Reporting to the Head of AML Services, you will manage a portfolio of client engagements, lead advisory workstreams, and deliver practical, value-added AML solutions. You will work closely with clients to strengthen their AML frameworks, support regulatory interactions, and contribute to the growth of the AML advisory practice.

Responsibilities

Provide expert AML compliance guidance to clients across a range of financial services sectors
Support clients through AML regulatory interactions, including preparation for supervisory engagements and post-inspection remediation
Manage a portfolio of client engagements, delivering against agreed timelines, scope, and quality standards
Lead and coordinate AML advisory workstreams, ensuring consistent, high-quality output
Help clients design and implement robust AML policies, procedures, and compliance frameworks
Deliver training on regulatory obligations, industry best practice, and emerging regulatory developments
Support clients with regulatory reporting, ensuring accurate and timely submissions
Build strong client relationships and contribute to business development
Provide practical, risk-based recommendations to strengthen compliance frameworks
Track regulatory and industry developments, with particular attention to the fintech space

Professional Skills

Strong client relationship management, with the credibility to act as a trusted advisor
Effective project and stakeholder management, delivering against scope, timelines, and quality expectations
Ability to lead workstreams and mentor team members
Proactive, solution-oriented approach, comfortable adapting to shifting regulatory and client needs

Experience, Skills and Personal Attributes

University degree (MQF Level 6 or equivalent) in Risk Management, Law, Finance, or Audit; a professional AML certification (ICA, ACAMS, or equivalent) is preferred, along with the ability to satisfy MFSA fitness and properness requirements for approval as MLRO for RiskCap and/or client entities
Expert-level knowledge of the Maltese AML/CFT framework (PMLA, PMLFTR, FIAU Implementing Procedures), with strong familiarity with GoAML, CASPAR, EU Directives, AMLA requirements, and FATF Recommendations
Substantial experience researching legal persons, complex ownership structures, and suspicious transaction patterns, with meticulous attention to detail and sound analytical judgement
Strong ethical principles, a client-focused mindset, and the independence to make unbiased compliance decisions while handling confidential regulatory matters with discretion
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, with the confidence to engage boards of directors, senior management, external auditors, and regulators
Resilient and highly organised, able to work calmly under pressure across a fast-paced, multi-client, and closely scrutinised regulatory environment
Proficient in compliance technologies, transaction monitoring systems, and MS Office.

Manager - AML Services

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