com is one of the most exciting fintechs in the world. Our mission is to enable businesses and their communities to thrive in the digital economy. We are the strategic payments partner for some of the best-known fast-moving brands globally such as Wise, Hut Group, Sony Electronics, Homebase, Henkel, Klarna and many others.

We empower passionate problem-solvers to collaborate, innovate and do their best work. That’s why we’re on the Forbes Cloud 100 list and a Great Place to Work accredited company. We’re building diverse and inclusive teams around the world – because that’s how we create even better experiences for our merchants and our partners.

We have a unique opening for a Senior Director, Financial Crime Controls. This is to lead global financial crime teams and oversee our FCC operations.

• Own checkouts ongoing relationship with our third party outsource provider in support of operational processes.
• Oversee supporting capabilities for Transaction Monitoring and Screening processes, including development and implementation of models involving tuning, calibration, segmentation and optimisation.
• Manage the ongoing support to the business in relation to AML and Sanctions issues, working in partnership with local MLROs to provide advice to stakeholders to ensure ongoing compliance with relevant regulation.
• Partner with our Compliance Product team to ensure effective and efficient operations with clearly defined roles and responsibilities.
• Identify KRIs, critical metrics, and other indicators to evaluate the activity, performance, and efficiency of FCC processes.
• Support compliance monitoring, regulatory reporting, and participate in the drafting and improvement of procedures.
• Work with internal partners to support new product launches and expansion plans.

What We’re Looking For

• Familiarity in implementing, testing, or evaluating the performance of financial crime and compliance systems.
• Consistent record of strong quantitative testing and statistical analysis techniques as it pertains to BSA/AML models, including name similarity matching, classification accuracy testing, unsupervised/supervised machine learning, neural networks, fuzzy logic matching, decision trees, etc.
• Experience talking to banking regulators and enforcement staff.
• Thorough understanding of an effective financial crimes risk management framework.
• Demonstrated ability to run multiple projects simultaneously.
• Validated managerial skills vital to successfully administer core support and critical regulatory relationship function within a diverse organization and effectively coordinate between multiple businesses and support units.
• The ability to interact effectively at all levels of the organization, including bank staff, management, directors, and prudential regulators.
• Ability to work autonomously and prioritise your own work.
• Experience of leading the NY DFS Part 504 Final Rule.
• Enjoy working with other business functions and making sure you’re heard.
• Enthusiastic about collaborating in the development of cutting-edge AI tools and technology (e.g. deep learning, CNN etc).
• Familiar with control environments and their challenges.

We create the conditions for high performers to thrive – through real ownership, fewer blockers, and work that makes a difference from day one. Here, you’ll move fast, take on meaningful challenges, and be recognized for the impact you deliver. It’s a place where ambition gets met with opportunity – and where your growth is in your hands.

We understand that work is just one part of your life. Our hybrid working model offers flexibility, with three days per week in the office to support collaboration and connection.