Head of Anti Money Laundering and CTF
Soldo
Job Description
Soldo is the proactive spend management solution that frees progressive businesses to accomplish more. We free finance with a uniquely proactive approach to managing decentralised spending. By combining a powerful spend management platform, user-friendly app, and versatile payment methods, Soldo automates expense admin to eliminates the inefficiency in managing business spending.
We’re both a financial services and a software company - with our own platform proactively managing decentralised spend, allowing organisations to empower employees to spend when and where it's needed, keeping productivity high while avoiding month-end surprises.
Founded in 2015 by Italian digital innovator Carlo Gualandri, we have grown to become one of Europe’s fastest growing fintech companies. Today, we’re over 350 employees strong, with offices in the UK, Italy and Ireland.
With four offices in London, Dublin, Rome and Milan, we’re helping over 25,000 organisations across 31 countries to end slow, messy, and inefficient spending, bringing financial agility and control over every expense. .
We’re looking for people with big ambitions, cool heads, sharp minds, and warm hearts. Soldo could be the right place, right size and the right time, for you to come and join us, as we grow together
What's in it for you
- Competitive salary
- Private healthcare coverage for you and your family
- Genuine career development opportunities (we love to see you succeed) - including your own annual €500 career development budget
- Access to training and development - including a mentoring programme, workshops and the opportunity to progress onto our leadership programme
- Flexible working options including working from home or our Milan or Rome offices + 60 days’ work anywhere
- Statutory Leave entitlements plus extra days off on Christmas Eve, New Year's Eve and your Birthday
- Your own personal company Soldo card
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Tax Saver Commuter Scheme
The role
This role will manage Anti-Money Laundering Activity within the Soldo Financial Services business throughout the EU region. The position reports to the Soldo Financial Services DAC Board and the DAC CEO and based in Dublin Ireland. This is a PCF-52 position with the Central Bank of Ireland. Soldo is expanding its business and product range throughout Europe, and you will be joining a driven team who aim to be at the cutting edge of managing the AML dynamics of an expanding EMI business. While the current focus is on operational excellence, Soldo is rapidly growing and therefore the team is also delivering a focus on scaling the AML area, with a key requirement to ensure the correct foundations are in place.
We're looking for someone who must have:
- Proven experience in similar role within a regulated environment, with experience of interacting with regulators.
- Clear understanding of the current AML, regulatory and compliance environment within financial services.
- Knowledge of applicable regulatory requirements including the Payment Services Directive, FATF, EU AML Directives, Criminal Justice Acts, EBA and CBI Guidance, CPC and Data Protection.
- Strong analytical abilities to apply complex, ever-changing legal regulations in the business landscape.
- Strong experience collaborating with other business areas to meet company objectives and strategy.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to present to executive and key decision makers.
- Strong leadership and people leadership skills and experience.
- Compliance Institute, ICA, ACAMS or equivalent industry qualifications. Currently approved in a PCF position preferred.
- Italian speaker an advantage.