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 70+ million customers get more from their money every day.
As we continue our lightning-fast growth, 2 things are essential to our success: our people and our culture. In recognition of our outstanding employee experience, we've been certified as a Great Place to Work™. So far, we have 13,000+ people working around the world, from our offices and remotely, to help us achieve our mission. And we're looking for more brilliant people. People who love building great products, redefining success, and turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.
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.
We’re looking for an experienced, data-driven FinCrime Risk Manager with a robust background in banking sanctions, covering both retail and business.
You’ll enhance our sanctions risk management for effectiveness and efficiency, and drive projects from conception to implementation.
Up to shape what's next in finance? Let’s get in touch.
What you'll be doing
* Overseeing the design, implementation, and maintenance of the sanctions compliance programme
* Ensuring all business activities comply with international sanctions regulations (OFAC, UN, EU, etc.)
* Managing and responding to sanctions-related alerts and investigations, ensuring timely and accurate reporting to relevant authorities
* Supervising the development and enhancement of screening systems to detect and prevent sanctioned activity
* Ensuring the effectiveness of customer, transaction, and third-party screening processes
* Overseeing the implementation and optimisation screening tools and technologies to improve efficiency and accuracy
* Ensuring staff is adequately trained on sanctions and screening policies and procedures
* Identifying and assessing sanctions and screening risks, implementing appropriate risk mitigation strategies, and reporting findings to senior management
* Conducting regular risk assessments and thematic reviews to ensure compliance with regulatory standards
* Monitoring regulatory changes, ensuring timely implementation of new requirements
* Representing the company in external audits and regulatory inspections
What you'll need
* Experience in financial crime, working in either consultancy or financial institutions in sanctions financial crime compliance (FCC) and risk management
* Excellent knowledge of global requirements for sanctions controls
* Experience performing detailed sanctions and financial crime risk assessments, and assessing, designing, and testing controls
* A good understanding of both traditional and innovative financial services products (crypto, buy-now-pay later, etc.) and associated financial crime risks
* Proficiency in performing detailed and efficient research of regulatory requirements, industry guidance, and case studies in relation to new markets or products
* An understanding of industry-wide financial crime practices and trends
* Solid analytical, critical thinking, and decision-making skills
* To be highly organised with a structured working style
* Impressive report writing and presentation skills
* Excellent stakeholder management skills
* Fluency in English with impeccable communication skills