AML Manager

LGT Fund Managers (Ireland) Ltd.; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension plan

Life assurance

On-site gym

Professional development

Job summary

LGT Fund Managers (Ireland) Ltd. is seeking a Dublin-based AML Manager to lead the AML team and ensure delivery of investor onboarding, periodic reviews and transaction monitoring.

You will manage a 10-person team, collaborate with Luxembourg peers, drive process improvements, report governance information, and stay up to date with evolving financial crime regulations. The role includes leadership development, change ownership, regulatory audits support, and professional AML/KYC training.

Qualifications

• 8-10 years’ experience in fund administration, investor onboarding and financial crime compliance.
• Experience leading AML teams and managing complex escalations.
• Completed professional qualification such as CAMS, LCI or related AML/financial crime credential.
• Proven experience leading teams of 5+ people.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Central Bank of Ireland inspection/audit experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Operational Delivery: Ensure strong control environment across investor onboarding, periodic reviews, screening, transaction monitoring and other tasks.
• Leadership & Team Development: Manage and coach direct reports, build the leadership pipeline, and implement structured training and knowledge-sharing initiatives.
• Client & Stakeholder Management: Act as a senior escalation point for team matters, maintain service levels and client satisfaction, and partner with stakeholders on roadmap initiatives.
• Audits & Inspections: Support ad hoc and planned reviews by regulators, internal audit, compliance testing, ISAE 3402 and other assurance activities.
• Process Improvement: Identify and deliver improvements with regard to workflow design, technology and automation.
• Risk Management and Ownership: Manage and control risks within the AML unit. Contribute to updates for AML procedures, checklists and process documents.
• Education: Stay up to date with AML regulations, industry developments and best practices.
• Governance: Prepare and present management information where required.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

AML / Financial crime

Regulatory experience

Change management

Client-facing

Education

Business-related degree

AML certification (e.g., CAMS, LCI)

Job description

Job Description

LGT Group, a private wealth management group owned by the Princely House of Liechtenstein, is present in more than 20 locations throughout Europe, Asia, America and the Middle East, employing approximately 3,000 people. LGT Fund Managers (Ireland) Limited provides fund administration services to mainly private equity funds and currently employs over 50 people. The Company is seeking to appoint a highly motivated, Dublin-based AML Manager with responsibility for operational delivery, stakeholder management, change ownership and team management. The AML Manager will oversee the daily operational deliverables of the Dublin AML team and work closely with their peer in our Luxembourg office to ensure alignment and consistent quality of service. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a growing team of 10 employees, reporting directly to the local Head of Unit. The role is critical to ensuring the effective delivery of AML operational activities, including investor onboarding, periodic reviews, screening, transaction monitoring and associated financial crime controls across the business. Induction training will be provided, in addition to compulsory AML/KYC training and optional development opportunities. Additional role-specific training will be delivered in-house by peers, the line manager and senior management.

Job Specification

• Operational Delivery: Ensure strong control environment across investor onboarding, periodic reviews, screening, transaction monitoring and other tasks. Act as check for all relevant tasks.
• Leadership & Team Development: Manage and coach direct reports, build the leadership pipeline, and implement structured training and knowledge-sharing initiatives. Oversee performance reviews and manage team capacity, resource allocation and succession planning to support delivery of operational and strategic objectives.
• Client & Stakeholder Management: Act as a senior escalation point for team matters, maintain service levels and client satisfaction, and partner with stakeholders on roadmap initiatives.
• Audits & Inspections: Support ad hoc and planned reviews by regulators, internal audit, compliance testing, ISAE 3402 and other assurance activities.
• Process Improvement: Identify and deliver improvements with regard to workflow design, technology and automation.
• Risk Management and Ownership: Manage and control risks within the AML unit. Contribute to updates for AML procedures, checklists and process documents.
• Education: Stay up to date with AML regulations, industry developments and best practices.
• Governance: Prepare and present management information where required.

Requirements

• Business-related third-level qualification.
• 8-10 years’ experience in fund administration, investor onboarding and financial crime compliance.
• Experience leading AML teams, managing complex escalations and cases.
• Completed professional qualification, such as LCI, CAMS, Professional Certificate in Financial Crime Prevention, Professional Certificate in Digital Risk, AML and Financial Crime Prevention, or equivalent.
• Proven experience leading teams of 5 or more people.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Central Bank of Ireland inspection and/or audit experience preferred but not necessary.
• Client-facing experience.
• Change management experience.

Benefits

• Hybrid Working Arrangement: Following successful completion of the probation period, you will work three days per week in the office with colleagues and have the option to work two days per week from home.
• Generous Employees Benefits Package: performance related bonus plan, pension plan, life assurance, long term illness benefit, on-site gym, subsidised lunches.
• Professional Development: Your professional and personal development is important to us. We offer internal and external training aligned with business needs, with opportunities to further develop German or English language skills where relevant.
• Diverse Culture: A culture of mutual respect, teamwork and appreciation awaits you at LGT Capital Partners, where you can make a meaningful impact.
• Commitment to ESG: Our long-term perspective is shaped by the values of the Princely Family. Sustainability is central to how we act in business and in private life, and has been a key focus since 2002. We are proud to be owned by the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, and our successful company is strongly inspired by their entrepreneurial approach.

Contact Information

If you are interested in becoming an integral part of a successful alternative investment management team in an international, multicultural working environment we will be pleased to get to know you soon. For further information please contact us.

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LGT Capital Partners is a leading global specialist in alternative investing with over USD 110 billion in assets under management and more than 700 institutional clients in 50 countries. An international team of over 900 professionals is responsible for managing a wide range of investment programs focusing on private markets, multi-alternatives and diversifying strategies, as well as sustainable and impact strategies. Headquartered in Pfaeffikon (SZ), Switzerland, the firm has offices in San Francisco, New York, Dublin, London, Paris, The Hague, Luxembourg, Frankfurt am Main, Vaduz, Dubai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Singapore and Sydney.