Manager Financial Crime Compliance & Advisory

Manager Financial Crime Compliance & Advisory

Madrid

Ebury is a global fintech firm dedicated to empowering businesses to expand internationally through tailored and forward-thinking financial solutions. Since our founding in 2009, we’ve grown to a diverse team of over 1,700 professionals across 40+ offices and 29+ markets worldwide. Joining Ebury means becoming part of a collaborative and innovative environment where your contributions are valued. You’ll play a key role in shaping the future of cross-border finance, while advancing your own career in a dynamic, high-growth industry.

Manager Financial Crime Compliance & Advisory

Ebury Madrid Office - Hybrid: 4 days in the office, 1 day working from home per week

We are looking for an experienced and strategic Manager, Financial Crime Compliance & Advisory to join our team. This is a pivotal leadership role, reporting directly to the Group Compliance Director, where you will be responsible for the design, maintenance, and evolution of Ebury's entire Financial Crime framework (AML, CTF, Sanctions) globally. You will blend expert regulatory advisory with high-impact strategic project leadership and own key executive reporting cycles.

Key Responsibilities

• Global Financial Crime Strategy & Framework Ownership
• Framework Design & Evolution:
  Lead the design, development, and continual evolution of Ebury’s global Financial Crime Programme, establishing the target operating model and ensuring the framework meets current and anticipated regulatory standards.
• Strategic Project Leadership:
  Lead new, high-impact Financial Crime projects (e.g., system enhancements, new jurisdictional rollouts, regulatory remediation) and drive the strategic evolution of the overall group programme across global entities.
• Global Policy Consistency:
  Serve as the senior subject matter expert (SME) to drive consistency in AML/CTF policies, procedures, and controls across all Ebury geographies and product offerings.
• Strategic Advisory:
  Act as the final point of escalation for complex internal inquiries, policy queries, and general guidance, providing authoritative interpretation and documented risk-based decisions to the business.
• Compliance Policy Drafting:
  Develop and draft clear, technically accurate Compliance policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with global firm policies and international regulations.
• Framework Drafting:
  Develop and draft clear, technically accurate Compliance Frameworks to accommodate new client verticals (i.e. different industries) developing internal systems and controls to mitigate the risks of financial crime.
• Business Wide Risk Assessment (BWRA) Ownership:
  Coordinate and draft Ebury's Annual Business Wide Risk Assessment (BWRA). This involves coordinating input from global and regional teams, performing detailed risk analysis, and drafting the final strategic document for executive review.
• MLRO Report Coordination:
  Coordinate local MLRO reports from international entities, consolidating key findings, risk metrics, and regulatory developments into a unified narrative.
• Executive Group Document Drafting:
  Take ownership of writing the final Executive Group Document (e.g., Compliance/Risk Committee papers), summarizing financial crime performance, key risks, strategic initiatives, and regulatory updates for the Board and Executive Management.
• Regulatory Horizon Scanning:
  Provide regular Horizon Scanning updates to senior management on key regulatory changes, assessing and advising on necessary strategic adjustments.
• CRR Working Group Consultation:
  Provide crucial Compliance input and advisory for CRR (Capital Requirements Regulation) Working Group decisions and Change Requests.
• Dispensation Review:
  Review and prepare dispensations for final sign-off by the Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO), applying rigorous risk analysis to complex client files and policy exceptions.
• Audit Liaison (UK Focus):
  Act as a key point of contact for Internal Audit from a UK Financial Crime perspective, providing policy context and advisory support for audit reviews.
• Training Plan Ownership:
  Develop and manage the strategy for the Creation of Ebury’s Financial Crime Training Plan &…