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Currencycloud • United Kingdom

Global Head of Transaction Monitoring (Remote)

Employment type:  Full time

Remote-first

A little flex time

Job Description

About Currencycloud

Currencycloud is somewhere where innovative thinking and the power of technology know no limits. We know that the success of the business depends on the people who keep it moving, which is why we are looking for exceptional talent to join our international payments revolution.

We are an open & collaborative Fintech unicorn that lives and breathes our company values:

Be Human, Better Together and Own it.

Overview of role –

The Global Head of Transaction Monitoring will lead the real time and retrospective

transaction monitoring teams and drive the continuous improvement of their systems and processes. This

role reports into the VP of Compliance Operations.

The Details...

Oversee the day to day running of the Transaction Monitoring functions (real time transaction screening and retrospective transaction monitoring);

Drive the continuous improvement of processes and systems used by the TM teams through the use of data to more efficiently and effectively mitigate any AML related risk;

Be the key stakeholder for internal product teams and external providers aimed at enhancing Currencycloud’s TM;

Coach and Develop TM Managers;

Provide structure and a control framework to effectively support the different Currencycloud regulated entities;

Own the mid and long-term strategic planning for the Transaction Monitoring Function;

Work as part of the Senior FinCrime Management Team to contribute operational expertise in the development and implementation of organisational strategies, procedures, practices, and applications.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise...

5 years management experience, within a start-up/scale-up environment;

Has a deep desire to solve real problems and sees the beauty of data and structure and how important these are to understanding a problem and identifying solutions;

Strong experience using different data modelling techniques to mitigate either AML or Fraud related transactional risk;

Ability to understand regulatory requirements and turn into procedures;

A good understanding of Screening and Transaction Monitoring processes and requirements;

Has exceptional organisational skills and pays attention to detail;

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence others;

Strives to continuously grow and develop themselves and their teams;

Is adept at conducting 80/20 analysis, drawing out business insights and presenting findings and recommendations persuasively;

Entrepreneurial mindset and a willingness to get your hands dirty.

Why Currencycloud?

We are a remote-first company; whichever location you’re contracted to, we leave it up to you and your manager to agree on how often you come into the office. To make things easier we offer an allowance so you can create your own working space at home because we REALLY mean it when we say remote first.

Your health and well-being are of paramount importance to us, and so our jampacked employee benefits reflect this!

We offer a competitive salary, an individual learning and development budget, a pension or 401K contribution, mental health days and comprehensive health care that includes annual optical and dental allowances, access to mental health support and a monthly allowance that you can spend on anything health or wellness related!

At the moment we are unable to consider applicants living outside of our entities and we are unable to provide visa sponsorship.

We aren’t currently looking for additional Recruiter support on this role and won’t be accepting any unsolicited CVs

Company benefits

Enhanced maternity leave
Enhanced paternity leave
Work from anywhere scheme
Comprehensive wellness program
Life assurance
Permanent health insurance (income protection)
Mental health day
A day off for your birthday

The FlexScore® is the result of a rigorous 2-step verification of a company’s flexibility

First we assess the flexibility options Currencycloud provides and then we anonymously survey a statistically significant proportion of their employees to make sure Currencycloud is as flexible as they say they are. Our assessment is based on the six key elements of flexibility: location, hours, autonomy, benefits, role modelling and work-life balance.

We ask the hard questions so you don’t have to.

Working at Currencycloud

Company employees

430+

Gender diversity (male:female)

69:31

Office locations

London, Cardiff, Amsterdam, New York, Singapore

Funding levels

$160.2m

Hiring Countries

Australia
Canada
Germany
Netherlands
Singapore
Spain
United Kingdom
United States

Awards & Achievements

Finance & Insurance

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