Senior Product Compliance Manager, AML Controls — Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

Overview

Shape the design and effectiveness of AML controls within payment products. This senior compliance role works closely with product and engineering teams developing detection capabilities in-house. It uses regulatory understanding and performance data to strengthen controls while reducing avoidable customer contact, manual effort and operational friction.

Requirements

• Candidates need at least seven years in AML or financial crime, with substantial experience implementing and improving controls.
• Work with in-house product and engineering teams, strong analytical skills and experience automating financial-crime processes are required.
• Clear explanations of risk, cost and customer-friction tradeoffs are essential.
• CAMS or ICA certification is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Advise on control design and translate global requirements into product decisions.
• Identify opportunities to improve transaction monitoring, behavioral detection and the handling of alerts.
• Define how effectiveness will be assessed and support an ongoing testing program that can reveal weaknesses in coverage or execution.
• Turn audit findings, incidents and regulatory feedback into clear improvement plans, coordinating delivery through completion.
• Review controls as requirements and guidance change, and contribute to the annual financial-crime risk assessment across regions and typologies.
• Work with technical teams on automation, prioritization and practical ways to deploy changes more efficiently.

Conditions

• The full-time role is hybrid in London and involves travel when required.