Financial Crime Compliance - Manager

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About the Role

We are looking for an experienced, strategic, and forward-thinking Manager, Financial Crime Compliance to join our team. Reporting directly to the Group Compliance Director, you will own the design, drafting, maintenance, and continual evolution of Ebury's global Financial Crime framework (AML, CTF, ABC). This is a pivotal leadership role that blends expert regulatory advisory with hands-on group policy and framework drafting, high-impact strategic project leadership, and a sharp focus on operational efficiency and innovation. You will be expected to challenge the status quo, partner with the business to simplify and automate controls (including through the deployment of AI-driven solutions), and provide ongoing, opinionated insight into the health and direction of the financial crime programme.

Key Responsibilities:

• Group Policy, Framework Design & Evolution
  • Group Policy & Framework Drafting: Take primary ownership for drafting Ebury's group-wide Financial Crime policies, standards, and frameworks. Ensure all documentation is technically accurate, regulator-ready, and consistent across jurisdictions, entities, and product lines.
  • Framework Design & Continual Evolution: Lead the design, development, and continual evolution of Ebury's global Financial Crime Programme, establishing the target operating model and ensuring the framework meets current and anticipated regulatory standards.
  • Vertical-Specific Framework Drafting: Develop bespoke Compliance frameworks to accommodate new client verticals and industries, designing internal systems and controls proportionate to the financial crime risks of each segment.
  • Strategic Advisory: Act as the final escalation point for complex internal inquiries, policy queries, and general guidance, providing authoritative interpretation and documented risk-based decisions to the business.
• Business Partnership, Control Simplification & Efficiency
  • Control Simplification Advisory: Partner with first-line business teams to review existing financial crime controls, identify friction or duplication, and advise on pragmatic, risk-based simplification without compromising regulatory effectiveness.
  • Efficiency & Enhancement Identification: Continuously assess the financial crime control environment to identify areas where controls can be strengthened, streamlined, or re-engineered. Maintain a live view of enhancement opportunities, prioritised by risk and business impact.
  • Process Re-engineering: Work alongside Operations, Product, and Technology teams to redesign processes that are manual, inconsistent, or operationally inefficient, ensuring compliance outcomes are preserved or improved.
• Automation & AI-Enabled Compliance
  • Automation Strategy: Champion and drive the adoption of automation across the financial crime function — from rules-based workflow automation through to advanced analytics and machine learning.
  • AI Agent Development: Work in close partnership with Technology, Data, and Product teams to scope, design, and deploy AI agents and AI-assisted tooling across activities such as alert triage, KYC/EDD review support, sanctions screening enhancement, horizon scanning, and policy interpretation. Define the control framework, governance model, and human-oversight requirements that sit around these tools.
  • Innovation Governance: Ensure all automation and AI initiatives within the financial crime space are deployed responsibly — with clear accountability, model risk management, explainability, testing, and alignment to the firm’s broader AI governance principles.
• Business Wide Risk Assessment (BWRA) Ownership: Coordinate and draft Ebury's annual BWRA, gathering input from global and regional teams, performing detailed risk analysis, and producing the final strategic document for executive review.
• MLRO Report Coordination: Coordinate local MLRO reports from international entities, consolidating key findings, risk metrics, and regulatory developments into a unified group narrative.
• Executive Group Document Drafting: Own the drafting of Compliance and Risk Committee papers, summarising financial crime performance, key risks, strategic initiatives, and regulatory updates for the Board and Executive Management.
• Ongoing MI Reporting: Design, produce, and present meaningful management information on the health of the Financial Crime Programme on an ongoing basis — monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc — tailored to audiences ranging from operational forums to Board-level committees.
• Trend & Insight Commentary: Move beyond raw numbers to provide narrative-led insight: what the data is saying, why it is saying it, and what the business should do about it.
• Training Plan Ownership: Develop and manage the strategy for Ebury's Financial Crime Training Plan and Academy, using insights from the BWRA and advisory work to ensure training is targeted and effective.
• Module Review: Review and provide compliance input for all internal training modules to ensure accuracy and regulatory relevance.

Required Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years of progressive experience in AML/CTF Compliance, Regulatory Risk, or an Advisory/Consulting role within financial services, ideally within a global payments, FX, or FinTech firm.
• Framework & Policy Drafting: Demonstrable, hands-on experience drafting group-level financial crime policies, standards, and frameworks (including BWRA, executive reporting, and vertical-specific frameworks).
• Regulatory Knowledge: Deep subject matter expertise in multiple regulatory environments, particularly UK and EU financial crime regulation. Knowledge of additional jurisdictions is beneficial.
• Automation & Innovation Mindset: Practical exposure to control automation, RegTech, data analytics, or AI/ML-driven compliance tooling. Comfortable partnering with Technology and Data teams to scope, govern, and deliver such solutions.
• MI & Programme Insight: Proven ability to design and present meaningful management information, and to form and defend an independent, opinionated view of programme performance.
• Communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with demonstrated experience drafting executive-level reports and board materials.
• Education / Certification: A Bachelor's Degree (preferably in Law) is required. A recognised Financial Crime qualification (e.g., CAMS, ICA) is essential.

Why Ebury?

• Competitive Starting Salary with an annual discretionary bonus that truly rewards your performance from day one.
• Dedicated Mentorship: Learn directly from experienced managers who are invested in your success.
• Cutting-Edge Technology: Leverage state-of-the-art tailor-made tools and systems that enable you to perform at your best.
• Clear, Accelerated Career Progression: Defined pathways to leadership and specialist roles within Ebury.
• Dynamic & Supportive Culture: Work in a collaborative environment where teamwork and personal growth are prioritised.
• Generous Benefits Package: Access competitive benefits tailored to your location, which typically include health care and social benefits.
• Central Office: A fantastic location with excellent transport links.