Deputy Head of AML (Fintech)

Location: Ireland; hybrid work

Company

A fast-growing mobile brokerage serving more than 6 million clients and managing over €30 billion in assets.

What you will do

• Support and maintain the AML/CFT, sanctions, and wider financial crime framework, policies, and procedures.
• Deputise for the MLRO and exercise delegated authority to determine and submit suspicious transaction reports.
• Oversee outsourced financial crime operations, including service-level management, casework quality assurance, and escalations.
• Maintain money-laundering, terrorist-financing, and sanctions risk assessments, registers, records, and supporting evidence.
• Conduct regulatory horizon scanning, deliver AML/CFT training, and support inspections, thematic reviews, remediation programmes, and regulatory reporting.
• Oversee sanctions controls and communicate with the Central Bank of Ireland on financial crime matters.

Requirements

• 5+ years of AML/CFT or financial crime experience within regulated Irish financial institutions.
• Experience preparing for or responding to a Central Bank of Ireland AML/CFT inspection or Risk Evaluation Questionnaire.
• In-depth knowledge of European and Irish AML/CFT and sanctions requirements applicable to payment institutions.
• Hands-on experience with transaction monitoring and screening systems, including rule and threshold calibration and alert quality assurance.
• Professional certification such as ACAMS, ICA, LCOI, or equivalent; a degree in Law, Finance, or a related field is desirable.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, attention to detail, and the ability to work independently and present to senior stakeholders and regulators.

Nice to have

• Experience working within payment institutions or e-money institutions.
• Experience using artificial intelligence and other technology to enhance financial crime work.

Culture & Benefits

• High-velocity environment focused on product excellence and continuous improvement.
• Opportunity to build services used by millions of investors.
• Collaborative work with high-performing colleagues.
• Generous remuneration package.