Senior Manager KYB

As a senior leader in our KYB/KYC Compliance function, your day will be a dynamic blend of strategic oversight, operational excellence, and cross-functional collaboration. You’ll be at the heart of shaping how compliance scales across the Group, using both deep regulatory expertise and cutting-edge technology.

Key Responsibilities:

• Onboarding Complex Organizations: Your primary focus will be leading the onboarding of highly complex organizations and financial institutions, ensuring thorough due diligence, timely reviews, and effective risk management.
• Strengthening the KYB Framework: You’ll refine and enhance onboarding procedures across the Group, ensuring consistency, depth, and speed in application reviews and escalation handling.
• Driving Automation & Innovation: Partner with tech teams to streamline compliance operations through automation and machine learning, building scalable solutions for a fast-growing organization.
• Leading Compliance Strategy: Define and execute the strategic direction of KYB/KYC operations, aligning regulatory requirements with business goals.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the primary liaison with MLROs, regulators, and external partners, ensuring transparency and trust in all compliance matters.
• Performance & Risk Reporting: Prepare and present key reports to Senior Management and Compliance Committees, offering insights into performance, risk exposure, and operational health.
• Team Leadership & Development: Oversee training initiatives, build team capabilities, and ensure consistent knowledge standards across regions.
• Operational Excellence: Monitor KPIs and SLAs, ensuring the team consistently meets performance benchmarks.
• Documentation & Governance: Ensure all reviews and investigations are properly documented in line with Group standards.
  
  

Requirements:

• Minimum 10-12 years of experience in KYB, complex organizations & FI’s onboarding, Sanction Screenings, Investigations-related work
• Ability to work in a challenging, highly regulated environment, serving as the primary liaison with MLROs, regulators, and other external stakeholders
• Good understanding of the Payments/Fintech industry
• ACAMS certification is preferred but not mandatory
• Strong Interpersonal and English communication skills (both verbal and writing).
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with an investigative mindset.
• Team player, but also able to work independently and self-motivated.
• Attention to detail, efficiency, and ability to work under pressure within tight deadlines.
• Good hands-on experience with Advanced MS-Excel including Macros is an added advantage. Knowledge with data analytics will be an added advantage (not mandatory).
• Willingness to learn continuously and keep up to date with the Payments industry and its regulatory landscape.
• Experience to build, lead and motivate a Compliance Operations team.