Financial Crime Manager

Are you curious, excited by experimentation and always looking for a better way of doing things?

Do you want to keep learning and developing whilst getting hands-on, payment-building experience?

Do you want to have the opportunity to be play an important role in a rapidly growing and exciting Fintech business?

If so, we would love to hear from you!

We are looking to hire high-energy, and value-adding talent to join Modulr, the fastest growing payments business in the UK and Europe.

About Us

At Modulr our mission is to move money efficiently to power business productivity. We are building a new digital payments service to make money flow more efficiently through businesses and the economy. This is a new type of payments account that is built for businesses that need faster, easier and more reliable ways to move money.

Our flexible platform and innovate approach allows our customers to utilise our payments account instead of a traditional bank account. Our accounts come with a sort code and account number, access to payment systems (eg Faster Payments and Visa) and everything our customers need from a payments account. They can instantly open as many accounts as they need, automate how they make and receive payments as well as the reconciliation processes these create. All in real time, 24/7 through their own systems utilising our API that integrates into any platform.

Our founding team has a wealth of experience in the payments industry and growing successful businesses. Modulr is backed by payments giants PayPal Ventures and FIS Ventures, as well as startup and scale up specialists Blenheim Chalcot, General Atlantic, Frog and Highland Europe which enables us to leverage their resources and expertise to drive our growth initiatives. These partnerships provide us with the necessary provisions to propel our business to new heights.

Modulr values

• Building the extraordinary and going that extra mile
• Owning the opportunity, be passionate and proud of the time you invest
• Move at pace, reach your goals faster with us supporting you each step of the way
• Achieve it together, working as a team and being Modulite

The Role

The first line Risk & Compliance function executes processes to mitigate risks to Modulr as they relate to Money Laundering/Terrorist Financing, Fraud, Sanctions and other Financial Crime risks (such as Anti-bribery & Corruption). The Financial Crime Manager will be responsible for leading and managing a team within Financial Crime Operations which includes disciplines such as Transaction Monitoring, Fraud, Screening and Client Oversight. As a team in phase of growth, this is a great opportunity for someone to help shape and deliver a market leading proposition. The ability to deliver through effective operational management, stakeholder engagement and clear reporting, while taking an analytical approach to changing complexities, are key factors for success in the role.

Day to day tasks include:

• Operational management / planning
• Training & Quality Assurance management
• Reviewing and assessing client monitoring outcomes
• Providing Investigations oversight
• Policy & Procedure reviews alongside the relevant regulations
• Regular reporting
• Stakeholder management

About you;

• You're passionate about protecting the business, whilst also supporting rapid growth.
• You are an experienced leader, enabling teams to deliver effectively and to a high quality.
• You love rolling up your sleeves and doing whatever's required to achieve the goals of the compliance team and wider business.
• You're excited about the prospect of taking ownership of compliance processes, whilst ensuring that they evolve so that the compliance programme continues to be aligned to the business's growth plans.
• You're structured and organised, able to handle the competing pressures of immediate compliance tasks and investigations alongside longer term projects.
• You're analytical and can assess risks and define appropriate controls based on these, communicating the links, effectiveness, and any potential gaps clearly to others.
• You have an inquisitive mind and proactive approach to problem solving and issue resolution.
• You enjoy sharing your knowledge and sharing your ideas about how we can improve.
• You've a strong interest in FinTech and financial crime.

Skills and experience we're interested in;

• Previous experience managing operational delivery teams.
• Experience in training & quality assurance.
• Previous management of multiple stakeholders to aid effective delivery of service.
• Experience reporting and presenting to Senior Management.
• You should have an understanding of the regulatory landscape Modulr operate in.
• Assessing the adequacy and effectiveness of measures, controls and procedures put in place to ensure compliance with regulatory obligations.
• Experience maintaining and implementing effective processes, whilst ensuring the correct risk parameters are applied. Defining these processes, setting out the optimal way to achieve goals and embedding tools and procedures to achieve them.
• Relevant qualifications and professional certifications.

What can Modulr offer you

You'll be part of a cross disciplinary team(s), some might be in Edinburgh, London, or Amsterdam. We are friendly and sociable, challenging but rewarding. We want you to push yourself and for us to support you in your future as we scale up and grow. Our culture and values are putting you first and are about investing in your future.

• Share Options Incentive Scheme
• Company Bonus - the more successful we are together, the more company bonus we offer
• Enhanced Pension
• Flexible benefits - £1000 to spend on a variety of benefits for you to choose from which suit your lifestyle and needs
• Perkbox - enjoy freebies and discounts on many other products and services
• 33 days holiday (including bank holidays) + your birthday off - choose which days you take off to relax and/or spend time with loved ones
• Learning Opportunities – on joining Modulr you will embark on our 3-day onboarding programme to be equipped with the Modulr know-how and arm you with the tools you need to be successful from day 1! But, we don't want your learning to stop there so we will continue to provide you with the tools and capabilities through our learning channels and platforms to allow you to grow and develop in Modulr.
• Modulr hands-on - join your colleagues for our company wide events throughout the year.
• Great workspace - Modulr thrives on innovation which is best done through in-person collaboration. This approach enables us to work together closely, exchange ideas, and create innovative solutions that drive our success. We have state of the art offices located in WeWork in Edinburgh, ScaleSpace in London, and WeWork in Amsterdam.

ModInclusion

We believe that by seeing Modulr, and the world, from all sorts of angles, we can make life better for all. We want you to know that the things that make you, you — like your identity, age, ability, and background — are things that we will always celebrate and support with open arms. As such, we are keen to maximise the diversity of our workforce and actively encourage applications from anyone and everyone.

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