Financial Crime Senior Manager

Company Description

between consumers, merchants, financial institutions and government entities across more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses and economies to thrive.

When partnering with Visa, you are also in a way part of a culture of purpose and belonging – where the work you do matters. We believe that economies that include everyone everywhere, uplift everyone everywhere. Your work will have a direct impact on billions of people around the world – helping unlock financial access to enable the future of money movement.

Visa Cross-Border Solutions offers deep money movement capabilities to organisations across the globe. Powered by Currencycloud technology, Visa Cross-Border Solutions enhances, streamlines and simplifies integrating the cross-border financial tools of tomorrow. 

Clients can embed cross-border finance into the heart of their business and create sophisticated and user-friendly app-based experiences, connecting consumers and businesses around the world. 

Since 2012, the technology behind Visa Cross-Border Solutions has been used to process more than $250bn to over 180 countries, partnering with banks, businesses and fintechs all over the world.

Partner with Visa: A Network Working for Everyone.

Job Description

This role reports into the Group Head of Financial Crime and will be responsible for driving all aspects of the organisation's efforts to prevent and detect financial crime, such as money laundering, terrorist financing, sanctions, bribery and fraud. You will also develop and implement enhancements to policies, procedures, and controls to ensure compliance with relevant laws and regulations. Are you passionate about fighting financial crime? Are you wanting to make an impact and build positive change? If so, this role may be the one for you! 

• Improving and developing Group financial crime policies and their implementation across the business 
• Interpreting and advising on all regulatory developments regarding financial crime compliance 
• Advising on the improvement of financial crime systems and controls 
• Leading the delivery of the annual financial crime risk assessment 
• Crafting and delivering technical financial crime training to first line of defence operational and business teams 
• Owning and leading on the delivery of key financial crime improvement projects 
• Advising the business on risk appetite decisions 
• Collaborating closely and leading both internal and external auditors in matters related to financial crime

Qualifications

To apply for this Financial Crime Senior Manager role, we are looking for someone that has at least 6 years within Financial Crime Prevention within the financial services industry in a 2nd line compliance role. We will also require the following:

• Knowledge of UK and EU financial crime regulations
• Experience of designing and implementing effective financial crime control frameworks
• Experience of implementing policies and procedures covering multiple jurisdictions
• Experience of conducting business-wide financial crime risk assessments
• Ability to provide training on problematical AML/CTF and Sanctions topics
• Comfortable working with data
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills

Additional Information

Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.