MLRO

Overview

In this standalone senior MLRO role, you will own financial crime compliance for a UK-regulated entity, reporting to the CFO with exposure to the CEO and Board. You will be the nominated MLRO and primary FCA contact on financial crime, shaping the firm’s AML/CTF, sanctions, and KYC controls. You’ll lead risk assessments, policy development, and high-risk relationship decisions, while ensuring effective screening, monitoring, and training. This is a strategic position at scale, where your guidance directly supports governance and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

• Act as nominated MLRO and primary FCA contact on financial crime
• Manage internal SAR process, NCA submissions (including DAML) and law enforcement requests
• Own firm-wide risk assessment and AML/CTF, Sanctions, PEP and ABC policies
• Set KYC/CDD/EDD standards and approve high-risk and PEP relationships
• Oversee sanctions screening, transaction monitoring and fraud controls
• Produce the Annual MLRO Report and regular Board reporting
• Deliver AML training and run assurance reviews

Key requirements

• MLRO or Deputy MLRO experience, ideally in payments, remittance, e-money or fintech
• 5+ years in a senior UK compliance role
• International experience essential; African markets exposure a plus
• Commercially minded, collaborative and comfortable working autonomously

• commercially minded
• collaborative
• autonomous
• AML/CTF
• Sanctions
• KYC/CDD/EDD

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