Financial Crime Compliance Manager (Sanctions)

Revolut Ltd; France; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

Job summary

Revolut Ltd is seeking an innovative Financial Crime Compliance Manager (Sanctions) to join the second line of defence. The role focuses on sanctions oversight, policy development, and collaboration with 1LoD/2LoD teams across a fast-moving fintech environment.

You will monitor regulatory changes, draft sanctions policies, and advise on complex cases, contributing to risk assessments, controls, and training. Remote-first flexibility is offered with global reach.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of FinCrime experience across sanctions and/or terrorism financing.
• Understanding of innovative financial services products and associated financial crime risks.
• Expertise in sanctions regulations and communications with authorities.
• Knowledge of sanction screening tools and related industry practices.
• Understanding of industry-wide financial crime practices and trends.
• Exposure to the French sanctions regime.
• Ability to identify financial crime risks and advise on mitigations.
• Proven track record in stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Monitor sanction regulatory changes and assess impact.
• Draft, maintain and update FinCrime policies related to sanctions and terrorism financing.
• Oversee the sanction screening framework and tool parameters.
• Advise on complex sanction cases and report to authorities.
• Contribute to internal control framework including risk assessments and incident handling.
• Provide 2LoD support to the business and 1LoD FinCrime teams with product launches.
• Support FinCrime training for employees.

Skills

FinCrime experience

Sanctions expertise

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder management

English fluency

FinTech knowledge

Tools

Sanction screening tools

Job description

Financial Crime Compliance Manager (Sanctions)

Remote: France · Ireland · Portugal · Spain

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 75+ million customers get more from their money every day.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth, 2 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 13,000+ 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

Our Financial Crime team blends regulatory expertise with data-driven thinking to make sure our products meet legal and policy requirements and deliver real value to customers. In a fast-moving, digital environment, they stay one step ahead by finding smart, scalable ways to prevent financial crime.

We're looking for an innovative Financial Crime Compliance Manager to join the second line of defence with a focus on sanctions. You'll apply your extensive experience in financial compliance to design, lead, and improve the future of oversight and compliance.

Up to shape what's next in finance? Let's get in touch.

What you'll be doing

• Monitoring sanction regulatory changes and assessing their impact
• Drafting, maintaining and updating FinCrime policies related to sanctions and terrorism financing
• Overseeing the sanction screening framework, notably tool parameters
• Advising on complex sanction cases and reporting to authorities
• Contributing to the internal control framework, including risk assessments, control design, indicators, incidents, recommendations
• Offering 2LoD support to the business and 1LoD FinCrime teams with the launch of products, procedures, processes, and systems
• Supporting FinCrime training for employees

What you'll need

• 5+ years of experience in FinCrime (sanctions and/or terrorism financing), covering a range of retail and business customers
• An understanding of innovative financial services products (crypto, buy now-pay later, etc.) and associated financial crime risks
• Expertise in sanctions regulations and communications with authorities
• Knowledge of sanction screening tools
• An understanding of industry-wide financial crime practices and trends
• Exposure to the French sanctions regime
• Expertise in identifying financial crime risks and potential vulnerabilities, and advising on best practices to address those findings
• A track record of stakeholder management, and the ability to collaborate, negotiate, and communicate effectively with stakeholders
• Fluency in English

Nice to have

• A professional qualification from an internationally recognised body (e.g., ICA, ACAMS)
• Fluency in French

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 everyday. 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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Get what you need to succeed

• Financial benefits that show we value your work
• Flexibility to work from home, the office, or abroad
• A Revolut Metal subscription loaded with perks
• Exciting events year-round so you can get to know your team