Senior Anti Financial Crime Manager & Luxembourg Branch Manager

Who we areOver the last 18 years, Equals Money has helped over a million satisfied customers move and manage their money. Our award-winning product portfolio allows our customers to make low-cost multi-currency payments across various payment products. From travel money to transfers, currency hedging, to expense management, open-banking to card acquiring, we are focused on a single goal of making it easy for our customers to manage and move their money. As a business, we are committed to delivering value to our customers through the combination of advanced payments technology and personal expert service. We’re doing this by hiring exceptional people and are now looking for a Senior Anti-Financial Crime (AFC) Manager to join our team. With offices in London, Brussels, Chester, Amsterdam and Los Angeles, the Equals Group operates a portfolio of successful and exciting business lines and brands - Equals Money, FairFX in the UK and Equals Money Europe in Belgium. You will join a very close-knit, talented and supportive team from various backgrounds who believe that bringing different perspectives together helps us understand our customers' needs. United, by one thing, making money management straightforward and cost-effective for our customers. About the roleThe Senior AFC Manager & Luxembourg Branch Manager,  will be responsible for owning and executing second-line activities focused on financial crime prevention for the branch activities of Equals Money Europe in Luxembourg. The roleholder will also fulfil the regulated functions of Responsable du Contrôle (RC) and représentant permanent (Branch Manager), subject to CSSF approval.The roleholder will be accountable for implementing and maintaining a robust compliance framework covering Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing (AML/CTF), ensuring appropriate regulatory reporting to the CSSF, and acting as a key regulatory point of contact for the Luxembourg branch. This role will be supported by Equals Money Europe’s head office in Brussels.The Senior AFC Manager will work closely with the AMLCO (MLRO) for Equals Money Europe, based in Belgium, and with the Global Anti-Financial Crime Compliance function based out of the UK. The roleholder will ensure a robust application of financial crime controls for Equals Money Europe’s branch in Luxembourg and oversee the entity’s compliance with Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorist Financing laws and other applicable regulations in Luxembourg and the EU. Regrettably we cannot offer this role to individuals who do not possess the legal right to reside and work in Luxembourg.About youWe believe that certain skills are essential in order to be successful in this role and these are detailed below. You may not have all the other skills we have outlined as desirable, we understand that and will still welcome your application. We will carry out individual interviews for shortlisted candidates and assess who is best...