Head of Compliance Mlro

6 months ago

London, United Kingdom Manigo Full time

Manigo is a fast growing fintech business that provides Payments and Cards as a Service.

We offer a full white label turnkey solution to enable businesses to easily introduce financial services into their product offering.

Manigo is experiencing fast growth from clients across Europe, as the digital transformation in banking and adoption of embedded finance are accelerating.

As an experienced MLRO/compliance manager at Manigo you will manage our Compliance framework and policies, enforce and monitor our compliance procedures and anti-money laundering programme.

You will take a senior and central role in our anti-money laundering and compliance activities: managing our AML program, detecting suspicious activity, and compiling reports. On a day-to-day basis, you will need to ensure that Manigo operates in compliance with all FCA regulations, regulatory and AMLCTF related. We are looking for someone who has at least 3 years of experience in the payments or relevant finance industries and has strong written and communication skills. Being highly analytical and adapting to a multi-cultural environment is also desirable.

**Duties and Responsibilities**:
**Regulatory Compliance**
- Maintaining and improving Manigo's regulatory compliance framework
- Ownership and completion of Manigo’s compliance monitoring programme
- Timely upgrading of Manigo ’s compliance policies, handbooks and procedures
- Maintaining and improving our client onboarding procedures
- Performing day-to-day client account reconciliation
- Responding to inquiries from regulators and other government agencies
- Liaising with internal and external auditors and actioning compliance issues that have been raised in audit reports

**Anti-Money Laundering**
- Managing and improving the current AML program
- To act as the company’s Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) and liaising with internal and external stakeholders on all Financial Crime Matters
- Providing AML and compliance guidance to other professionals within the business
- Monthly reporting of AML risks and management information to the board and Management
- Developing and maintaining Manigo’s transaction monitoring framework and methodology
- Detecting suspicious activities and conducting appropriate SAR e-filing
- Remaining abreast of new or amended regulations and laws related to AML and analysing their potential impact on Manigo
- Conducting due diligence on Manigo service providers and checking commercial and legal documents

**Operational Risk**
- Conduct investigations and report findings to ensure improvements are made
- Performing company risk assessments and client risk assessments
- Ensuring FCA returns and other regulatory reporting is completed in a timely manner
- Representing Manigo in its communications with the FCA and other authorities with respect to regulatory and AML/CTF matters

**Stakeholder Engagement**
- Supervising and supporting other business functions to ensure that they are by FCA regulations
- Arranging Compliance and AML training for employees
- Arranging third-party auditing reviews, overseeing their review, presenting the results to management, and implementing appropriate steps to comply with audit recommendations

**Requirements**:

- Good knowledge of UK and EU compliance laws and regulations applicable to financial institutions (including but not limited to, MLR 2017, PSR 2017, DPA 2018, and JMLSG Guidance)
- Strong transaction monitoring skills and experience
- Minimum of three years experience in a financial institution (an e-money institution or an online payment services provider is preferred) regulated by FCA as a compliance officer/manager and operate at an MLRO level
- Strong Knowledge of AML/CTF rules and guidance
- Excellent skills in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and Google Sheets
- Experience and ability to work independently without the assistance of subordinates
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise work and meet deadlines
- Positive and flexible attitude to taking on new challenges
- Strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and highly organised
- Excellent English writing and communication skills
- Ability to wear many hats, with an _I can do_ attitude

**Benefits**
- The opportunity to join a highly driven and passionate team building the next big BaaS FinTech provider and make a meaningful contribution to its growth
- Hybrid work with access to our London offices
- Competitive remuneration
- Tech equipment to excel at work
- 25 days holiday per year
- An opportunity to be a critical contributor to the company’s commercial success
- Prospect of joining a passionate team with a high-performance but friendly culture of open communication, collaboration and diversity
- Startup feeling with a well-established organisation

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