Financial Crime Operations - Manager

📋 Description

• Lead institutional and corporate KYC and EDD reviews, including complex ownership structures, UBO analysis, and risk assessments.
• Own ongoing due diligence, periodic reviews, and trigger-based refresh processes.
• Oversee and perform monitoring of crypto and fiat transactions to identify, investigate, and escalate suspicious activity.
• Manage alert handling, investigations, and escalation workflows in line with Velocity’s risk appetite and regulatory obligations.
• Support the development and optimisation of transaction monitoring rules, thresholds, and investigative processes in partnership with Compliance.
• Draft, maintain, and own financial crime operational procedures and SOPs.

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years’ experience in financial crime, AML/KYC, transaction monitoring, or related operational roles.
• Strong experience across both crypto and fiat monitoring, including hands-on investigative work.
• Experience with industry leading tools such as Chainalysis, SumSub and Notabene.
• Proven ability to draft, own, and operationalise procedures and SOPs.
• Experience partnering closely with Compliance teams in a regulated environment.
• Strong understanding of UK and international AML / financial crime regulatory expectations.

🎁 Benefits

• Shared ownership Everyone owns a share of the company - no exceptions.
• Offices: London office; dispersed team with remote-friendly collaboration.
• Equipment: Macbook provided and updated as needed.
• Health and Wellbeing: Sick leave; private health cover and dental where applicable.
• Pension: Company pension scheme; Velocity contributes 3% of base salary.
• Holiday: 25 days plus bank holidays and your birthday off, or 33 days flex.