Experienced Team Leader with German | Managed Services Operations

PwC; Poznań; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Mentoring and coaching

Internal AML Certification training

Medical and wellbeing program

Birthday Day off

3 volunteering hours per month

Job summary

PwC Poland's Financial Crime Unit is seeking an Experienced Team Leader with German to drive AML operations. You will oversee a team of 10–15 analysts, manage workload, and ensure adherence to policies while mentoring staff and leading performance initiatives.

Responsibilities include recruitment, development, and cross-team collaboration, with a focus on achieving targets and maintaining high standards in an international setting. Hybrid working arrangement offered.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience managing a team.
• 3+ years of operational AML experience.
• Fluent in German and English.
• Strong planning, time management and organizational skills.
• Excellent communication, including client communication.
• Knowledge of performance management tools and motivation techniques.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of AML analysts and act as deputy to Operations Manager.
• Monitor targets and escalate operational issues affecting the team.
• Develop, recruit and retain talent; coach and motivate analysts and team leads.
• Share knowledge and best practices with other Team Leaders.
• Monitor performance and reward high performers; foster a high-performing culture.
• Drive key projects in the Operations stream within the Financial Crime Unit.

Skills

Team leadership

People development

Performance management

Client communication

Planning & organizing

Bilingual German-English

Job description

Job Description & Summary

PwC Poland’s Financial Crime Unit (FCU) team is composed of 1300 specialists who provide consulting services and operational support to global financial institutions in the area of Anti-Money Laundering, Risk, Regulatory, ESG, and other financial services. We are PwC’s multi-competency center, bringing together top experts in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) – an area of financial services that focuses on preventing the introduction of illegal funds into a legitimate financial system. Institutions operating within the modern financial system face many challenges, such as money laundering attempts, the spread of organized crime, and the fight against terrorist financing. These are the institutions that seek assistance from us – PwC Financial Crime Unit.

We are looking for:

Experienced Team Leader with German

Your future role:

• Leading a team of 10 - 15 AML Analysts - monitoring and managing the workload and daily operations within the team, acting as Operations Manager’s deputy,
• Monitoring targets achievement and acting on potential breaches, escalating operational issues affecting the supervised team. Ensuring all policies, procedures and guidelines are followed by team members,
• Taking active role in development, recruitment and retention of people - coaching and motivating - both Analysts and Team Leads,
• Sharing knowledge and best practice with other Team Leaders,
• Monitoring performance, seeking and rewarding high performers,
• Fostering high performing culture and values of Financial Crime Unit Team, taking active role in implementing key projects in Operations Stream.

Apply if you:

• Have more than four years of experience managing a team,
• Have at least 3 years of operational experience,
• Fluent in German and English, enabling effective communication in international environments,
• You have knowledge and experience using performance management tools and motivation techniques,
• Have excellent communication skills, including client communication,
• Have strong planning, time management and organizational skills.

Nice to have:

• Prior operational AML experience.

By joining us you gain:

• Work flexibility - hybrid working model, flexible start of the day, workation, sabbatical leave,
• Development and upskilling - our full support during onboarding process, mentoring from experienced colleagues, training sessions, workshops, certification co/financed by PwC (Internal AML Certification) and conversations with native speaker,
• Medical and wellbeing program - medical care package, mindfulness, psychological support, education through dedicated webinars and workshops, financial and legal counseling,
• Possibility to create your individual benefits package (a.o. lunch pass, insurance packages, concierge, veterinary package for a pet, massages) and access to a cafeteria - vouchers, discounts on IT equipment and car purchase,
• 3 paid hours for volunteering per month,
• additional paid Birthday Day off ,
• And when you start enjoying PwC as much as we do, you may recommend your friend to work with us.

Recruitment process:

• CV verification,
• HC screening phone call,
• Language level verification,
• Case study,
• Interview.