Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO)

Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO)

About Revolut

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 65+ million customers get more from their money every day. As we continue our lightning‑fast growth, our people and culture are essential to our success. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience we’ve been certified as a Great Place to Work™. So far we have 10,000+ people worldwide, from our offices and remotely, helping us achieve our mission.

About The Role

Compliance is a key team that ensures Revolut’s products and processes meet the regulatory requirements and translate this 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 conduct risk.

We’re looking for a Money Laundering Reporting Officer to ensure that the Financial Crime and Anti‑Money Laundering Control Frameworks of Revolut are fully operating effectively against money laundering. You’ll design and shape the future of oversight and compliance by quickly identifying money laundering risk and maintaining our systems and controls, considering a range of factors.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Defining, developing, managing, refining, and documenting the Financial Crime and AML programme
• Working closely with the Group FinCrime function and senior managers to identify, assess, and mitigate regulatory compliance risks
• Determining identification and verification standards for customer take‑on and AML compliance
• Managing the suspicious activity reporting process, internally and externally
• Communicating with staff to ensure they understand their responsibilities and are trained in Revolut policies and procedures to identify financial crime
• Escalating suspicious activity by making internal reports, and making external reports to regulators and other law enforcement bodies in a timely manner
• Receiving and promptly responding to inquiries from law enforcement agencies
• Serving as a liaison to local authorities, managing filings to the local Financial Investigation Unit
• Supporting the business where necessary regarding the launch of new features to ensure regulatory requirements are met
• Collaborating with internal compliance teams to identify steps to mitigate regulatory risks and provide recommendations

What You’ll Need

• A bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years of experience in an MLRO role
• 3+ years of experience in a crypto‑related compliance role
• Team management skills with the ability to oversee compliance and control activities within a global payment processing environment
• Knowledge and experience of best practice in financial services regulation, fraud detection methodologies, and emerging practice in financial crime and money laundering typologies
• Great communication skills with the ability to motivate others
• Problem‑solving and decision‑making skills, with the ability to analyse complex information to identify the key issue/action and drive resolutions
• Deep knowledge of the UAE regulatory environment and key financial crime regimes
• An understanding of payment systems and markets with a focus on technology and mobile applications
• Fluency in English

Nice to Have

• A master’s degree or professional qualification from an internationally recognised body, such as ICA or ACAMS

Important Notice for Candidates

• Only apply through official Revolut channels. We don’t use any third‑party services or platforms for our recruitment.
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