Head Financial Crime Compliance (Crypto)

Revolut; Poland; On-site; PLN 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company is seeking a Head of Financial Crime Compliance to steer crypto products through the global regulatory landscape. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of experience in financial crime compliance, particularly with crypto products, and a strong knowledge of global regulations. This full-time executive role is based in Poland and requires fluency in English.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of FinCrime experience, covering KYC, CDD, transaction monitoring.
• Track record in managing FinCrime risk in a regulated entity.
• Deep understanding of financial crime frameworks and legislations.
• Excellent knowledge of global financial crime controls.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication.
• Fluency in English.

Responsibilities

• Steer crypto products through the global financial crime regulatory landscape.
• Manage FinCrime compliance across multiple jurisdictions.
• Define and maintain financial crime policies.
• Provide oversight for risk incidents remediation.
• Offer 2LoD support during product and process launches.
• Ensure FinCrime risks are considered in day-to-day operations.
• Establish dashboards and report to boards.

Skills

7+ years of experience in FinCrime (AML/CTF and sanctions)

Expertise working with crypto products

Excellent knowledge of global financial crime controls

Exceptional ability to identify financial crime risks

Fluency in English

English fluency

Education

Professional qualification from an internationally recognised body (e.g., ICA, ACAMS)

Job description

Overview

Head of Financial Crime Compliance (Crypto) – Revolut. Our Financial Crime team blends regulatory expertise with data-driven thinking to ensure our products meet legal and policy requirements and deliver real value to customers in a fast-moving, digital environment.

What You'll Be Doing

• Steering cryptoasset products through the global financial crime regulatory landscape
• Managing FinCrime compliance across multiple crypto jurisdictions and entities
• Defining and maintaining all group-wide financial crime policies, ensuring we're always ahead of the curve
• Providing oversight and support to the identification, remediation and resolution of FinCrime-related risk incidents
• Offering 2LoD support to the business and 1LoD FinCrime teams with the launch of products, procedures, processes, and systems
• Ensuring FinCrime risks are considered in day-to-day operations, including development of new products and new customer acquisition
• Establishing, maintaining, and reviewing dashboards to identify areas that might fall outside risk appetite and require further investigation
• Preparing reports to group committees and the Board, escalating any key or high-risk financial crime compliance issues

What You'll Need

• 7+ years of experience in FinCrime (AML/CTF and sanctions), covering a range of subjects across retail and business customers, such as KYC, CDD, transaction monitoring, and risk assessments
• Expertise working with crypto products and a deep understanding of related FinCrime risks, frameworks, and legislations (e.g., FATF, TFR)
• Experience managing FinCrime risk in a regulated entity (e.g., MiCA, VARA)
• Excellent knowledge of global requirements for financial crime controls
• An understanding of industry-wide financial crime practices and trends
• Exceptional ability to identify financial crime risks and vulnerabilities, and advise on best practices to address those findings
• A track record of stakeholder management and the ability to collaborate, negotiate, and communicate effectively
• Fluency in English

Nice to have

• A professional qualification from an internationally recognised body (e.g., ICA, ACAMS)
• Knowledge of key regulatory issues on anti-fraud and control assessment processes

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Seniority level

• Executive

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Legal