UK FinCrime Escalations Manager

Salary Not Specified

Visa, Adamsdown, Caerdydd - Cardiff

Full time
Permanent
Remote working

Posted 2 weeks ago, 16 Oct | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

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Visa

Full Job Description

Respond to day to day escalations from compliance operations and other first line risk staff such as adverse media alerts, high risk transactions and corner cases
Make judgements on whether to accept or reject applications from high risk clients.
Where necessary, schedule sessions to present specific cases to senior stakeholders (such as the Director of Financial Crime or MLRO).
Deliver formal and informal training on changes in company policies and procedures to the compliance operations team.
Provide regular coaching and guidance to junior team members on specific cases that have been escalated.
Contribute to the ongoing enhancement of the overall financial crime framework by identifying new typologies and potential gaps in existing policies and procedures.
Support the Director of Financial Crime and MLRO in updating existing policy documents and developing new controls to mitigate new or evolving risks.
Maintain an excellent technical knowledge of financial crime regulations, keeping up to speed with new developments and the latest regulatory positions of key markets that Currencycloud operates in.
Be aware of changes in the wider business (products, jurisdictions etc.) and how these may impact the compliance operations team.

Multi-national experience and perspective would be a strong plus
Passion for payments and creating new solutions
Professional AML/ATF (ACAMS) accreditation
Flexible to work in an environment where needs are continually changing
Ability to multi-task and able to work with minimal supervision
Deep expertise of the payment's ecosystem preferred or alternately, good understanding of payments business and associated risks

Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose - to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid.