Senior Financial Crime Manager

Instant Impact; Kraków; On-site; PLN 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Instant Impact is seeking a Senior Financial Crime Manager to shape and oversee a global financial crime programme. You will work with senior stakeholders across international locations to implement policies, controls and governance that reduce risk while enabling business growth.

The role blends strategic oversight with hands-on analysis, investigations and regulatory engagement, including sanctions, AML/CTF and anti-bribery frameworks.

Qualifications

• 8+ years' experience in financial crime, compliance, risk management or related discipline within financial services.
• Experience in a global financial institution, professional services firm, consultancy, regulator or fiduciary services.
• Proven ability developing and implementing policies, governance frameworks and risk controls.

Responsibilities

• Identify and manage financial crime risks across multiple jurisdictions.
• Provide SME guidance on AML, CTF, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption.
• Review risk assessments, controls and governance arrangements.
• Advise on escalations and support investigations, regulatory inquiries and internal reviews.
• Draft and maintain financial crime policies, standards and guidance.
• Contribute to a globally consistent financial crime framework.
• Prepare governance papers and management information for senior stakeholders.
• Support sanctions risk assessments and guidance on UK/EU/US regimes.
• Collaborate with compliance, legal, risk and business teams across locations.
• Assist regulatory inspections, audits and assurance reviews.

Skills

Financial crime

Policy development

Stakeholder management

Regulatory liaison

Written communication

Education

ICA/ACAMS/CRCM/CCI or equivalent

Job description

Are you an experienced Financial Crime professional looking to influence and strengthen financial crime frameworks across a global organisation?

We are recruiting for a Senior Financial Crime Manager to play a key role within a Group Financial Crime function, supporting the ongoing development, implementation and oversight of a global financial crime programme spanning multiple international jurisdictions.

This is an outstanding opportunity for a senior compliance professional who enjoys working at both a strategic and operational level, partnering with senior stakeholders and providing expert guidance on complex financial crime matters.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the identification, assessment and management of financial crime risks across multiple jurisdictions
• Provide subject matter expertise across AML, CTF, sanctions, anti-bribery and corruption, and wider financial crime compliance matters
• Review and challenge financial crime risk assessments, controls and governance arrangements
• Advise on complex financial crime risk escalations and support investigations, regulatory enquiries and internal reviews
• Draft and maintain financial crime policies, standards, methodologies and guidance
• Contribute to the development of a globally consistent financial crime framework
• Prepare board papers, governance reports and management information for senior stakeholders
• Support sanctions risk assessments and provide guidance on UK, EU and US sanctions regimes
• Partner closely with compliance, legal, risk and business teams across international locations
• Support regulatory inspections, audits and assurance reviews

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• 8+ years' experience in financial crime, compliance, risk management or a related discipline within financial services
• Experience gained within a global financial institution, professional services firm, consultancy, regulator or fiduciary services environment
• Strong knowledge of AML, CTF, sanctions and broader financial crime risk management principles
• Proven experience developing and implementing policies, governance frameworks and risk management controls
• Excellent stakeholder management skills with the confidence to influence and challenge senior management
• Outstanding written communication skills, including drafting governance papers, policies and regulatory responses
• A commercially minded and pragmatic approach to risk management
• ICA, ACAMS, CRCM, CCI or equivalent professional qualification
• Experience supporting regulatory examinations, inspections or remediation programmes Knowledge of international regulatory frameworks and multi-jurisdictional financial crime requirements

About

About Instant Impact

Instant Impact helps organisations turn talent into a competitive advantage. We do this through two core solutions:

• Impact Talent: our embedded recruitment solution that blends expert in-house teams with a modular, AI-powered tech stack to build high-performing TA functions and deliver consistent hiring outcomes.
• Impact X: our Executive Search solution, designed to connect organisations with exceptional senior leaders who drive transformation and growth.

How We Work:

• Growth Mindset: We believe in continuous improvement, for ourselves, our teams, and our clients. Every challenge is a chance to learn, innovate, and raise the bar.
• Accountability: We own our commitments. From hitting SLAs to developing our people, we do what we say we'll do and we measure what matters.
• Pace & Collaboration: Speed wins, but not at the expense of quality. We work closely together across teams, with clients, and with candidates to move faster and smarter.