Director of Financial Crime and Audit Oversight & Governance, Insight and Reporting

FNZ Group; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 100.000 - 150.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading financial services company seeks a Director of Financial Crime and Audit Oversight & Governance to enhance compliance and governance reporting while collaborating with key internal stakeholders. The role demands over a decade of experience, particularly in fintech, focusing on mitigating financial crime risks and managing audit responsibilities.

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years in financial crime compliance, audit, or governance.
• Experience in a fintech or digital-first environment.
• Proven leadership in compliance and control functions.

Aufgaben

• Drive improvements in adherence to audits and actions.
• Support oversight of Financial Crime risks.
• Manage audit action plans to ensure timely delivery.

Kenntnisse

Financial Crime Compliance

Audit Oversight

Governance Reporting

Stakeholder Engagement

Regulatory Frameworks

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree

Jobbeschreibung

Job Profile : Director of Financial Crime and Audit Oversight & Governance, Insight and Reporting

Department : Business Controls and Continuity

Reports To : Group Head of Controls and Continuity

Role Summary

As a key leader in FNZ, the Director of Financial Crime and Audit Oversight & Governance, Insight and Reporting will drive improvements in adherence to audits and actions, support oversight of all Financial Crime Risks and improve the standard of all related governance reporting. This role is critical in maintaining trust with customers, partners, and regulators in a fast-paced, tech-driven financial services environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct oversight ML comfort letters and AML / DD Questionnaire requests received from Fund Managers and clients
• Support oversight of Financial Crime risks, including ensuring the RCSAs are up to date
• Support Project teams, Business Readiness and Operational areas in relation to AML administration for new clients

2. Audit Oversight

• Increase quality and pace of audit responses over time
• Using the approved Internal audit plan, ensure the business are proactively addressing challenges and risks ahead of the fieldwork starting – ‘Trust and Verify’
• Ensuring audits run to agreed timelines
• Management of Audit action plans to ensure they are delivered on time.
• Commercially aware and governance focussed – driving our internal teams to meet Audit commitments

3. Governance Reporting

• Escalation process owner for our internal executives and senior leaders
• Reporting which clearly communicates latest performance to key stakeholders (covering material breaches, out of tolerance risks, audit concerns and reg issues)
• Support for governance papers (incl. KRM reporting for GERC / GBRCC)
• TxOD Risk Governance (including Non-Financial Risks).
• Provision of training support to TXoD across the areas covered by Business Control and Continuity
• Deep understanding of financial crime risks in digital finance
• Strong grasp of fintech regulatory frameworks
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills, especially with tech, product, delivery and operations teams.
• Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree
• 10+ years of experience in financial crime compliance, audit, or governance, with at least 3 years in a fintech or digital-first environment.
• Proven leadership in scaling compliance and control functions in high-growth companies.

Key Relationships

• Internal : Product, Technology, Delivery, Operations, Engineering, Legal, Risk, Data, Executive Leadership