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Revolut is a global fintech company on a mission to deliver more visibility, control, and freedom with money. With 80+ million customers and 13,000+ employees worldwide, Revolut offers a powerhouse of products including spending, saving, investing, exchanging, and travel services.
The Financial Crime Compliance Lead will join Revolut's second line of defence, managing oversight and compliance to identify financial crime risks and maintain systems and controls across the organization. This is a leadership role responsible for shaping and enforcing financial crime compliance standards globally.
Key Responsibilities:
- Maintain and update group FinCrime policies, defining minimum standards for FinCrime processes across the organization
- Oversee quarterly performance of entity Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLROs) and compliance managers
- Provide oversight and support for identification, remediation, and resolution of FinCrime-related risk incidents
- Assist senior management in defining standards to manage financial crime risks and ensure organization-wide application
- Offer second line of defence support to business teams, first line FinCrime teams, and entity MLRO teams during product launches and process implementations
- Ensure FinCrime risks are considered in day-to-day operations
- Participate in FinCrime governance committees to challenge initiatives, identify issues, and propose solutions
- Establish, maintain, and review dashboards to identify areas outside risk appetite
- Prepare reports for senior management, group committees, and the Board, escalating key or high-risk issues
Requirements:
- 8+ years of experience in FinCrime (AML/CTF and sanctions) covering retail and business customers, including KYC, CDD/EDD, transaction monitoring, risk assessments, and SARs
- Strong understanding of innovative financial services products and their associated financial crime risks
- Knowledge of anti-financial crime frameworks, regulatory recommendations, risk management best practices, and control arrangements in complex financial organizations
- Excellent knowledge of global requirements for financial crime controls
- Solid understanding of industry-wide financial crime practices and trends
- Expertise in identifying financial crime risks and vulnerabilities, and advising on best practices
- Track record of stakeholder management with strong collaboration, negotiation, and communication skills
- Fluency in English
Nice to Have:
- Professional qualification from internationally recognized body (e.g., ICA, ACAMS)
- Experience in crypto, wealth, trading, and/or correspondent banking
- Familiarity with anti-fraud and control assessment processes
