Financial Crime Manager

The role

This person will lead the compliance function across Aave Labs and provide Group-wide compliance and regulatory risk oversight. The role covers regulated and unregulated parts of the business, advising senior leadership and relevant Boards.

What you will do

• 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 on-chain investigations
• Identify, investigate and respond to suspected fraud, including account takeover, identity fraud and payment fraud
• Improve financial crime controls and processes through automation, technology and data-driven solutions
• Develop quality assurance processes and drive remediation of control deficiencies
• Support the MLRO/BSAO with suspicious activity reporting, regulatory enquiries and audits
• Work with Product, Engineering, Operations and Customer Support to manage financial crime risk across the customer lifecycle
• Mentor Financial Crime and Support analysts and oversee complex investigations
• Hold relevant individual regulatory roles and approvals

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, law, or a related field
• At least 7 years of relevant experience in a risk or compliance role within financial services, consultancy or a regulator
• Deep knowledge of financial crime regulations and best practices
• Experience conducting financial crime risk assessments and developing policies, procedures and controls
• Experience with compliance tools, including customer screening, transaction monitoring and blockchain analytics
• Excellent analytical and communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively and manage multiple priorities and deadlines
• Strong understanding of financial crime risks in payment services, cryptoassets, DeFi, self-hosted wallets and blockchain transactions
• Strong technical aptitude with data analytics, automation and emerging technologies
• Familiarity with AML/CTF, sanctions and cryptoasset regulation across the UK, EU and US

Nice to have

• Experience of both payments and cryptoassets

Before you apply

• Relevant individual regulatory roles and approvals are expected for this role

About the company

Aave Labs builds the Aave Protocol, described as the world's largest and most trusted onchain lending market. The company aims to make lending, saving and earning more accessible globally.