Financial Crime Compliance Manager (Correspondent Banking)

Revolut; Porto; On-site; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Revolut is seeking a seasoned Financial Crime professional to lead the design and implementation of robust FinCrime controls across AML/CTF and sanctions. You will perform risk assessments for partner ecosystems, maintain FinCrime policies, and provide oversight during product launches.

You will build dashboards, escalate high-risk issues, and train staff to identify and mitigate FinCrime risks, ensuring compliance with global standards while enabling growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in financial crime (AML/CTF and sanctions) across retail and business customer bases, including KYC, CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, risk assessments, and SARs.
• Experience in correspondent banking and a solid understanding of innovative financial services products and their associated FinCrime risks.
• Deep knowledge of AML/CTF and sanctions frameworks, regulatory recommendations, risk management practices, and control arrangements.
• Familiarity with global requirements for financial crime controls and industry-wide practices and trends.

Responsibilities

• Leading the design, implementation, testing, and assurance of financial crime controls.
• Performing risk assessments related to financial partnerships and maintaining FinCrime policies.
• Providing 2LoD oversight and 1LoD support during product launches; escalating high-risk issues as needed.
• Maintaining FinCrime dashboards and preparing reports for senior management and boards.
• Ensuring FinCrime risks are considered in day-to-day operations and providing training across the organization.

Skills

AML/CTF

Sanctions

KYC

CDD/EDD

Risk assessments

SARs

Correspondent banking

English

Stakeholder management

Job description

About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, and more freedom. Since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. Our powerhouse of products - including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, travelling, and more - help our 75+ million customers get more from their money every day.

About The Role

Our Financial Crime team blends regulatory expertise with data-driven thinking to make sure our products meet legal and policy requirements and deliver real value to customers. In a fast-moving, digital environment, they stay one step ahead by finding smart, scalable ways to prevent financial crime.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading the design, implementation, testing, and assurance of financial crime controls
• Performing product and enterprise risk assessments related to financial partnerships
• Maintaining and updating group FinCrime policies
• Providing oversight and support to the identification, remediation, and resolution of related FinCrime risk incidents
• Providing 2LoD support to the business and 1LoD FinCrime teams during product and system launches
• Ensuring FinCrime risks are considered in day-to-day operations
• Maintaining financial crime training for all employees
• Participating in FinCrime governance committees to challenge initiative owners
• Establishing and maintaining dashboards to identify areas requiring further investigation
• Preparing reports for senior management, group committees, and the Board
• Escalating high-risk financial crime compliance issues

What You'll Need

• 5+ years of experience in financial crime (AML/CTF and sanctions) across retail and business customer bases, including KYC, CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, risk assessments, and SARs
• Experience in correspondent banking
• A solid understanding of innovative financial services products and their associated financial crime risks
• In-depth knowledge of anti-financial crime frameworks, including AML/CTF and sanctions policies, regulatory recommendations, risk management practices, and control arrangements
• Familiarity with global requirements for financial crime controls
• An understanding of industry-wide financial crime practices and trends
• Expertise in identifying financial crime risks and potential vulnerabilities, and advising 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)
• In-depth knowledge of key regulatory issues related to anti-fraud and control assessment processes
• An interest in developing expertise in financial partnerships and payments regulations

Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We're doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That's why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.