Team Manager, Financial Crime, EU (Spanish Speaking)

Location: Remote in the UK, or based in Cardiff or London. Visa sponsorship and relocation to the UK are not supported. The team operates from 8:00 to 18:30, with flexibility required for occasional weekend work.

Salary: £38,300–£49,000 plus a £2,500 multilingual premium and performance-linked incentive awards.

Company

hirify.global is a UK digital bank offering personal and business accounts, savings, investments, pensions, credit products, and financial education.

What you will do

• Lead a team of approximately 12 financial crime investigators focused on screening, transaction monitoring, account closures, and escalations.
• Manage the personal and professional development of senior investigators through coaching, feedback, and regular one-to-one and team meetings.
• Conduct quality checks and identify coaching opportunities to improve individual and collective performance.
• Handle complex case escalations and provide technical guidance on financial crime investigations.
• Aggregate team feedback and share it with operational leadership to improve processes and tooling.
• Chair employee relations cases and participate in hiring and interviewing.

Requirements

• Fluent written and verbal English and Spanish.
• Strong team leadership experience in financial crime within the financial services sector.
• Experience driving high performance through others.
• Strong financial-sector knowledge and previous experience in financial crime investigations, including business banking financial crime, anti-money laundering, or screening.
• Strong knowledge of the current financial crime landscape and associated risks in the UK and EU.
• Ability to work remotely from the UK and commit to the first eight weeks without holidays or time off.

Culture & Benefits

• Home-working setup with a company-provided MacBook and additional support for fully remote employees.
• £1,000 annual learning budget for books, training courses, and conferences.
• Performance-linked incentive awards and additional employee benefits.
• Inclusive workplace focused on employee development and equal opportunities.

Hiring process

• Video call with a recruiter.
• Take-home task followed by a leadership and technical interview.
• Written and verbal Spanish language assessment.