FinCrime Risk Manager (Sanctions)

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products — including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more — help our 55+ million customers get more from their money every day. As we continue our lightning-fast growth, two things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work. So far, we have 10,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we’re looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About the role: FinCrime is a key team that ensures Revolut’s products and processes meet global AML/CTF and Sanctions regulatory requirements and translate these into the best customer outcomes. They’ve got an outstanding ability to find solutions and carry out testing in a purely digital environment. Those data-driven experts know that better people and machines are the most effective way of managing compliance risk. We aim to prevent fraud more effectively than traditional financial institutions and use small and nimble teams powered by smart data to do this. We’re looking for an experienced and pragmatic FinCrime Risk Leader with a robust background in banking sanctions, covering both retail and business. You’ll use your proven track record of identifying opportunities to enhance our sanctions risk management for effectiveness and efficiency, and drive projects from conception to successful implementation. We need a data-driven leader who excels under tight deadlines and is adept at leading teams to deliver results in a dynamic environment.

What you’ll be doing:

• Overseeing the design, implementation, and maintenance of the sanctions compliance programme.
• Ensuring all business activities comply with international sanctions regulations (OFAC, UN, EU, etc.).
• Managing and responding to sanctions-related alerts and investigations, ensuring timely and accurate reporting to relevant authorities.
• Supervising the development and enhancement of screening systems to detect and prevent sanctioned activity.
• Ensuring the effectiveness of customer, transaction, and third-party screening processes.
• Overseeing the implementation and optimisation of screening tools and technologies to improve efficiency and accuracy.
• Developing and updating sanctions and screening policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• Ensuring staff is adequately trained on sanctions and screening policies and procedures.
• Identifying and assessing sanctions and screening risks, implementing appropriate risk mitigation strategies.
• Conducting regular risk assessments and thematic reviews to ensure compliance with regulatory standards.
• Reporting on sanctions and screening risks and mitigation efforts to senior management.
• Monitoring regulatory changes, ensuring timely implementation of new requirements.
• Representing the company in external audits and regulatory inspections.

What you’ll need:

• 6+ years of financial crime experience, working in either consultancy or financial institutions in Sanctions Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) and Risk Management.
• Excellent knowledge of global requirements for sanctions controls.
• Experience performing detailed sanctions and financial crime risk assessments, and assessing, designing, and testing controls.
• A good understanding of both traditional and innovative financial services products (crypto, buy-now-pay later, etc.) and associated financial crime risks.
• Proficiency in performing detailed and efficient research of regulatory requirements, industry guidance, and case studies in relation to new markets or products.
• An understanding of industry-wide financial crime practices and trends.
• Solid analytical, critical thinking, and decision-making skills.
• To be highly organised with a structured working style.
• Impressive report writing and presentation skills.
• Fluency in English with impeccable communication skills.

Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow every day. We’re not just doing this because it’s the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.

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Benefits at Revolut:

• No ping pong tables or bean bag chairs, just benefits you actually want.
• Get what you need to succeed: Financial benefits that show we value your work.
• Flexibility to work from home, the office or abroad.
• A free Revolut Metal subscription loaded with perks.
• Exciting events year-round so you can get to know your team.

Revoluters always push through! We stopped listening to excuses a long time ago - we care about results. We believe that grit, determination, skill, smartness, and courage can break through almost any wall.

Deliver WOW: We love building great products, we love delighting our customers, we love turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution that truly solves customer needs.

Dream Team: We select, coach, and retain the top talent only and give them all the support to achieve greatness.

Never Settle: Revolut is for those who always strive for excellence, for those who want to become the best in the world at what they do, for those who would never settle for less. Revolut is for 10x people.

Think Deeper: Logic, reason, and common sense prevail over everything else in decision making at Revolut. We are open-minded, we listen, and we are always in search of the truth.