Compliance Manager (Deputy MLRO) - Germany in Deutschland bei Revolut

About Revolut

People deserve more from their money. More visibility, more control, more freedom. And since 2015, Revolut has been on a mission to deliver just that. With an arsenal of awesome products that span spending, saving, travel, transfers, investing, exchanging and more, our super app has helped 30+ million customers get more from their money. And we're not done yet.

As we continue our lightning-fast growth, we believe that two things are essential to continuing our success: our people and our culture. So far, we have 6000+ people working around the world, from our great offices or remotely, on our mission. And we're looking for more. We want brilliant people that love building great products, love redefining success, and love turning the complexity of a chaotic world into the simplicity of a beautiful solution.

About the role

Compliance is a key team that ensures Revolut’s products and processes meet the regulatory requirements and translate this into the best customer outcomes. They’ve got an outstanding ability to find solutions and carry out testing in a purely digital environment. Those data-driven experts know that better people and machines are the most effective way of managing conduct risk

We’re looking for a Compliance Manager who can see what’s needed to keep our consumer protection practice in compliance Someone who has a burning itch to make it the best. If being on the ground floor of establishing a compliance department and working on cutting edge product offerings seems interesting to you, keep reading ✨ In more boring detailed terms, we’re looking for someone who'll be responsible for advising our business on compliance requirements and related controls. Be warned, this is a very hands-on role ‍ ️

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What you’ll be doing

• Defining, developing, managing, refining and documenting the Financial Crime and AML Program to manage all sources of regulatory risk and provide reporting which meets the needs of the regulator, local and Group management
• Working closely with the Group FinCrime function and other senior managers across the business to identify, assess, update and mitigate the regulatory compliance risks posed to Revolut and determining the priorities and resources required to effectively control them
• Determining identification and verification standards for customer take-on and AML compliance
• Managing the suspicious activity reporting process, internally and externally
• Communicating with all necessary staff to ensure they understand their responsibilities and are trained in Revolut policies and procedures to identify financial crime, escalate suspicious activity by making internal reports and make external reports to the regulators and other law enforcement bodies in a timely manner
• Receiving and promptly responding to enquiries from law enforcement agencies
• Continuously developing, enhancing and embedding the financial crime and AML risk framework for managing key regulatory risks across the firm, ensuring that all processes are fit for purpose
• Serving as a liaison to the local authorities, managing filings to the local Financial Investigation Unit
• Supporting the business where necessary regarding the launch of products to ensure regulatory requirements are met, as appropriate
• Working cross-functionally across multiple teams to ensure execution against regulatory requirements and internal policies
• Collaborating with internal Compliance teams (such as Financial Crime, Compliance Operations, Risk & Controls) to identify clear steps necessary to mitigate those regulatory risks and provide recommendations in the form of clear business requirements
• Partnering with Product Owners to educate and drive the appropriate execution of compliance requirements

What you'll need

• A bachelor’s degree, with a relevant Master’s Degree preferred or a professional qualification from an internationally recognised body (e.g ICA, ACAMS)
• 3+ years of relevant experience
• Team management skills including the ability to oversee compliance and control activities within a global payment processing environment
• Knowledge and experience of best practice in financial services regulation, fraud detection methodologies, and emerging practice in financial crime and money laundering typologies
• Good communication skills with the ability to motivate others
• The ability to exercise oversight, knowledge and understanding of financial crime and AML policies, procedures and control arrangements in a complex finan