Financial Crime and Investigations Lead - EU
Core
Own and oversee suspicious activity reporting and first-line financial crime controls for European markets, ensuring high-quality SARs and effective control frameworks meet regulatory expectations.
Role type
Senior Financial Crime Investigations & Reporting Lead (First Line)
Builds
Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR/STR) and control frameworks for EU banking operations
Domain
Banking / Financial Crime / AML / Sanctions
Required skills
Financial crime investigations, AML control management, transaction monitoring, sanctions screening, SAR/STR processes, regulatory reporting, governance frameworks, multi-jurisdictional compliance
Preferred skills
goAML experience, regional FIU reporting systems, control owner experience, MI interpretation
Technologies
goAML, FIU reporting systems
Responsibilities
Act as first line control owner for ongoing monitoring across EU markets, including transaction monitoring, fraud controls, sanctions screening, and SAR/STR processes; Approve TPSA process and procedure documentation to ensure alignment with regulatory and internal policy requirements; Monitor control effectiveness through MI review, exception tracking, and assurance outputs; Represent TPSA (1LOD) in regulatory interactions and respond to queries from regulators, auditors, or Compliance (2LOD); Provide periodic reporting to senior leadership on control status, performance, and emerging risks; Oversee remediation of audit, compliance monitoring, and RCAMS actions.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC