Head of AML/CTF

Paysafe; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free breakfast

Holiday buy/sell & carryover up to 5d

Work abroad up to 2 weeks per year

Private health insurance

Income protection

Life assurance

Enhanced paid family policies

Test Paysafe services (Skrill, Paysafe

Job summary

Paysafe is seeking an experienced Head of AML/CTF to lead the financial crime programme across its payments and e-money businesses from our Dublin office. You will drive regulatory engagement, establish risk-based controls, and report to the Board on risk and governance.

You will manage a high-performing team, partner with Compliance, Risk, Legal, and Product, and steer regulatory change initiatives across Ireland and Europe, including CBI and MiCAR developments.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in AML/CTF within regulated financial services.
• Deep knowledge of payments, e-money, cross-border operations, and crypto services is preferred.
• Proven track record engaging with regulators and leading AML/CTF teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead and maintain the AML/CTF framework across Paysafe's payments, e-money, and crypto-asset activities.
• Oversee customer due diligence, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, and regulatory reporting.
• Provide strategic guidance to the Board and senior management on financial crime risks and controls.
• Lead regulatory inspections, supervisory engagements, and remediation programmes.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Risk, Legal, Operations, and Product teams to manage financial crime risks.

Skills

AML/CTF expertise

Regulatory engagement

Leadership

Cross-border payments

Strategic risk governance

Education

CAMS certificate

Job description

Paysafe is a global payments platform powering the experience economy, with a strong focus on the iGaming, video gaming, e-commerce, retail, travel and hospitality sectors. With 30 years of expertise in payment technology, Paysafe helps businesses and consumers lift every experience through seamless, secure payment solutions, including card payments, digital wallets such as Skrill, eCash solutions like PaysafeCard, and a suite of local payment methods. With approximately 2,900 employees across 12 countries and annualized transactional volume of $167 billion in 2025, Paysafe connects people and businesses worldwide through innovative digital payment experiences.

It starts here. Have a global impact on the world of payments.

What Paysafe stands for:

• Being open and honest.
• Keeping focused.
• Operating with courage.
• Pioneering the future.

Our values and culture are driven by Equality, Development, Social Responsibility and Wellbeing. If you want to find out more about life at Paysafe, check out our careers page here.

How we work:

We follow a hybrid working model, spending an average of three days per week at our office location. The office address is 15 George’s Quay, 1st Floor, Dublin, D02 VR98.

Paysafe is seeking an experienced Head of AML/CTF to lead and oversee the Anti‑Money Laundering, Counter‑Terrorist Financing, sanctions, and wider financial crime framework across its regulated payments and e‑money businesses.

As the designated AML/CTF Officer you will play a critical leadership role in ensuring effective financial crime risk management, regulatory compliance, and governance across the organisation. You will serve as a key point of contact for regulators, provide strategic guidance to senior leadership, and help shape the future of financial crime compliance within a dynamic and evolving regulatory environment.

This is a unique opportunity to lead financial crime compliance for a leading global payments business, working closely with senior stakeholders, regulators, and Group functions while helping shape the future of AML/CTF and financial crime risk management across a rapidly evolving payments landscape.

The Impact you will have:

• Act as the firm's designated AML/CTF Officer (PCF‑52) and primary contact with the Central Bank of Ireland and other relevant regulatory authorities.
• Lead and maintain the AML/CTF framework across payments, e‑money, and relevant crypto‑asset activities.
• Oversee customer due diligence, enhanced due diligence, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, suspicious transaction reporting, customer risk assessments, and Travel Rule compliance.
• Lead AML/CTF risk assessments, regulatory change initiatives, and implementation of evolving European regulatory requirements.
• Provide regular reporting, assurance, and strategic advice to Boards and Senior Management on financial crime risks and controls.
• Lead regulatory inspections, supervisory engagements, and remediation programmes.
• Oversee outsourced and intra‑group financial crime controls and governance arrangements.
• Collaborate with Compliance, Risk, Legal, Operations, and Product teams to ensure financial crime risks associated with new products, services, and strategic initiatives are appropriately managed.
• Support Group‑wide financial crime strategy, governance, risk assessments, and regulatory change programmes.
• Lead and develop a high‑performing AML/CTF function while promoting a strong culture of compliance and risk management.

What we are looking for:

• Significant experience in AML/CTF, sanctions, and financial crime compliance within regulated financial services.
• Deep expertise in payments, electronic money, cross‑border EEA operations, and ideally crypto‑asset services.
• Proven experience engaging with the Central Bank of Ireland and other European regulators, including inspections, supervisory reviews, and remediation activities.
• Demonstrated experience leading AML/CTF teams within a complex international financial services environment.
• Proven track record as a PCF‑52, preferably within the Payments, E‑Money, or Crypto sectors, including:
  • CBI‑approved PCF‑52 for 3‑5+ years, or
  • Senior MLRO with 8‑10+ years' experience, including at least 3‑5 years leading AML programmes and regularly reporting to Boards and regulators.
• Strong knowledge of Irish and EU AML/CTF regulations, including AMLR, AMLA, MiCAR, and Travel Rule requirements.
• Professional AML qualification such as CAMS is desirable.

A snippet of what you’ll get in return:

• Enjoy free breakfast available for you to better your mornings
• You decide what your holiday looks like with the option to buy or sell your holiday and carry over up to 5 days into the next year.
• Don’t want to use up all your holiday days? Take advantage of the opportunity to work abroad up to 2 weeks in the year from any location (subject to HR approval)
• Let’s not forget, we also offer: Private health insurance (pre‑existing conditions are included, Fertility cover & Travel cover), income protection, life assurance and more.
• Spend time with those important to you with our enhanced paid family policies.
• Test our products Skrill, Neteller and Paysafe Card. Upon joining we will award £50 into each wallet.
• Kickstart your weekend early with our summer hours during the months of June, July and August with a 3pm finish every Friday.
• Join our six employee‑led equality communities and help foster a workplace that celebrates diversity and create opportunities to collaborate and learn.

Equal Employment Opportunity Paysafe is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to providing a work environment of mutual respect to everyone without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations and ordinances.