Anti-Money Laundering Executive

About This Role

Leading and scaling a significant Financial Crime operation across the Americas is the core of this role. The position requires a hands-on AML operations leader who has experience managing sizeable investigative teams and can demonstrate improvements in processes, productivity, quality, and performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a large, multi-layered AML investigations function
• Oversee AML investigations, transaction monitoring, and suspicious activity processes
• Drive operational excellence across productivity, quality, and performance
• Translate strategic objectives into measurable KPIs and OKRs
• Identify opportunities for automation and process improvement
• Use data to improve investigative efficiency and scalability
• Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Technology teams
• Build a high-performance culture across managers and their teams

Requirements

• Strong background in AML Investigations / Financial Crime Operations
• Experience leading sizeable teams, ideally 50+ people with management layers beneath you
• Proven experience managing and developing managers/team leads
• Strong understanding of transaction monitoring, investigations, and SAR processes
• Evidence of improving or transforming AML operations rather than simply maintaining them
• Experience with automation, technology-enabled change, and process redesign
• Strong operational understanding of productivity, quality, training, and performance management
• FinTech, payments, or digital banking experience is preferred, although broader financial services backgrounds will be considered
• Willingness to be based in or relocate to Austin, Texas

Benefits

• Relocation package available

Important Details

• Work format: hybrid

Application Process

• If you’ve successfully led and transformed a sizeable AML or Financial Crime operation and are interested in hearing more, please get in touch.

About the Company

The company is a leading global FinTech focused on payments, with a growing Financial Crime function.