Financial Crime Prevention Lead

Key Responsibilities

• Lead first-line financial crime risk management across onboarding, ongoing due diligence, screening, transaction monitoring, blockchain analytics and escalation activity.
• Assess complex, higher-risk or unusual clients and relationships, including CASPs, partner custodians, correspondent relationships and strategic partnerships.
• Lead complex screening alert investigations, including sanctions, PEP and adverse media alerts, and determine appropriate escalation to Compliance and/or the MLRO function.
• Lead escalated transaction monitoring investigations, assess unusual activity and ensure investigation conclusions are evidence-based and audit-ready.
• Conduct complex blockchain and chain analysis using Chainalysis or equivalent tools, including transaction tracing, wallet analysis, graph-level review and exposure assessment.
• Lead Customer Due Diligence and Enhanced Due Diligence reviews, including ownership and control analysis, risk categorisation and relationship acceptance or continuation recommendations.
• Provide first-line oversight and quality assurance, reviewing case decisions, alert dispositions, supporting rationale and system records.
• Identify trends, control gaps and emerging typologies, support risk reporting and drive agreed process, system and control improvements.

What We're Looking For

• 2+ years' experience in financial crime, AML, compliance or investigations.
• Strong knowledge of AML, sanctions, CDD, EDD and transaction monitoring.
• Hands-on experience with blockchain analytics and chain analysis.
• Experience within digital assets, banking, financial services or consulting environments.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to make clear, risk-based decisions.