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Revolut is hiring a Financial Crime Risk Manager with strong KYB experience to help design, assess and validate KYB-related controls across products and initiatives. You will collaborate with Product, Audit and first-line teams to perform risk assessments, translate regulatory requirements into practical controls, and support control testing and monitoring. The role involves staying current with regulations and industry trends, liaising with regulators and banking partners, and driving enhancements to processes and systems to mitigate financial crime risk.
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- City
- London
- Country
- United Kingdom
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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 65+ 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 10,000+ 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 a Financial Crime Risk Manager with solid KYB experience to collaborate with our first-line teams in building safe, effective controls. You'll be advising on financial crime decisions, assessing and validating KYB risks, and supporting control testing.
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What you’ll be doing
- Collaborating with Product and Audit teams to perform financial crime risk assessments regarding KYB risks
- Supporting the design and development of innovative yet practical financial crime controls by translating regulatory requirements into actionable controls
- Assessing and monitoring the impact of new initiatives on Revolut’s overall financial crime risk and control framework
- Proactively identifying potential gaps in existing financial crime processes, systems, and controls, and driving enhancements to these
- Keeping up to date with relevant regulations, industry guidance, and financial services innovations, particularly from a financial crime risk perspective
- Ensuring clarity, transparency, and insight in both BAU and growth/expansion-related discussions with regulators, law enforcement, and banking partners
- Liaising with local legal entities as needed
What you'll need
- Expertise in financial crime, ideally gained via working in either a consultancy or a financial institution
- Knowledge of global requirements for financial crime and KYB controls for business customers (assessing complex ownership structures, understanding business risks, etc.)
- Experience performing detailed financial crime risk assessments, and assessing, designing, and testing mitigating controls
- A good understanding of both traditional and innovative financial services products (crypto, Banking as a Service, 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
- Great analytical, critical thinking, and decision-making skills
- To be highly organised and have a structured working style
- Exceptional report writing and presentation skills
- Excellent stakeholder management skills
- Fluency in English with impeccable communication skills
Building a global financial super app isn’t enough. Our Revoluters are a priority, and that’s why in 2021 we launched our inaugural D&I Framework, designed to help us thrive and grow everyday. We're not just doing this because it's the right thing to do. We’re doing it because we know that seeking out diverse talent and creating an inclusive workplace is the way to create exceptional, innovative products and services for our customers. That’s why we encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences to join this multicultural, hard-working team.
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