FinCrime Team Lead — Build & Lead High-Impact AML/CTF Team

Revolut Ltd; Bogotá ciudad; On-site; COP 120,000,000 - 180,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Financial benefits

Work from home or office

Metal subscription perks

Team events

Job summary

Revolut Ltd seeks an experienced FinCrime Team Lead to guide Analysts in AML/CTF compliance, investigations, and escalation handling. You will drive performance, ensure regulatory alignment, and mentor a growing team to uphold high standards across sanctions screening, EDD, and SAR/STR filings.

Ideal candidates will balance strategic oversight with hands-on involvement, ensuring timely decisions while maintaining excellent communication with internal teams and regulators.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in AML/CTF compliance, financial crime investigation, or EDD roles.
• 2+ years leading, mentoring, and managing compliance teams of 5+ professionals.
• Deep knowledge of global/local AML/CTF regulations, sanctions screening, and PEP monitoring.
• Extensive experience conducting and reviewing Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) for high-risk customers.
• Strong expertise filing SARs/STRs/ROS to financial intelligence units.
• Fluent in English and Spanish.
• Ability to work from the Bogotá office.

Responsibilities

• Performing effective people management through 1:1s, coaching, and career development.
• Assisting management with hiring processes and new team member training.
• Controlling and monitoring daily/weekly operations with timely reactions.
• Performing deep dives on SLAs, providing RCA/trends/actions for improvement.
• Challenging processes and procedures in context of continuous improvement.
• Acting as a point of contact for escalations.
• Meeting company SLAs.

Skills

AML/CTF compliance

Team leadership

Regulatory reporting

SAR/STR filing

Stakeholder communication

Bilingual (EN/ES)

Education

Bachelor's in Finance/Law/AML

Tools

Compliance software

Blockchain analytics

Risk scoring tools

Job description

Revolut Ltd seeks an experienced FinCrime Team Lead to guide Analysts in AML/CTF compliance, investigations, and escalation handling. You will drive performance, ensure regulatory alignment, and mentor a growing team to uphold high standards across sanctions screening, EDD, and SAR/STR filings.

Ideal candidates will balance strategic oversight with hands-on involvement, ensuring timely decisions while maintaining excellent communication with internal teams and regulators.