Manager Financial Crime Compliance W&R Job Utrecht area,Utrecht Netherlands,Finance & Banking

Protect Rabobank and society against financial crime on a global scale

Shape and lead Rabobank's global Financial Crime Compliance agenda for Wholesale & Rural banking. As the designated AML, CTF & Sanctions Officer for Europe, Africa and Asia, you will provide independent oversight across multiple jurisdictions, influence executive decision‑making, engage directly with regulators and supervisory authorities, and help safeguard Rabobank's licence to operate globally.

You & your role

As Manager Financial Crime Compliance (FCC) W&R, you play a pivotal role within Rabobank's second line of responsibility. You are responsible for the oversight of Financial Economic Crime (FEC) risks across Wholesale & Rural (W&R), while acting as the designated AML, CTF & Sanctions Officer for W&R Europe, Africa and Asia.

In this highly visible leadership position, you provide independent challenge, advice, and oversight to senior business stakeholders, ensuring compliance with anti-money laundering, counter‑terrorist financing, sanctions and anti‑bribery & corruption regulations. You lead a global team of specialists and act as a trusted advisor to senior management, regulators, and supervisory authorities.

You combine deep subject matter expertise with strong leadership capabilities and strategic influence. Your focus is on safeguarding the effectiveness of Rabobank's financial crime framework, identifying emerging risks, and ensuring robust governance and regulatory compliance across multiple regions.

Examples from practice

You operate with independent authority as second line officer and are empowered to challenge and elevate material risk issues to executive leadership and governance bodies.
Advising senior business management on a high‑risk client case and determining whether escalation to executive management is required.
Leading the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) Reporting function through functional oversight and steering, ensuring effective suspicious transaction reporting to relevant authorities.
Coordinating regulatory inspections and engaging directly with regulators, supervisors, and law enforcement agencies regarding financial crime compliance matters.
You regularly engage with Managing Board members, executive committees, regulators, law enforcement agencies and senior supervisory stakeholders.

Facts & figures

40 hours per week

Responsible for approximately 90 FTE across multiple regions.

Member of the FCC Management Team and the broader Compliance Management Team.

Contributing to oversight of a first-line FEC organization with a budget exceeding EUR 642 million.

Operating in a global environment covering Europe, Africa, Asia, North America, South America, and Australia/New Zealand.

Top 3 responsibilities

Drive Financial Crime Compliance oversight. You oversee the end-to-end FCC framework for Wholesale & Rural, ensuring compliance with AML, CTF, sanctions and ABC regulations. You challenge, advise and influence senior stakeholders while safeguarding the effectiveness of controls, governance and risk management practices.

Lead a global FCC organization. You lead and develop an international team of approximately 90 professionals and maintain functional oversight of Regional AML, CTF & Sanctions Officers. You create a high-performing culture focused on quality, collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement.

Act as strategic advisor and regulatory representative. You serve as a key point of contact for regulators and supervisory authorities, oversee regulatory examinations and remediation activities, and provide thought leadership on evolving financial crime risks and regulatory developments.

Together we achieve more than alone

We believe in the power of differences. By combining people's strengths, perspectives and expertise, we become an even better bank. We are curious about what you will bring to our Global Financial Crime Compliance team.

"Protecting Rabobank against financial crime requires strong leadership, independent judgement and the courage to challenge where needed. As Manager FCC W&R, you will help shape our global compliance agenda and safeguard our role as a responsible gatekeeper in…