Financial Crime Manager

About the role

Aave Labs is looking for a Financial Crime Manager to join its growing team and support its first line of defence. The manager helps ensure compliance with all applicable laws and regulations on preventing and detecting money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud, bribery and corruption, and circumventing economic sanctions. The role needs a detailed understanding of the regulatory environment for payments companies and cryptoasset trading firms.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day financial crime controls, including customer due diligence, sanctions and adverse media screening, transaction monitoring, investigations and escalations
• Conduct and oversee blockchain analytics, wallet screening and investigations of on-chain activity, including exposure to illicit activity and sanctioned entities
• Identify, investigate and respond to suspected fraud such as account takeover, identity fraud and payment fraud
• Improve financial crime controls, processes and systems through automation, technology and data-driven solutions
• Develop and maintain quality assurance processes to check the effectiveness of financial crime operations and drive timely remediation
• Support the MLRO/BSAO with suspicious activity reporting, regulatory enquiries and audits, with proper documentation and recordkeeping
• Work with Product, Engineering, Operations and Customer Support to mitigate financial crime risks across the customer lifecycle
• Mentor Financial Crime and Support analysts on investigations and workload management

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, law or a related field
• At least 7 years of relevant experience in a risk or compliance role in financial services, a consultancy or a regulator; experience with both payments and cryptoassets is highly preferred
• Deep knowledge of financial crime regulations and best practices, and familiarity with industry standards
• Experience conducting financial crime risk assessments and developing policies, procedures and controls
• Excellent analytical and communication skills, able to explain complex issues to technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively and manage multiple priorities and deadlines

Required skills

• Knowledge of financial crime regulations in the UK, EU and US, including AML/CTF, sanctions and cryptoasset requirements
• Experience with compliance tools such as customer screening, transaction monitoring and blockchain analytics
• Strong technical aptitude using data analytics and automation to improve detection and investigations