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Senior Manager MLRO, Compliance

3 hours, 6 minutes ago
United Kingdom
Full-time
Lead
Compliance Manager
Finance and Accounting
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Diversified Financial Services
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Founded 2012
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Description

  • Serve as the designated Money Laundering Reporting Officer (SMF17) for the UK entity, subject to final organisational and regulatory approvals.
  • Provide second-line oversight of the UK financial crimes compliance program, including AML, sanctions, suspicious activity governance, and related control frameworks.
  • Oversee suspicious activity escalation, internal referrals, and reporting governance, including matters requiring MLRO judgment.
  • Design, maintain, and continuously improve the UK AML and financial crimes framework in line with FCA and UK regulatory expectations.
  • Lead the Financial Crime Compliance Monitoring Programme (CMP) and ensure it aligns with the firm’s risk appetite, regulatory landscape, and market context.
  • Lead the UK business-wide compliance risk assessment (BWRA) and control inventory, identifying risks, control gaps, regulatory developments, and governance priorities.
  • Partner with UK Compliance and global Financial Crimes leaders to maintain an effective control environment across onboarding, transaction monitoring, investigations, screening, and related processes.
  • Oversee or coordinate UK financial crimes issue management, including issue identification, remediation tracking, escalation, and closure governance.
  • Lead preparation of the annual MLRO report for senior management and the Board, covering AML control effectiveness, SARs, fraud, training, risk exposure, and regulatory position.
  • Support internal audit, external audit, regulatory examinations, and bank partner reviews, including materials preparation, response coordination, and remediation tracking.

Requirements

  • Extensive knowledge of FCA and other UK servicing regulations.
  • Proven experience developing and implementing effective compliance programs.
  • Strong understanding of AML, sanctions, suspicious activity governance, and financial crime control frameworks.
  • Experience managing or leading financial crime compliance monitoring programs and compliance risk assessments.
  • Ability to provide second-line oversight and effective challenge while maintaining independence.
  • Experience preparing senior management and Board-level compliance or MLRO reporting.
  • Experience supporting audits, regulatory examinations, or external stakeholder reviews.
  • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
  • Experience working with Legal, first-line stakeholders, and global compliance teams.
  • Preferred: Experience in a Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) or equivalent senior financial crimes role.

Benefits

  • Remote UK work location with a remote-first company model.
  • Annual base pay range of £120,000 to £168,000.
  • Equity rewards may be available.
  • Monthly stipends for health, wellness, and tech spending.
  • 100% subsidised medical coverage for you and your dependents.
  • Dental and vision coverage for you and your dependents.
  • Competitive vacation and holiday schedules.
  • Employee stock purchase plan (ESPP) with a discount on Affirm shares.

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