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No detail is too small. Trust depends on it.\nWe’re a global team building products people can actually use, turning complex technology into something simple and reliable.\nWe stay aligned, move quickly, and think long term, while keeping teams lean and focused on impact.\nAbout the role\nWe are looking for a Financial Crime Manager to join our growing team and support our first line of defence. The Financial Crime Manager will be responsible for helping to ensure that we comply with all applicable laws and regulations related to preventing and detecting money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, bribery and corruption; and circumventing economic sanctions.\nThe role requires a detailed understanding of the regulatory environment for payments companies and cryptoasset trading firms, as well as a keen eye for identifying and mitigating compliance risks.\nHow you can make an impact:\nOversee the day-to-day execution of financial crime controls, including customer due diligence, sanctions and adverse media screening, transaction monitoring, investigations and escalations\nConduct and oversee blockchain analytics, wallet screening and investigations involving on-chain activity, including assessing direct and indirect exposure to illicit activity, sanctioned entities and other financial crime typologies\nIdentify, investigate and respond to suspected fraud, including account takeover, identity fraud, payment fraud and other emerging typologies\nIdentify and implement opportunities to enhance financial crime controls, processes and systems through automation, technology and data-driven solutions, improving operational efficiency while maintaining effective risk management\nDevelop and maintain quality assurance processes to assess the effectiveness and consistency of financial crime operations, identify control deficiencies and drive timely remediation\nSupport the MLRO/BSAO with suspicious activity reporting obligations, regulatory enquiries and financial crime-related audits, ensuring appropriate documentation and recordkeeping\nPartner closely with Product, Engineering, Operations and Customer Support teams to ensure financial crime risks are appropriately identified and mitigated throughout the customer lifecycle\nProvide guidance, oversight and mentorship to Financial Crime and Support analysts, ensuring consistent decision-making, effective workload management and timely resolution of complex investigations\nStrong understanding of financial crime risks associated with payment services, cryptoassets, decentralised finance (DeFi), self-hosted wallets and blockchain-based transactions\nStrong technical aptitude and experience leveraging data analytics, automation and emerging technologies to enhance financial crime detection, investigations and operational efficiency\nFamiliarity with financial crime regulatory frameworks across multiple jurisdictions, particularly the UK, EU and US, including applicable AML/CTF, sanctions and cryptoasset regulatory requirements\nLet's connect if:\nBachelor's degree in business, finance, law, or a related field\nAt least 7 years of relevant experience in a risk or compliance role within a financial services organisation, consultancy firm, or regulator. 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